Don’t Overprotect
I remember being hunched over planks of wood, sawing them and hammering nails into them to make a pretend market stall for the kids, when…
Tag: training
Strict but Sweet. Firm but Friendly
I’m dealing with a snacking-in-between-meals issue with my youngest daughter, Catalina. She recently turned four and her opinionated-ness has also escalated in the last year….
Montessori And Homeschooling
My friend, Betty, is organizing a Montessori training for moms of young children. I don’t usually advertise events on my site but I am particularly…
Character, Character Building, Discipline, Home, Home management, motherhood, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Thoughts
It’s Your Mess: Deal with It Darling
By the end of our homeschooling morning, our “classroom” usually looks like someone threw a grenade into it. I’ve tried to manage the mess by…
A Greater Purpose For Learning
I have often told my kids that language skills are important. Reading, writing, composition, and comprehension are all necessary and worth the hours of arduous…
Bible, Discipline, motherhood, Obedience, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships, Thoughts
Strawberry Yoghurt
While I struggled with my miserable cold two nights ago, trying to rest in the room alone, a commotion in the kitchen woke me up….
Character Building, Discipline, God, Homeschool, motherhood, Parenting, Parenting & Homeschooling, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships, Thoughts
Dealing with the Resistance
Given the “break” we have had from homeschooling because of no househelp, I have been trying to get my kids back into the habit of…
A Season of Managing Testosterone
Boys. I have three. They are all strong-willed in some form or another. And they often exert their manhood upon each other by insisting that…
Finger Sucking Days Are Over!
Since she was a baby, my daughter, Tiana, has had the habit of sucking the middle and ring fingers on her left hand. For a…
“No”
Titus, who has a special attachment to marbles, wanted to bring some from our house to my parents’ place. When he asked me if he…
How Are Your Generation iY Children?
I am reading an incredibly enlightening book called Generation iY by Tim Elmore. He defines Generation iY as people who were born between the years…
You Spank Your Child?!
I once came across an article on the internet written by an author who was vehemently against spanking. He saw it as a form of…
