All Entries in the "Children" Category
12 Ways to Be a Better Parent in the New Year
It’s a new year and many of us consider our personal goals or our career goals, but have you considered your parenting goals? Here are 12 parenting tips that will enhance your relationship with your child this year. Be consistent. No matter how tired or fed up you are, consistency is key for long-term parenting [...]
I Don’t Like My Children Right Now
The following article was from a column I wrote and was published in the Wasaga Sun on July 30, 1997. I don’t like my children right now. Now that you’ve finished gasping and thinking terrible things about me – I’ll explain. I love my kids. They’re the best thing that’s happened to me, but at [...]
Hypothetical Children Behave Best
The following article was from a column I wrote and was published in the Wasaga Sun on July 16, 1997. Growth Spurts I was a better parent when I didn’t have children. My hypothetical children never tantrummed in public. They were incredibly polite. They were never out of control. They didn’t climb on the dinner [...]
Flying Free
There is such beauty in watching the early morning sun sweep silently across the top of the light full white clouds. Golden colors of yellow and pink creep towards the small airplane I’m sitting in. The scene is appreciated all the more because this is a view I’ve rarely seen. I’m serene and realize the [...]
What Does the Future Hold for my 17 Year Old?
Today I was hit by a time-marking truck. My son turned seventeen, he’s in his last year of high school. It barely seems like I’ve been out of high school myself! In thinking back to the advice I got at his age, I would tell my son something different. There is no such thing as [...]
The World Needs Different Kinds of Minds
There are many forms of inequality. One is to assume that one type of learning style or ability is better or more beneficial than another. I disagree. There is a purpose for every person on our planet, we need to determine what that purpose is rather than requiring they become something they’re not. This process [...]