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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 [...]
One Long Hard Look in the Mirror
I read two excellent posts today that I wanted to highlight because the same considerations have crossed my mind. The thought process usually begins with “What the hell are they thinking?” and ends with me shaking my head and trying to ponder how so many archaic sexist attitudes are still considered the norm in our [...]
Scrubbing The Sticky Floor
Failure is a means to spur us on to create something better. Something more successful. When I realized my marriage failed to provide me with what I needed to be a happy, whole person, I spent a lot of time thinking (much of it in bed) trying to determine what I could have / should [...]
Where Would You Be?
One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the president’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged [...]
Happy Father’s Day
“Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers – and fathering is a very important stage in their development.” David M. Gottesman The sexiest, most interesting men alive, are not the ones with six packs for abs, nor the men who are driving flashy cars and carrying thick wallets. They’re the fathers who [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Today is the day to honor mothers. What makes a good mother can vary considerably person to person and year to year as a child grows. For example, I thought being a mother meant unconditional love, as my children grow I realize, they too, must have some responsibility in upholding their part of our relationship. [...]
Purgatory
When any of us live or work in an environment that embraces values that are in conflict with our personal values, our souls will begin a process of interior disturbance in order to remove us from that which threatens our spiritual health. Despite monetary security or reward, if we stay on a path that disconnects [...]
Merry? Christmas!
I was laying in bed after my first Christmas Eve alone and for some unusual reason I began to think about the gifts I wouldn’t likely be getting in the morning. I’m sure my kids will give me something, but as teens, my gift is probably not on their priority list. I know my mother’s [...]