The Two Routines I Can’t Live Without
I’m not a morning person. In fact, waking up in the morning has to be my least favorite activity in all creation. It’s worse than a mosquito bite on the bottom of your foot. It’s worse than getting stung by a bee. It’s worse than a 5 month old milk bottle found under the backseat of your car. I really HATE waking up. That’s because I’m not the cute little toddler who springs out of bed ready to run full steam all over the living room chasing the dog. Oh no. I’m that mom who has severe brain fog, neurons that don’t fire well until after some caffeine has been…
How to Emotionally Help your Child with Social Distancing at School
Our kids are back at school in person this year, and there are a LOT of creative ways being implemented to keeps our kids safe while they’re there. Some of those things include masks and additional hand washing, but the majority of those safety precautions involve social distancing. I was at a Moms in Prayer meeting a few weeks ago, and a couple of the moms were talking about the effects of this social distancing on their kids. One of our school’s protocols is to keep the classes separated when they go out for recess, basically isolating each class from the others. Although the entire 5th grade is outside at…
Thought-Provoking Reasons for Parents to Teach Emotional Intelligence
I told him he was grounded from the computer and he yelled, “You’re the meanest mom in the whole world!” We’ve all heard it, the mean words and the angry stomps and the complete and total breakdown that follows implementing discipline or making decisions our kids don’t like. Our kids don’t always know how to express what they’re feeling in a way that is helpful or constructive. Shoot! Half the time, I don’t know how to express my own emotions in a way that is helpful or constructive! That’s why it’s important that we –as parents – learn emotional intelligence and then we teach it to our kids. This post…
