This post was originally published two years ago, I am moving some old posts over to my new site Kristenfeitwrites.com and meant to post it there. Feel free to check out my new content over there! I am a mother of two sometimes wonderful little girls. I am the mother of two sometimes little jerks. … Continue reading Full Metal Baby
You ask why your sister got to watch television while doing her homework, because I can count on you to recognize any disparity, but can I? It’s not because your sister gets all A’s or does the majority of her homework without complaints while you struggled with grades and all but refused to do your… Continue reading Because I Said So
Raising kids is hard work. Personally, I find it hard enough to be in charge of my own well being for 24 hours a day, forever, with no breaks, but to multiply that is just barbaric. And at least when you mess up your own life, you do not have as many people telling you… Continue reading Setting the Stage: Helping Your Children Find Values Before they Learn them the Hard Way
There has never been a time of abundance quite like today in America, but people are still over consumed with the desire for more. I would credit this phenomenon to our wonderful social media brainwashing applications, accompanied by a massive avalanche of advertisements specifically catered to our individual preferences. Even those of us alert enough… Continue reading Smarter Schools – Dumber Kids?
Gratitude Sunday I’ve slipped away from writing for a bit. I don’t know whether it was the erratic schedule that threw me off at first, the following extra difficult workweek, or perhaps it was the logical and necessary recovery period following catharsis caused by letting out all that I have been writing in my heard… Continue reading Strength, Wisdom, Resilience
Happy Birthday! Today you become a teenager. At this age, time seems to be on your side, but don’t take it for granted. I don’t know if you have been counting the days until today like you did when you were little, but you will soon see the days move faster and faster. One day… Continue reading Happy 13th Birthday!
If you were lucky enough to have been raised by a happy and healthy married couple, you probably take a lot of what you learned from them for granted. We as children, take in everything from our surroundings, often not realizing that our brain is working behind the scenes making new associations and forming new… Continue reading Teaching Your Children to Win at Relationships Even if You Failed
Every time I receive a notice about my daughter’s pending Kindergarten graduation, my first thought, well after wondering how much this was going to run me, is if managing not to eat enough glue to get held back was really that much of an accomplishment. Seriously, When I ask her what type of job she… Continue reading Kindergarten Graduation: Is a Celebration Really Necessary?
I am a mother of two sometimes wonderful little girls. I am the mother of two sometimes little jerks. I feel like I can not go on with out adding the mandatory, "they get it from their father" line, which may have some truth to it. My oldest also gets it from her mother, of… Continue reading Full Metal Baby
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