I hope you know that I was broken. I guess in some ways I still am. But I am picking up the pieces along the way, learning how to create boundaries and rediscovering myself. And I know that it’s taking awhile, you can see that. So I have to be very selective with what I…
Category: Parenting Gen Z
This Boy
I want him to know I’m sorry for the times he felt I wasn’t there. For the times I let him down and the many mistakes I’ve made. That I can’t promise I won’t mess up again. But I’m always working on being better. Perfection isn’t expected and doesn’t belong in this home.
Luxury Fund
Back in the early 90s, or the late 1900s as kids say today, girls went to college with a career plan in mind but often had a marriage plan in mind too. There were some who found their college sweethearts and married after or soon after graduating. Others, like myself, may have met their college…
The Fixer
I’m ashamed to say I go behind my kids and clean up their messes, physically and literally, more than I should. And this has nothing to do with trying to baby them, or because I feel bad about what lies ahead when Dad gets home. He’s going to be harder on them than I would….
The Year of the Student Driver
The experience you have when your teen is on the way to becoming a licensed driver is not one I could’ve ever imagined. Sure, there’s excitement about having another person in the house that can run back to the grocery store when you forgot an item, or drive themselves to and from soccer practices, their…
After dropping the F Bomb 14+ times while my daughter made a turn as if the Honda mini-van would corner like it’s on rails!
Natural Consequences
So I’m all about natural consequences- I tell my students, if you don’t study for a test, you may fail. Natural consequence. Going over the speed limit, you may get a ticket. Natural consequence. My children have learned some natural consequences in unpleasant ways. My 16 year old daughter continued to just open our bedroom…