Babies are a bit like dogs when they are sleeping. Periods of calm restfulness interspersed with moments of activity. Dogs whimper and run in their sleep. Babies – at least the one currently sleeping on my chest – go through periods of activity as well. This particular one also whimpers [...]
I was a month shy of five years old when my brother was born. Within fairly short order my parents put me to work keeping him entertained. My job was to sit on the couch with my brother resting against my arm and the arm of the couch while he [...]
A while ago I wrote about resilience and wrestling with questions about how I could help my children to develop resilience. Since I wrote that post I have been doing some reading. I generally don’t read much parenting advice because I don’t find it particularly helpful. Either I disagree with the [...]
Over the past few days I have attended a couple of professional development workshops through work that dealt with developing resilience and leadership. I’ve recently become interested in questions around resilience as I ponder how to help my kids to be resilient children who grow into even more resilient adults. [...]
Kept seeing all these pictures and stories online about this #cheeriochallenge and wanted to give it a shot with my 3-year old. Did I do it right? https://youtu.be/f5tQPaPIbug
