Something happened today and I knew I'd have to make a part two of the Popular love songs that are actually about parenting. - This post does contain affiliate links to the songs I mention, in case ...
What is the best age to get a cell phone
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sprint for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. What is the best time to get your child a cell phone? It seems like kids are getting ...
Finding the Awesome in spite of the Difficult – Welcome to Age Three
As parents, I think sometimes we unintentionally scare those coming behind us, with horror stories of our troubles with the little ones. We label stages like "the terrible twos" and then come up with ...
When Raising Awareness Is Pointless
While raising awareness has it's place, I think more often than not, we're doing it wrong. Yes, it's good to be made aware of things going on in the world around us that we might not have known ...
Books to Teach Children About Abuse (In a Non-Scary Way)
This month is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Last year I shared my story with you about surviving abuse as a teen. The crazy thing is, I didn't know that I was being abused when it happened. No one in ...
Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is child abuse prevention month. As a survivor of abuse myself, this month is very important to me! Last year, I wrote a post sharing a bit of my story and challenging parents to teach their ...
Popular Songs That Are Actually About Parenting
Sometimes I listen to popular songs on the radio, and realize that they are about parenting. Sure, the writer and the singer intended them to be love songs between a man and a woman, but occasionally, ...
Can You Believe My Son Said THAT?
LOVING this post from Erica of We 3 Crabs. I've definitely caught myself doing the same thing with my son, and came to a similar conclusion. While my kiddo doesn't specifically use the same word, he ...
Theology Lessons With My 3 Year Old
This is real life. The theology questions are already getting intense and he's only three. One afternoon Little Man tried to go around the car without me while I was buckling his sister into ...
Kids in the Grocery store – What would You Do?
Sometimes I'm faced with a situation, and I just can't figure out what would be the best way to deal with it. I want to be polite and kind, but I'm also prone to not speaking up when I should, because ...