September 17, 2009

Raising Children And Juggling Commitments

Filed under: General — Kimmy @ 10:51 am

Raising children is not an easy job. All parents deserve a medal because parenting is often a thankless task. As a mother with four children, some days are a complete blur. Sometimes I just feel like a taxi driver: ballet lessons, beach drop offs and pick ups, youth group, soccer carnivals, etc, etc. Am I the only one who feels like this? I find that raising children is eaiser when I take time out of my busy schedule to “do things” with my kids. The times in my life that I am busies Read more

September 4, 2009

Child Discipline: How To Get Them To Behave

Filed under: General — Kimmy @ 10:32 pm

Child discipline is a huge issue for most families. What is the right way to deal with things? There are so many options about how to handle things nowadays. Do we smack? Do we ground? Do we give the kids time out? I have had one of the busiest weeks in my life this week. Now we all know that when we are busy the kids tend to muck up more, at least that’s what I think. So I have a trick to combat this. Whenever I know that I am going to have a busy week I schedule in time for my children Read more