I remember the first time I saw a play. I was a little girl, about 8 years old, and my mom suddenly started taking me to these plays aimed at adults in the posh Fifth Avenue Theater in downtown Seattle. A two hour drive from our mountain home on the North Cascades Highway, the theater […]
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When I went in to get sweetness yesterday morning, this is what met me. A fully made bed with all her bed buddies tucked in. Yeah, they do learn in time! Tweet
Children can begin to notice difference in gender and skin color as early as six months of age. By age 3, they can place a photo of themselves in their own racial/ethnic group and begin to ask questions about differences. By the time they enter kindergarten, they have a core sense of their racial identity […]
I can’t do it. I’m trying my hardest, but I’m starting to realize I just can’t do it. Stay at home mom life is not for me. If you’ve been following the drama here, you know I lost my job the beginning of the year and had to quickly transition into a life of stay […]
The last two weeks I’ve been running a three-part series on encouraging our kids, using techniques aimed at their specific developmental stages. I started by talking about how to encourage children from birth to 6 then went on the last week to discuss specific child development and encouragement techniques for kids from 6 to 12 […]
Today I took Sweetness to a new preschool. It was a disaster. At least in my mind. I’ve been researching some different preschool options now that I’m unemployed and unable to afford childcare for one while I’m with the other in co-op preschool. It makes more sense to spend the money on the school. I […]
Last week I started a three-part series on encouraging our kids, using techniques aimed at their developmental stages. I started by talking about how to encourage children from birth to 6. This week I’ll continue the conversation with some insights into the psychological development of kids between the ages of 6 and 12 as well […]
