I should have entitled this post Play Date Etiquette Advice for Parents of Older kids. My kids are almost 3 and 5.5. Next year my older son (OS) will be in kindergarten. Since he just missed the cutoff (Sept.2 and the cutoff is August 31) for this year, many of his friends [...]
Play Date Etiquette Advice for Older Kids
April 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Parenting · friendship · play
Parental Supervision Required
January 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I had personally planned to see the exhibit since it had been announced by the Musuem. One of my favorite artists was to be exhibited – and not just a handful of his work, but four galleries full of his best. It was a rare opportunity for me to actually see his works in person. [...]
Tags: Behavior · Parenting · society
Homework – The Supervision Of A Teenager
November 24th, 2008 · 16 Comments
My son is sixteen years old, and I try to give him as much leeway as possible. I do my best to give him the opportunities to try out different methods of living, letting him make mistakes, hoping he learns.
But I recently ran into a situation that had me compelled to take action, to rein [...]
Gone Fishin’?
June 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Summer is in full swing in our neck of the woods. The weather has been great, not to hot, not too cold. We have had trips to the beach, a trip to the water park, a trip to a state park for some camping and fishing. And yet, even with all this wonderful weather going [...]
Tags: Activities · Family · Organization · Parenting
