After our big trip to Florida a couple weeks ago, I got to head down to Miami for a few days to catch up with the Mom 2.0 Summit. I wasn’t planning on attending this year – I’ve been trying to reign in my travel schedule and Miami seemed so far away. But when I realized that our Disney World trip would have me in Florida the very day that this conference started, I couldn’t bear the thought of flying home just as all of my favorite blogging folks were arriving. When Laura asked me to . . .
how to put children to sleep in the car
Karis would very much like to drop her nap, but since she is just barely three years old, she usually needs to sleep a bit during the day to avoid a meltdown at the dinner hour. This has been a struggle, because if I lay her down before we pick up Jafta and Kembe from school, she usually just plays in her bed. On occasion, she falls asleep on the drive to pick them up, which is about an hour from door to door. This is the best scenario, since it’s a decent chunk of time and it means we can . . .
my kids are going to change the world. with war and chicken nuggets.
I mentioned last week that we’ve been reading questions from the TableTopics Family Cube each night at dinner. It’s provided us with some interesting perspective on our kids. Some of it is not so flattering. (Like, for example, when Jafta answered the question about whether or not he would go to school if he didn’t have to, and he replied that he would stay home and watch video games every day). Tonight’s question brought us to a new low. The question: If you could make one change . . .
working moms: what do you do with your kids over summer break?
After a long learning curve of scaring off blowing through nannies, our family finally got into a great childcare groove this year. Jafta is the only of my kids in elementary school so far, but I enrolled the younger kids in a Montessori preschool three days a week, which has given me time to get some work done each week. It’s been such a great transition for us – I no longer have to find a distraction-free zone to work, I don’t have to live in fear of my nanny deciding to move to . . .
what I want you to know: families dealing with traumatized kids don’t need your judgment
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. Our sweet, sensitive, brave boys came to us from the foster care system. D was only six weeks old, with coffee brown skin and soft black hair. He slept through the night fairly soon . . .
mothers of olympic athletes get a surprise from P&G
I mentioned in a previous post that P&G asked me to be a part of a their Thank You Mom campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. I don’t do a lot of sponsored content on my blog, but being a part of a series whose main goal is to honor moms? I’m all about that. P&G recently announced one of the biggest aspects of their campaign so far. They have committed to giving each mom of the U.S. Olympians and Paralympians a $1,000 Visa reward card to help offset travel costs, to ensure that . . .
DIY passport photos: the best way to take passport photos of small children
All six of us have expired passports, and I have a trip planned to Ethiopia, so it seemed logical to go ahead and renew all the passports at once. This meant trying to get decent passport photos for all six of us. This has not been an easy task in the past. The kids are squirmy squirmy squirmy and many passport photo shops won’t even take passport photos of children. Not to mention, it’s ridiculously pricey for a small little photo. At about $15 a pop in these . . .
that’s what SHE said: weapons, relationships, self-worship, psych meds, chubby guys, and more . . .
click on the title to read the full story War. What is it good for? | Jillian Lauren And here’s the thing- as a storyteller, I naturally gravitate toward stories of battle. Because all good stories are about conflict. And heroic stories often have sword fights. And if you’re going to tell a story, why not make it heroic? Tariku struggles with a lot, frankly. He has tremendous fears and challenges to face. Maybe battle isn’t such a bad metaphor for him, if I can place it in the appropriate . . .
africa-bound in less than two months!
I’m excited to officially announce that I will be traveling to Ethiopia this summer along with Food for the Hungry, an incredible aid organization that serves at-risk children all over the world. Food for the Hungry was founded in 1971, and they take a holistic approach to working with children within their communities. In fact, one of my favorite books on working with the poor, called When Helping Hurts, was written by a former Food for the Hungry employee. Partnering with . . .
friday finds: raising an olympian with shawn johnson’s mom
Recently gymnast Shawn Johnson, who won the all-around silver in the 2008 Olympic games, attempted a comeback in the 2012 games after recovering from a serious knee injury. In this video, P&G highlights her story, focusing on her mom’s role in her journey. There are so many things I love about Shawn’s mom – but espacially the emphasis on balance and enjoyment that she instilled in her daughter. She taught her that being excellent is something to strive for, but also to have . . .
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