How to handle rebellious teenagers
If you’re a parent, even of young children, you're probably freaked out about the teen years. You've heard way too many stories about kids and weed, alcohol, porn, and sexting. If you have teenagers, maybe your fears have become reality. Regardless of your experiences...
What will you dream when you grow up?
Dreamer is an important label right now. It always has been, or at least it should be, especially when referring to children. Artist, ballerina, astronaut, professional athlete, teacher, nurse, policeman. Somewhere along the journey through childhood, a hobby became a...
A Man Called Ove Book Review
Have you known any crochety old people--perhaps parents, grandparents, or neighbors--who demand perfection of everyone but lack the grace to overlook their own short-comings? Have you known men or women who who dislike everyone and everything, and yet secretly helps...
Choosing what is better
Prioritizing is perhaps the greatest of all Western philosophies. We, who are privileged to live in the Western world, have thousands of choices each day, from coffee to clothing to traffic routes to planning our day's activities. Not to mention the big ones:...
6 encouragements to give your kids, no matter how old they are
I'm not the world's most naturally encouraging person, but I want to be. So I've tried to acquire encouraging statements that I read or hear other people use, and I speak them to my own kids. I believe them, of course, or I wouldn't say them. Words have power, and I...
4 values moms need this school year
It’s time for my yearly back-to-school blog—the kind that gets you misty-eyed and nostalgic about where the time has gone. Your baby is going to kindergarten. Your baby is going to middle school. Your baby is going to high school. Your baby is going to college. Yep,...
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Sue Walley Schlesman
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