Allow Them To Feel
You may notice I talk a lot about allowing things to happen because that would be the opposite of controlling. Yesterday was about allowing our children to make mistakes. Today's focus is allowing our children to feel. The controlling parent route is rigid and external. It’s using your dominance as the parent to eliminate mistakes, eliminate screaming, crying, pouting etc. None of this [...]
About My Parenting Journey
I figured since we will be doing this thing for 31 days, and you all will be reading my voice the whole time, I would share a little of background info. I've got all the fun and casual details on my Meet the Messy Mom link, but I would still like to give everyone a little peak at my mom credentials. My three kiddos are all [...]
31 Days of Teachable Parenting
Day 1: Introduction (scroll down to read) Day 2: The 31 Days Plan Day 3: What Is Teachable Parenting? Day 4: About the Books Day 5: About My Parenting Journey Day 6: Freedom From Parenting Guilt Day 7: Embracing Your Child's Mistakes Day 8: Allow Them to Feel Day 9: Anger VS Empathy Day 10: The Biblical Model for New Covenant Parenting [...]
Taking Pictures Alone VS. Taking Pictures With Children
Getting a great photo of a your children is a feat in and of itself. Getting a photo with your children takes olympic level skills! I just finished having family photos done with me, my husband, and our three children. As a photographer that has been in this situation behind the lens countless times you would think I would have it all together, [...]
The Beginning of the School Year Mom’s Wardrobe
It's a new school year with a clean slate and that inspires me*. No more roll out of bed, put shoes on and show up at the school in a wrinkled frump of whatever I wore to bed or picked up out of the laundry basket. I am turning a new leaf. It's hard to say how long it will last, but I [...]
Thank You Teachers
I have now met all of the new teachers including a full blown information night tonight at Z's school. I really do think this is going to be another great year for them. I loved their teacher's from last year and I will never forget all that they did for my kiddos. I have wanted to share the love and show the two [...]