Posts Tagged "Maryland"

Respecting My Kids: Privacy

Posted by on May 20, 2014 in "Respecting My Kids" series, Parenting

Respecting My Kids: Privacy

"She didn't have to go and tell that, thought Ramona, feeling that her mother had betrayed her by telling, as if it were funny... She still thought Chevrolet was a beautiful name, even though she was old enough to know that dolls were not usually named after cars." Beverly Cleary, Ramona and Her Mother

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Respecting My Kids: Physical Boundaries

Posted by on Mar 12, 2014 in "Respecting My Kids" series, Parenting

Respecting My Kids: Physical Boundaries

"Excuse me, please! I have something I want to say. It's my birthday, and I'm tired of being pinched, noogied, hit, hugged too tight, picked up, tickled, and touched in ways that I don't like. I am six years old, and I'm the boss of my body!" Ruby's Studio: The Safety Show

One morning a couple of weeks ago, I was dropping off my 5-year-old, Rachel, at school. I asked her, "Do you want a hug or no hug today?"...

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Puppy Training: New Year’s Lessons from our Puppy

Posted by on Jan 12, 2014 in Relationships, Self-Care

Puppy Training: New Year’s Lessons from our Puppy

“Over the years I've come to appreciate how animals enter our lives prepared to teach and far from being burdened by an inability to speak they have many different ways to communicate. It is up to us to listen more than hear, to look into more than past.” Nick Trout, Love is the Best Medicine: What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles

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Feedback

Posted by on Oct 2, 2013 in Identity, Relationships

Feedback

"Feedback is an opinion, grounded in observations and experiences, which allows us to know what impression we make on others. The information is revealing and potentially uncomfortable... But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance." Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

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Sisters Day

Posted by on Jul 28, 2013 in Parenting, Relationships

Sisters Day

"no won alowed exept Clara and Rachel!!!!!" my daughters' message written in red crayon on pink construction paper, attached to the door knobs of their bedrooms with green and white pipe cleaners

This morning, my husband sent our two little girls to wake me up. Clara (7) and Rachel (4) came running in, squealing with excitement, and from my deep state of sleep, I heard, "Mommy! Mommy!...

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