A blog about parenting children with ODD
“Hey, cute girl, how was school today?” I asked my 5-year-old, Aurora, as I picked her up from Kindergarten. I glanced at her in the rearview mirror and winced. The glare on her face told me that her mood was not so good, and I would be better to not ask anything. Too late. With […]
I used a simple wooden board puzzle with numbers zero through nine to teach my oldest son, Matthew, the names of the numbers. He was two. I would hand him a number, tell him the name (“Five. This is five.”), and then help him put it in its spot on the board. The next time […]
I love Love and Logic parenting. If you haven’t ever read the book or taken a class, try it. It is great. It will always be my fallback parenting style. One of my takeaways from studying Love and Logic is that giving children choices empowers them. Sometimes, however, giving choices just isn’t empowering enough for […]
I was pretty convinced that I would be the perfect mother. I had been taught by amazing parents. I had done some babysitting during my teen years. I had worked in day care. I was pretty sure I had seen it all. Nothing. Nothing could have prepared me for parenting my second child. Ok, really […]