The problem with questions is that they often go unanswered. We ask questions and either don’t wait for an answer or we don’t search for one. Our children ask questions and we ignore them or hope that they will go away. Obviously, this is not true for all children or for all parents. Many of […]
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Have you ever experienced that weird shift in life? I am not speaking about some sort of huge developmental shift, but rather that slow shift. The one that takes years before you even realize that it happened? Specifically, have you ever woken up one day to realize that your child is no longer that incorrigible
“Yeah, but when can I quit?” In the past this question might have come at me from my 10 year old who suddenly doesn’t want to participate in tap or it might have come from my 5 year old who hates soccer practice. The problem is that we aren’t quitters. We don’t quit. If we
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Let’s face it: You have a routine, whether you plan it or not. your routine becomes habit -> your habits determine your lifestyle That’s normally how our lives progress, but I want to urge you to flip this around. What if our routine didn’t determine our lifestyle, but our lifestyle dictated our routine? First: Acknowledge
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I have had people ask me about my family’s symposium time. You may have heard it referenced as ‘basket time’ or ‘morning time’, but we simply call it symposium. If you’re curiosity is piqued, then enjoy this glimpse: Our symposium time came out of two observations: I have a family of morning people and night
