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Quality time versus quantity of time…a parenting dilemma

May 23, 2017March 26, 2012 by Shay

Quality of time versus quantity of time, it’s a dilemma I face with regards to my kids more specifically the 6 year old, even though it’s been known to rear its head even with the 20 year old. As a mother who happens to hold another job aside from the mom role outside of the …

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Categories Parenting Tags following child's lead, quality time, quantity of time, raising kids 2 Comments

Mommying and the older child….how do you do it?

May 23, 2017March 11, 2012 by Shay

Mom blogs are almost a dime a dozen and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Yet for all things child related that get written about, the one area where I wish more moms would speak of is how mothering changes as your child becomes a teenager and then a young adult. A few days …

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Categories Parenting, personal growth Tags class straddler, parenting young adults and teens, raising kids 3 Comments

Adulthood is the goal

May 23, 2017July 18, 2011 by Shay

I often find myself thinking that in today’s world of hands on, feel good, kids first parenting that there is one key item that many of us are forgetting as parents. The goal is to raise healthy well-adjusted kids who become healthy well-adjusted adults. No matter how it feels at times, kids do grow up. …

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Categories Generation Y, Growing Up, Parenting, Random babble Tags life skills, raising kids, young adults 7 Comments
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