We got a dog when our youngest kiddo turned four. We thought it made sense – all the kids were old enough to care for a dog, I was done dealing with human poop, and we figured the dog would live until around the last child left for university. All sensible planning.
Julie and her son, Clancy
Photo by Jody Carr
I currently have a houseful of teens. Parents of teens are discovering the unique challenges isolation presents for this age group. So far, I’m surviving the outrageous amounts of teen hormones, constant snacking, sleeping until all hours and occasional eye roll. But in order to do so, there are a few reminders I have to give myself regularly:
When I saw this tweet by Jonathan Torrens, it really spoke to me. His young daughter is right. Her reasons for wanting to take up hockey make complete sense. As a hockey mom of six (three of whom are girls), my experience is that many of the great things about having my girls in hockey has little to do with the actual hockey.
It’s that time of year when I gather my delightful six-pack of children to receive their feedback around my best/worst mom fails of the year. They enjoyed sharing many of them with me, but my darlings have kindly narrowed it down to just three for 2019. They are as follows:
Dear readers, I wrote this post ten years ago. It’s hard to believe that 30 years has now passed. Originally posted on Yummy Mummy Club.
The month of October has been designated as National Pregnancy Loss & Infant Loss Awareness Month.
When you have a lot of kids, even when they are close in age, a time comes when they are suddenly all at very different stages of life. This year especially feels like one of those times.
It’s all good to have the little kiddos in day camp for the summer, and the teenagers all have jobs (or they SHOULD!) but I always find that summer time is awkward for the tweens (I’m talking the 8 to 12 crowd). Many of them feel too old for day camp, but they’re still too young to work (legally, anyway!)