'words' Tagged Posts

'words' Tagged Posts

Parent Up! A Friend Indeed

Friends. Joy or drama? Tears or laughter? I know I’ve said it before, but I think it’s worth repeating; Our kids learn how to be friends based on what they hear and see from their peers and adults around them.  What does being a friend mean? Have you given your child language to differentiate between the various spectrums of what it means to be friends (from having a friend to confide in, befriending the new kid on the block, or…

Lay A Word On Them

There were times when my children came to me for support or (as my girl child would say) to lay a word on them, and I just didn’t have it.  I didn’t have anything in the tank to pull out for them, either because my mind was solving some other issue or I was simply tapped out mentally. Well of course being the “always prepared mom” that I am (Haha-nope, the idea came from my sister in law), I had…