Radical Parenting

“Is it in here?” I asked, looking into my son’s ear. He shook his head no, so I asked the same question again, looking into his nose, mouth, and belly button. This was a game I used to play with my son when he was three years old called “Where’s your Peace?” Whenever he would […]

I rushed down the stairs to put on my shoes for basketball practice in 2nd grade. My dad brought me to an abrupt stop, telling me to go change my socks. I looked down at my feet to find two different multicolored socks. “Only wear white socks to practice, or you will get teased,” he

On my traffic-filled commute to work a few years ago, my two-year-old in the back started yelling out that he was thirsty. I responded, “Sorry buddy, I don’t have anything to give you. We can get something when we get there.” This was not a sufficient answer, apparently, as he began kicking and screaming in

My kids keep asking me when they get to see my actual book. They are my biggest little cheerleaders and think I am a YouTube star simply because I put videos on YouTube! 🙂 My daughter asked me recently when I was going to finally be done with my book. “How long does it take?”

I looked at the map, and my heart dropped. A new little line jutted out at an angle to include a little neighborhood into a different elementary zone. Our house was in that new area. If these new changes occur, my children will be going to a different school next year. My heart feels heavy

Does anyone else out there have a child who is consistently lying to you? Last night, I reminded my son to brush his teeth before bed. This resulted in his typical meltdown on the floor, and he was too tired. I responded with little emotion as we have long since implemented the rule that if

“I never texted that person back.” That was my first thought that spiraled into many anxious and irrational thoughts in the middle of the night last night. Does this happen to any of you? It seems that when I’m up in the middle of the night, my rational brain is still sleeping, like all of

“How am I doing as a mom?” At a conference last week, the speaker said she gets regular feedback on her parenting from her kids. I thought I would try it out. I asked my kids what they thought I did well as a mom, how I made them feel loved, and what they liked

“Let’s have you sit on mom’s lap.” MOM, there was a heavy warmth that filled my body upon hearing that word. I wasn’t expecting the emotional response I had today at the doctor’s office. I have been referred to as my son’s mom by many people and even heard mama a few times out of

I’m having a week where I most definitely have earned the title of mother! You know the weeks I’m talking about (and it is only Tuesday morning). Overnight, I had the second child this week with stomach bug symptoms.  My hunch is not stomach bug since they don’t have other symptoms but simply too many