Bringing up girls these days feels like a dangerous proposition. It seems at every turn there are potential dangers. Boys and girls both are at risk to all kinds of things that we old folks rarely worried about as kids. From bullying to predators, the online world has amplified many of the things we faced [...]
I am pretty smart, I think. I have 2 + 2 down pat, can balance my check book, and have a good grasp on making a mean grilled cheese. I don’t think anyone that knows me would say that I was a flake or airhead. Well… maybe… but they don’t count. Lately, however, something is [...]
Written by Series Guest Blogger, Brooks Weatherspoon, a father of twin 12 year old girls that will give us insight into A Day in Fatherhood! When I was a child, I was deathly afraid of spiders. Every single time I climbed into my bed, I felt spiders crawling up my legs. It was a fear that [...]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BacktoBalance #CollectiveBias If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know that last week I hosted 4 of my brothers and their entire families. With the girls and I, the total number of humans in this house [...]
Life skills are those things that we simply can’t do without in our adult lives. They are the skills that we build from as our foundation and without them, our happiness in life is much more evasive. Life skills are often overlooked as well. Parents get so wrapped up in right and wrong that they [...]
When you are raising multiple kids at once, you run into all kinds of unique problems. One of the most common is the problem with individualism. You want to treat your kids equally, but you want to recognize them all as being unique too. Finding the right mix of this is a tricky proposition. As [...]
Assigning chores is not exactly fun. Kids are naturally going to be resistant and we have our work cut out for us before we even get started. That said, we are not helpless in this situation. We have tools in our arsenal that can help a great deal if we are willing to use them. [...]
