Adventures in Parenting

“Mom, can you help me with my science homework?”
I bring my laptop, my book, and mail to the dining room table so I can multitask while helping my daughter with homework.
“What question are you on?” I asked.

Answer email.
“What question was that again?”
Read a credit card offer.
“What did you say was the question?”
In an effort to [...]

“My kids don’t talk to me.”
One of the main components of a relationship is communication. Ask any marriage counselor and they’ll say that lack of effective communication is one of the biggest problems in marriages.
You’d think that since we’ve known our kids all their lives and even live with them every single day of their [...]

My mother-in-law often says, “If you treat people well, they will treat you well.”
Do we want our kids to obey us, respect us, and be civil to us?
Then we have to do our part not to annoy our children.
Of course, if I am doing the right thing and my kids don’t like it, I don’t [...]

“My kids talk for hours with their friends, but they don’t tell me anything!”
Communication problem? Generation gap?
The problem is actually an occupational hazard of being a parent.
Since day one of our children’s lives, we’ve told our children what to do: put on your shoes, eat your vegetables, pick up your socks, don’t forget your [...]