Patience is a Powerful Tool Patience is a powerful and vital trait to develop. It contributes to our happiness in extremely important way. It is worth studying and practicing the […]
Read moreA Better World Depends On Better Parenting
Earlier I was feeling stuck about what to write in my blog today. I asked my 18 year old what she thought I could write about. A Fun Time In […]
Read moreThe Bagel Catastrophe
I was having a tea date with my daughter at the Tim Horton’s a couple days ago. While we were enjoying each other’s company a mother came in with her […]
Read moreStart with Empathy, Continue with Empathy, Finish with Empathy
Yesterday I wrote about breathing. In that post I used an example of how I helped my one and a half year old niece to go to sleep by holding […]
Read moreWill Your Kid Want To Hang Out With You When They’re 18?
Texting With My 18 Year Old Look at the graphic above. It is a text exchange between my daughter and I from this evening. In it I mention to her […]
Read moreMore Love… Less Hate… Please!
An eventful trip to the No-Frills I was in the no frills today to buy some tofu. While I was standing in line to pay an argument suddenly broke out […]
Read moreParenting by Principle
Our House Is A Very Harmonious Community My daughter is 18 years old. All throughout her childhood, tween and teen years our family has been a place of joy and […]
Read moreTo Rule or Not to Rule
A Conversation About Rules I had a very interesting conversation with a friend tonight about rules. It went something like this… Me: I have never had any rules in my […]
Read moreThere Is A Whole Universe Under The Table
Playing In The Restaurant I was watching a couple kids play in, around and under the table at a restaurant the other day. They were enjoying themselves so much, laughing […]
Read moreLearning To Love Myself Is How I Learned To Love My Child
How Did You Learn To Love Yourself Vivek? Recently I was sitting with some friends in the park after dancing together for a couple hours. Somebody asked me about how […]
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