How to Actively Listen and Respond to Your Child

How to Actively Listen and Respond to Your Child

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Communicating with our children can be a difficult task at times. We feel like they’re not listening to us; they feel like we’re not listening to them. Good listening and communications skills are essential to successful parenting. Your child’s feelings, views and opinions have worth, and you should make sure you take the time to sit down and listen openly and discuss them honestly. Are you reacting or responding? It seems to be a natural tendency to react rather than to respond. We pass judgment based on our own feelings and experiences. However, responding means being receptive to our child’s feelings and emotions and allowing them to express themselves openly and honestly without fear of repercussion from us. By reacting, we send our child the…

Your Eco-Friendly Family

Your Eco-Friendly Family

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Image Credit Climate change affects us all. Every day the debate continues about who is responsible for making the changes to reverse the damage we’ve done to the environment. While governments control the infrastructure that we all live under; determining rules surrounding emissions, and large corporations make decisions about how the products they sell us are produced and delivered to us; there is still an onus on us, the individual, to make changes in our lives which will benefit society on the whole.    The question is always; what can one person do that can make that much of a difference? And how can you and your family make sure that you are as eco-friendly as possible? Getting into good, simple habits yourself will influence…

An Apology to My Children: I’m Sorry I’m Not the Perfect Mom
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An Apology to My Children: I’m Sorry I’m Not the Perfect Mom

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We, as parents, are not perfect. And let’s face it, I have yet to meet a mom or dad who truly has it all together. There’s nothing wrong with that. However, if you feel compelled to do so, here’s how to compose an apology letter to your children.  At the same time? I learned that I needed to stop apologizing. I needed to stop saying that I was sorry for not being the perfect mom. I’ve realized that I’m not perfect and though I may strive for perfection, being perfect is just not possible. I’m an imperfect mother though I may try my best and today, I want to share with you some tips on motherhood and coming to terms with being an imperfect mother….

Did I really fail as a mom?
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Did I really fail as a mom?

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I failed as a mom Failure in life is inevitable it seems. But without failure, there would be no success. I would argue, in fact, that in order to succeed and move forward; sometimes you have to fail. Coming to terms with the fact that you’ve failed is not always easy and I am one of those people who hate to admit that they’ve failed. Perhaps that’s why the realization hit me so hard during a conversation that I had with Kyle on Christmas of 2015. This conversation started so simply as I was discussing my plans for the next three years in terms of working at home. It was during a more heated part of the conversation that I realized that I was failing…

A “Typical” Day in the Life of a Work at Home Mom

A “Typical” Day in the Life of a Work at Home Mom

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Making the transition from being a stay at home mom to being a work at home mom hasn’t always been easy. From time to time, the question still comes up: What does a stay at home mom do? What is her value, what is her worth? When people ask me what I do for a living, my response is usually two-fold. I’m a stay at home mom and I blog. I’m not always great at either of these things but so far, it seems to be panning out well. Sure, I’ve still encountered my fair share of failures as a stay at home mom and I may not be a six figure blogger (yet)… but I make do. And yet, I still get the questions: so…

How to Help Your Autistic Teen Through Puberty

How to Help Your Autistic Teen Through Puberty

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All children grow up (with the exception, of course, of Peter Pan) and that includes our autistic children. Even if they may not be at the same developmental age or stage; that doesn’t stop the onset of puberty or the fact that our autistic toddlers and preschoolers will eventually become autistic adults. I will say this, parenting an autistic teenager is an adventure and while she still doesn’t come with a manual; I’m doing my best to help my daughter. Here’s a few ways to help your autistic teen through puberty. How to Support Your Autistic Teen Through Puberty After receiving Sweet B’s initial diagnosis, and eventually coming to terms with said diagnosis, a stark reality hit me in the face. One day, and sooner…