A couple comments have been made about my post on L’s swim lesson and I want to make some clarifications. I appreciate my readers’ comments about “easing him into” things. Believe me, I have been trying for six years. I helped him along and did everything with him, believing that he would separate from me [...]
What is about Fridays?
When I was, ahem, younger, Fridays were always full of anticipation. I’d leave work a little early and go to happy hour, or I’d get started on a weekend skiing or camping trip. Now that I’m a wife of eleven years and a mom of nearly seven years, Fridays are different. WAY [...]
It did not go well. When we got to the locker room for L’s first swim lesson, he wouldn’t take off his shoes. Then he wouldn’t take off his shirt. PHAT Daddy & I had to physically force him to the pool. I left, hoping that he would be braver and separate easier from Dad [...]
I have written a bit before about L’s resistance to taking classes or lessons of any kind without me right there next to him. I had always hoped he would overcome this fear on his own, but at age 6 1/2, it is clear that we need to give him a little help.
Tomorrow he is [...]
In my quest for self-improvement I sometimes come across an article that makes it all seem so simple. Below is a reprint that I hope you will enjoy.
The Best Self-Help Guide
By: Sara Esther Crispe
The other night, as I walked through a local Barnes and Nobles, I couldn’t believe how many books were on display claiming [...]
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