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Category Archives: discipline
What do you think?
I didn’t believe this headline to be “true” so I had to read the article. A middle school girl was reprimanded in class and kept out of one her team’s basketball games because she said, “I love you” in her native language … Continue reading
Posted in discipline, life lessons, teachers
Tagged behavior, kids, life, opinions, people, simple questions, things, thoughts
6 Comments
The terrible stages
Jenny actually brought this up yesterday on our “family photo” joke. Only really, it’s not a joke. I know they’re having a rough time right now getting through the 4’s. My first born child was HORRIBLE at 15-16-17…. I have … Continue reading
Posted in discipline, kids, Uncategorized
Tagged childhood, children, discipline, kids, memories, terrible 4's
29 Comments
A trip to the police station
I can remember when my boys were little. I don’t remember how old they were but they were under 10. I took them to the fire department so the firemen could talk to them and explain the warnings and dangers … Continue reading
Posted in behavior, child abuse, children, choices, differences, discipline, educating, kids, laws, life lessons, opinions, parent's, parenting, people, rules, things, Uncategorized
Tagged behavior, child abuse, children, choices, differences, discipline, educating, kids, laws, life lessons, opinions, parent's, parenting, people, rules, things
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What kind of thing bothers you?
The other day Sue wrote this post about our recent Christmas gifts and if we liked them all and are still using them or are they now sitting all alone is some far corner. Jenny had commented about a toy … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, adults, children, differences, discipline, fairness, kids, people, rules, things, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, adults, children, differences, discipline, fairness, kids, people, punishment, rules, things
13 Comments
This Year, I Resolve To….
…I don’t know. I haven’t the foggiest idea about what I should resolve to do, because for a ridiculous number of years, I’ve been resolving to lose the same ten pounds (plus the ten that I added that year, which … Continue reading
Posted in bad habits, behavior, bucket list, changes, discipline, dreams, happy new year, life, lifestyles, new years, opportunities, problems, self control, traditions, wishes
Tagged changes, New Year, resolutions
22 Comments
Fair is fair…or is it?
Well. Where do I start? We’ve had a very interesting last 5 days. As you all now Bailey is on the traveling baseball team for our town. This was something he had to try out for. Something we had to pay for. … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, advice, athletes, baseball, boys, competition, competitive, disappointment, discipline, encourage, fairness, feelings, friendships, humiliation, hurt feelings, kids, life lessons, losing, sports, tournaments, Uncategorized, winning
Tagged activities, adults, behavior, children, choices, differences, emotions, friends, fun, games, kids, problems
17 Comments
Is 16 to young to drive?
Last week we had a couple of very tragic accidents claiming the lives of many of our young people. Here is the news story of one of them. Several things came out after this article. There was no alcohol involved … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, age, behavior, children, choices, differences, discipline, drivers ed, driving, fears, good habits, kids, laws, life, live and learn, people, Political Correctness, problems, teachers, teenagers, things, Uncategorized, vehicles
Tagged accidents, age, behavior, children, choices, discipline, drivers ed, driving, fears, good habits, kids, laws, life, life lessons, live and learn, people, Political Correctness, problems, teachers, teenagers, things, vehicles
35 Comments
Food fights have sure changed
This story was brought to my attention by SKL. “A 13-year-old girl who threw vegetables in a cafeteria worker’s face sparked a fist-fight that ended with criminal charges being filed against the worker, who apparently didn’t find the incident very … Continue reading
Posted in adults, anger, behavior, childhood, children, choices, discipline, food fights, kids, learning, paraprofessionals, people, problems, school, self esteem, special ed, teachers, things, Uncategorized
Tagged adults, anger, behaviors, cafeteria, childhood, children, choices, discipline, food fight, kids, learning, paraprofessionals, people, problems, school, self esteem, special ed, students, teachers, things
19 Comments
Chores? Allowances? What works for you?
A few of us were talking this morning on Facebook about how to go about getting kids to do their chores. Laura put the question out there and Nikki and I both commented and I thought it would be a … Continue reading
Posted in allowance, behavior, childhood, children, choices, chores, differences, discipline, good habits, kids, life, life lessons, live and learn, memories, memory, parenting, people, things
Tagged allowance, behaviors, childhood, children, choices, chores, discipline, good habits, kids, life, life lessons, live and learn, memories, memory, parenting, people, things
8 Comments
Tough Love
Most people nowadays think it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of “those moments”. One that I have found very effective is for me to just take the … Continue reading
Posted in adults, advice, behavior, children, choices, discipline, disrespect, education, funny, growing up, humor, humorous, jokes, kids, laughs, life, parenting
Tagged adults, behavior, children, choices, family, funny, growing up, humor, humorous, jokes, kids, laughs, laughter, life, life lessons, relationships
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