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  • Elementary School

    Navigating a Grownup World is Confusing: 10 Ways We Mislead Our Children

    Erin Britt February 5, 2022 Elementary School

    By Shenna Fitzgerald. If we rational, mature grownups are stumped by parenting choices and styles, just imagine how confused kids are.

    conflicting messages, parenting, parenting styles, motherhood, childhood, chores, homework, dinner, manners

    Defining Break Time

    Angela Jamison July 30, 2021 Elementary School

    By Angela Jamison. It's a funny thing—going from longing for those breaks from your babies to wishing you never had a break from them.

    breaks, school, babies, nap time, me time, motherhood, parenting, definition

    What If I Can’t Do It?

    Kathy Glow June 5, 2021 Elementary School

    By Kathy Glow. I can’t make him do something he doesn’t want to do, and I’ve struggled with that a lot lately.

    sports, struggle, swimming, motivation, motherhood, parenting

    Crossing Over

    Stacey Conner May 31, 2021 Elementary School

    By Stacey Conner.  My children are so lucky to live in such a kind world.

    school, drop-off, trust, faith, motherhood, parenting, independence

    Screw the Volcano

    Megan Broutian December 2, 2020 Elementary School

    By Megan Broutian. They say that the mark of good parents is when they succeed in making a better life for their children than the one they themselves had.

    motherhood, daughter, school, education, career, grades, expectations

    This is Not Your Mother’s Childhood

    Stacey Conner November 5, 2020 Elementary School

    by Stacey Conner. My third child started Kindergarten this year and I watched in amazement. No kid was ever so comfortable with a school, so certain. He’d been picking up his older brother and sister for two years. He’d been to every party, walked every hall.

    school, bullies, reading, motherhood, parenting, mamalode, empathy, loneliness, confidence, siblings, military, moving

    One Drop Off

    Jennifer Savage August 8, 2020 Elementary School

    Savagemama celebrates the first day of school because both of her kids are now in the same school.

    school, elementary, drop off, schedule, parenting, commute, motherhood, savagemama

    She Walks Alone

    Stacey of onefunnymotha December 1, 2019 Elementary School

    Mom tries to motivate other parents to allow their kids to walk alone to middle school. 

    mamalode, motherhood, daughter, walk, parenting

    Extreme Measures

    Dori September 13, 2019 Elementary School

    Mom goes to extreme measures to get her kids to stop fighting with each other.

    swearing, chores, discipline, sibling rivalry, sibling fighting, tattling, accusing siblings

    Stumped

    Jennifer Savage September 11, 2019 Elementary School

    Savagemama struggles with professional ambition.

    death, accident, neighbors, community, career, ambition, reality, identity
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