Archive for the ‘parenting’ Category
2012
The Cost of Raising a Family
I love our family, and I don’t regret our decision to have four children (and perhaps one more) even during our poorest times. We made it work and we are stronger for it. I’m not advocating for anyone to make the same choices we have, I’m just saying that you can live without many of the things people think are “necessities”.
2012
Parenting a Teen
I have a bunch of littles (sometimes it feels like fifty but really it is just three) and one daughter firmly entrenched in her teen years. So many blogs are devoted to parenting a young child; I thought it might be a refreshing change to address what it is like to be an attachment parent with a teenager.
2011
Santa Doesn’t Stop Here
When Hannah was eight, she found out about Santa. She sadly looked at her baby brother and then looked up at me and said “So it was all a lie? Please don’t do that to Patrick.”
