Grandparenting
This is a group for those of us past the Mommy-blooging stage and into the best stage that of spoiling the grandkids. We will also entertain questions and comments about how to handle grandparents from invasive to non-existent.
I do hereby solemnly vow not to laugh too too loudly when you complain that your mother (or father) doesn't understand your way of parenting.
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- Blog entry:
Kid Suspended for Camping Utensils as Schools Are Forced to Parent
by
Rita Arens
at 7:26am Mon, 23 Nov 2009
for group(s)
Writing Moms, Work-at-Home Moms of North Florida, Uk Mummy's, This is my "mom body" not my real one, Student Moms, Stay-at-Home Mom Survival, Stage-Mama Blogher Group, single moms of teen and tweener girls, Recycled Parents , Preggers, Parents of Twins & Multiples, Parents of Aspies, Parenting Children with Special Needs, Only Active Parent - Single Moms Blogging, North Carolina Mommies, New Moms, My Tweener , Moms With Girls In Sports, Moms via Surrogacy (both Gestational and Traditional, Moms of Boys, Moms in the Middle, Mommy Network of Michigan, Mommy & Family, mommy & family, Interfaith Families, Grandparenting, Family Fun in Hard Times, Emotional Well Being during Pregnancy, Coupon Loving Moms, Blended Families, Baltimore-area Mommy Bloggers, Attachment Parenting, Working Mommies
Last month the San Francisco Chronicle reported that six-year-old Zachary Christie had been suspended for 45 days for bringing a camping utensil that contained a knife to school. Because he was excited about Boy Scouts.It seems the school board did come to its senses and reduce his sentence, but the knee-jerk application of a zero-tolerance policy enacted to protect students in the wake of school violence for basically packing a spork is troubling. Where do you draw the line?
- Blog entry:
Why Is Yelling a Parental Hot Button?
by
Rita Arens
at 3:00am Mon, 16 Nov 2009
for group(s)
Writing Moms, Work-at-Home Moms of North Florida, Uk Mummy's, This is my "mom body" not my real one, Student Moms, Stay-at-Home Mom Survival, Stage-Mama Blogher Group, single moms of teen and tweener girls, Recycled Parents , Preggers, Parents of Twins & Multiples, Parents of Aspies, Parenting Children with Special Needs, Only Active Parent - Single Moms Blogging, North Carolina Mommies, New Moms, My Tweener , Moms With Girls In Sports, Moms via Surrogacy (both Gestational and Traditional, Moms of Boys, Moms in the Middle, Mommy Network of Michigan, Mommy & Family, mommy & family, Military Families, Interfaith Families, Grandparenting, Emotional Well Being during Pregnancy, Coupon Loving Moms, Blended Families, Baltimore-area Mommy Bloggers, Working Mommies
We've seen the harried mother in Wal-Mart, shrieking at her wayward toddler as she streaks through the aisles clutching candy. You've probably also been the exhausted mommy who, at the end of a long day, MUST YELL TO GET THE SELECTIVELY HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILD TO TAKE A BATH.I myself went along a parenting trajectory. It went like this:New mommy: Cooing and singing, even when my daughter popped me in the nose accidentally while reaching for a toy, hurting me so bad my eyes watered Toddler mommy: Redirection! These tantrums are developmentally appropriate! Ha!Preschooler mommy: I don't understand you when you use that whining voice.Kindergartner mommy: Yell
- Blog entry:
When Does Bullying Start and Stop?
by
Rita Arens
at 3:00am Mon, 9 Nov 2009
for group(s)
Writing Moms, Work-at-Home Moms of North Florida, This is my "mom body" not my real one, Student Moms, Stay-at-Home Mom Survival, Stage-Mama Blogher Group, single moms of teen and tweener girls, Run With Your Kids, Parents of Twins & Multiples, Parents of Aspies, Parenting Children with Special Needs, New Moms, My Tweener , Moms With Girls In Sports, Moms via Surrogacy (both Gestational and Traditional, Moms of Boys, Moms in the Middle, Mommy Network of Michigan, Mommy & Family, mommy & family, Military Families, Grandparenting, Emotional Well Being during Pregnancy, Coupon Loving Moms, Blended Families, Baltimore-area Mommy Bloggers, Attachment Parenting, Working Mommies
My five-year-old has been lucky so far. She's never been bullied.That I know about.