According to the US Census Bureau in 2012, “Grandparents maintained 67 percent of coresident households. About 1 in 3 grandparent- maintained households had no parent present.” That is 67% of 4.2 MILLION households maintained by grandparents. WHAT? Those numbers shock me, and it is probably because I just didn’t grow up that way. People raised…
Tag: discipline
I Don’t Want Any More Presents
We have been parents for almost twenty years, and yes, I count the day of conception as the start date of the parenting endeavor. So, all told, in a couple of months, twenty years will have gone by, and FAST! When we began this life together, we told each other a few things about what…
Word for Wednesday 1
Every family has a bunch of words that were made up as the family, well, lived together in the same house for years and spoke. I like to think of these words as OUR family speak and if you know us, you can speak our language. If you don’t, then you can learn a new…
“Control Your Young”
I thought all the whole drive back about how my children behave outside of our home in comparison to the way most other kids do. I would like to share some of the experiences we have had taking our young ones out in public. Now, mind you, our children are not perfect, we are not…
I Was Just Minding My Own Business
Today I’m doing something I have never done before. I am sitting in our local library with my computer and 12 of the kids just sitting and observing. I bring the kids here, but I have never recorded what I see and hear while I am supervising them. This should be fun. I was sitting…
