Encouraging Your Child’s Strengths
What happens if your child isn’t gifted in the academic world? How do you handle it as a parent? I wrote an essay, “Listen for the Pounding” that is currently in Portland Family magazine that talks about what I’ve learned and needed to be reminded of as a parent when my kids are struggling to […]
Get the Anxiety Out of Math – Math for Grownups Book giveaway
Today I’d like to welcome Laura Laing, author of the new book Math For Grownups to Imp3rfect Mom. She has some important insight about math anxiety and our kids. by Laura Laing Things that make many kids anxious: a new school, big dogs, the deep end of the swimming pool, bees, strangers, nightmares, math. Did […]
Signs of Maturing
Yesterday I had a fabulous giveaway and very few comments. Now the number of comments had nothing to do with the great ebook I featured but it had more to do with the fact I haven’t blogged for a long time and I think I’ve lost a few of my dear readers. 🙁 So I sit […]
Guest Post – Emotional Edge, Part 2
It’s my pleasure again to have Trish Rohani, MA MFT back for part 2 of giving your child the emotional edge. If you missed this terrific post, please read part I first. Here they are, those practical ideas I promised for giving your children an emotional edge in life. When reading a story with your […]
I’m Not a Fun Mom
Okay, I admit it, “I’m not a fun mom.” I think of a fun mom as the mom who takes their kids out to the park or to the beach and plays with them. Some of it was because with having five kids, I expected them to play with each other which they did. I […]
Habits Take Awhile to Form
This morning I woke up thinking did I write my post today? Did it go live? What was it about? Then I remembered that the 2011 Blogathon is over. Phew! Check out that pretty badge to the right that says I did it! I feel like a kindergartener showing my parent that I got a […]
Past Post: Dishes and Doors
Dear Oldest Son and Oldest Daughter, I just want you to know that when you left tonight to go back to college and I didn’t walk you out to the car, it’s my way of hiding. Hiding from strong emotions. I gave you a big hug and kiss, but went right back to washing the […]
Do You Ever Feel Not Needed?
Throughout this Blogathon month I’ve been busy creating posts, tweeting, checking my stats way too often, and not being as accessible to my family as much as I think I “should” be. Yet my kids are doing just fine. They are still completing homework, getting their chores done, and snuggling with their dad in the […]
Guest Post: Try Again
I’m thrilled to introduce Jenni Crain as my guest on IMP3RfeCt Mom. She’s another one of the accomplished writers in my online writer’s group. I think you’ll love her post. My daughter has a sticker chart on the fridge that says, in her seven-year-old mix of capital and lower-case letters, “I was nice in the […]
Equal Time For Each Kid?
One thing I’ve learned with having children is that it’s easy to give a certain child more attention than another one. You don’t mean to do it. You may give one of your kids more attention because he gets good grades, and it’s easy to praise him. You may give attention to a different child […]
