It NEVER Fails… well, at least it hasn’t in my relatively short parenting experience. I caution, and have been cautioned myself, for using definitive words like Always and Never. But in this case, I’m sticking with my story, “It NEVER fails!” So the question begs, “Am I the ONLY one?” Maggie seems to think so. [...]
Time Management for Pre-Teens and Teens Viewing this video gave me a Charles Dicken’s, “A Christmas Carol” moment. The ghost of ‘Time Management Future’ visited me and showed me a vision of what my step-daughter’s life will look like in another 10-20 years. As parents (and step-parents, no matter how evil we seem sometimes), it’s [...]
How NOT to Spend a Long Weekend I quit my job recently. And while it was Victoria Day here in Canada, that one decision brought a whole new meaning to the term, ‘Long Weekend‘. You see, the ‘job I quit‘ was that of family task-master. I was the time-freakish person who makes sure there’s structure [...]