Tag Archive for: fathers
Are You a WIMPY Parent ?
Here are five quick tests:
Do you…let your children boss you around? (Do they say things like “Where’s my breakfast?”)
Do you…make excuses for your children? (“She would have said ‘Thank you.’ but she was too busy playing.”)
Are…
“The Circle Game”
As my children have gotten older and more self-sufficient, I’ve seen them become more “objective” about the hard-earned advice I offer. They no longer hear my voice as if it were thunder on the mountaintop. As my role in their lives…
What’s a Mommy or a Daddy Anyway?
or... EXCUSES PART TWO
In a previous blog I addressed the folly of parents too frequently accepting excuses from our children. I also mentioned the possibility of parents actually making up excuses on behalf of their kids – as in, they…
5 Things Every Husband (and Father) Should Know
As this week marks the thirty-sixth year of my marriage, I thought I’d try to offer some of the little lessons I have learned through co-habitation.
None of us is entitled to the “perfect” partner. We just don’t come out of the box…
HOLIDAY HEADS UP
It’s November now, the month of Thanksgiving (one of my two faves (4th of July being the other)).
November is also the month when our children start rehearsing seriously for their school Holiday Programs. Singing, dancing, holding signs…
PARENTS’ REMORSE
Parenting is a long process, and there’s no question that mistakes get made along the way. Sometimes we just react without thinking. Sometimes we just don’t want to be bothered with thinking things through. Sometimes we act selfishly.
Parents…