by Robin | Oct 15, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, On my soapbox, Parenting
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 11 ~ The world wide web forever changed parenting. By introducing a host of decisions non-existent a decade ago, the internet heightens the responsibility of a parent to be informed about the rewards and risks...
by Robin | Oct 15, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 10 ~ In a country where the divorce rate hovers around 50%, it's hard for me–a recovering people pleaser–to say what I'm about to say. I realize potentially I could offend or hurt every...
by Robin | Oct 13, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 9 ~ In writing my 31 Days of Parenting Teens and Tweens, I've talked to other parents about what they'd advise if they were writing in my place. My sister, whose two daughters, 18 and 19, are six shades of...
by Robin | Oct 5, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
A parenting series that doesn't build from one post to the next; rather, it's a collection of thoughts and advice from a mama who's been there, doing that, intended as encouragement, not dogma. I hope you'll check in every day to see if I'm...
by Robin | Oct 3, 2011 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal
After I got (<– the nicest way I can characterize it), how could I possibly have the audacity to channel The Help's Aibileen Clark for a post; and not just any post, one for ?! Well…because I believe she had something wise, important and...