The Virtue Board.
I remember having this conversation with my daughter as her dad arrived home from work one evening.Read More »
How to grow your kid’s love for reading- growing girls tip#2
The Mystery Box
Good readers make good leaders. The first time I heard this was at school orientation during my eldest daughter’s first year in grade school.
When my girls were younger we allowed them to play with an ipad because of interactive learning games. I thought this was ok, because it helped them learn, and honestly, it afforded me some peace and quiet. But as more articles on the internet surfaced discouraging iPad use for children because of lack of focus, overestimation, and worries over emotional development (I’ve read that kids don’t learn to self-regulate their feelings when an ipad is used to pacify them) I also limited their use for it.
Summer goal setting for kids-growing girls tip#1
I’m hoping that this can be the first of a series, because I’d love to share what we’ve done as parents to help our girls grow. I’m not a parenting expert, and everything that I’m posting here is purely based on our personal experiences on what has worked for us.
The Summer Map.
Unlike my girls who are already busy catching up with homework, some kids are still on vacation mode. This is a very late post, as I’m writing about something we did last summer. I do hope that some kids who haven’t started school (because of the K to 12 adjustment) can still benefit from this idea.
How to Grow Together as a Couple.
Married for over 11 years, we have found a way to creatively grow together as a couple. More than just traveling together, we’ve added learning together to help us continuously grow. After all, how we think can determine who we are.
Trusting & Letting go.
It took seven years, but I guess I needed a little more than a push to share my story. I love to write, but it’s only made it’s way to stacks of journals and private posts that strangers weren’t meant to see.
So, *dramatic pause* why. exactly. am. I. doing. this. now? I have gone through 5 early miscarriages, and I feel that my journey to motherhood may not be as uncommon as it was before, especially since there has been greater awareness on reproductive immunology, but there is no lack in trying to find hope where it’s available, every woman who has ever walked into a doctors office with a folder of test results will understand what I’m talking about. I’m sharing this now to give hope to women who are still waiting for their turn.
Growing with Jenny 