Adventures in Parenting

What keeps us going when diapers, laundry and Candyland gets old?
To keep the big picture amidst the mundane, this poem published in 1865 reminds us of our calling. The oft-quoted line “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world” is still true today.
Mark this post and come back to it [...]

Are you looking forward to 2009 with anticipation or with anxiety?
I tend to be a nervous kind of person. Two days ago we took our kids skiing at the local mountains; the anticipation kept me up half the night.
When I came across this poem At the Gate of the Year by Minnie Louise Harkins published [...]

I wonder what kind of mother Mary was.
If I was Mary having to be the mother of a Perfect Son like Jesus, I would be smugly bragging about Him to my friends. “My Jesus was already walking before he was born.” “My Jesus always gets His chores done, even without me telling Him.”
But the guilt [...]

A mom asked me: “My 8-year-old son wants to have a few friends over to play computer games. The kids will bring their own laptops so they can online together. Should I let them? Shouldn’t they be doing other things if they are going to spend time together?”
First, let’s consider the bigger picture::
1. Massively multiplayer [...]

The winners of the High School Musical Ice Show tickets are LW, SMS and Heidi Gallegos!
I know you’ll enjoy the show, and maybe I’ll even see you there.
Thank you all for participating.
(Winners were chosen at random by random.org)

I am so excited! Tomorrow my daughter will be coming home from college for 3 weeks of Christmas vacation!
Christmas holidays gives many natural opportunities to spend time together with our children. My younger daughter and I went Christmas shopping for her friends today. We wrapped Christmas presents together with Christmas music in the background. Decorating [...]

Tired of asking your kids for help with your digital camera or downloading a program?
Help is here!
All you have to do is ask, and Patric at Noobie.com will answer.
I interviewed Patric and asked him for advice on how parents can maximize the use of technology, without breaking anything!
Click below to hear our conversation.

Do you love to shop?? Duh, that’s a rhetorical question!
My daughter loves to go to the mall - Hollister, Anchor Blue, Forever 21 - you know, all those stores with the cute teen fashions. After a while, they all look the same to me!
Have you noticed that the sizes offered are very small? I saw [...]