Empty Threats

Here is a great post about Empty threats.  We've all made them.  Don't lie!  Honestly, I try really hard to keep from doing this, but it still happens.  Telling your kids that you are going to do something that you have no real intention and/or means of doing is obviously not a good thing.  But how bad is it really?  I would think that it would slowly erode your credibility in your children's eyes.   

The Morning Battles!

My family has been fighting the morning battle for a while now.  Now, to be clear, this doesn't happen every day, and sometimes we will go a week or more at a time without the explosions, but when it happens it never fails to bring me down.

So, I've been doing a little research and I've found these links that have some possible solutions/things to try.  Let me know if you have any tried-and-true methods of getting your little ones up and out the door without them or you exploding.

http://childcare.about.com/od/behaviors/tp/gettingkidsup.htm

http://www.worknwoman.com/worknmom/askmom/ask5.html

http://mommysavers.com/boards/family-matters/64599-getting-child-up-morning.html

http://wondertime.go.com/parent-to-parent/article/morning-rush-hour.html

http://www.familysanitysavers.com/morningmadness.html

Bring the Playing Back!

I have thought for quite awhile now that societies' recent fixation on schooling and standardized testing will eventually have a detrimental effect on society as a whole.  Now it seems as if this is indeed the case.  Here is a terrific article on this subject: It's Time to Bring Playtime Back

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