Why Can't You All Just Obey Me?

Thing 2 was taking a ride with his Bop-Bop (My father-in-law) and his Aunt yesterday. The kids and their Aunt usually play a game where …

E Is For Ethics: How to talk to Kids About Morals, Values, and What Matters Most
Web site: www.eisforethics.com
Author: Ian James Corlett
Illustrated by: …

Thing 1 has a friend, whom we’ll call “Sally.” The two girls were in the same class in 4th grade and spent a lot of …

Today was the start of the 2010-2011 school year for our kids. Thing 1 started 5th grade today, while Thing 2 started Kindergarten.
Surprisingly, there …

Last night, Thing 3 really got a handle on the whole crawling thing. Being the proud parents we are, we took a short video of …

For some time now, Thing 2 has been wanting a mohawk. His hair is SUPER curly with very tight ringlets, as you can tell by …

Last night we were sitting around eating a nice gourmet Mother’s Day dinner of take-n-bake pizza, when I hiccuped and wound up choking on a …

Thing 1, our nine-year-old daughter, loves to read. She’s read nearly all of her books one time through and some of those she’s read a …

Growing up I remember being a constantly curious kid. While my parents encouraged it, they didn’t exactly appreciate it when I questioned our faith. I …

For most of the past month, Thing 1 has been putting the wife and I through the ringer with poor decision making, bad behavior and …