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Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Archive for the ‘Parenting’ Category

May 13th, 2008

My Own All American Girl

My daughter’s love music and are always singing along to their favorite songs. For Mother’s Day my 9 year old decided to give me a very unique and thoughtful gift. She took it upon herself to record a special Mother’s Day message for me and a song. The song she chose to sing and […]

By char -- 0 comments

March 7th, 2008

Positively Friday - What Did Your Kids Do Right This Week

We haven’t done a Positively Friday in a while, but it is time to get back to it! It is Friday and if you are like me, it’s been a LOOONG week. Take a few minutes and look back on the week and rather than letting all the things your kids did wrong take you […]

By char -- 3 comments

February 28th, 2008

New Reality Show Refueling the Mommy Wars?

Yesterday morning I heard an ad on the radio for a new TLC reality show called, The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom - where the show’s premise is to secretly take a stay at home mom away from her family for a week to pursue her dream career again.
Immediately after I got home I […]

By char -- 8 comments

February 9th, 2008

Teen’s Take on Parenting

I discovered a new resource this morning - Teen Coach, Sarah Newton.  Sarah is one of the UK’s best known advocates for teens and is an author, parent, and self-proclaimed “Rebel with a Cause.” After spending a few minutes on her site, I found some articles that I know you will be interested in!

The Eight […]

By char -- 0 comments

January 13th, 2008

I’m Still Just a Kid At Heart

My daughter had a sleepover birthday party to go to last night. We went to the store yesterday morning to buy her friend a gift. As we were strolling the aisles of the store I said, “Do you want me to buy you the new Hannah Montana CD?” She thought it was a real treat. […]

By Christine -- 2 comments

January 12th, 2008

Weary Parent Weekend Reading Assignment

There have been so many good reads I have found this week, I just can’t keep them all to myself! These are all tidbits of info, stories, posts, and such that I know you will all find helpful or will be able to relate to. Get comfortable and go do your assignment.

Thrifty Mommy has 10 […]

By char -- 2 comments

January 9th, 2008

Being a Mean Mom is Not a Bad Thing

Did you read the story on CNN today about the Mom who sold her son’s car when she found alcohol in it? Yep, she did. When her son got his car around Thanksgiving, they clearly set out the rules - no booze and always keep it locked. Those sound like pretty good rules to me. […]

By char -- 7 comments

December 10th, 2007

Do You Ever Question Your Parenting Abilities?

This past weekend has got to have been one of the hardest weekends I think I have had as a parent in a long time. I’m not sure exactly what it was - I’m sure it was a bunch of stuff all at once - but all I could do all weekend was question and […]

By char -- 6 comments

November 10th, 2007

What Went Right This Week? Time to Brag About Your Kids

This was such a hectic week for me. The kids were off school Monday and Tuesday - which meant more time with friends and some sleeping in. Wednesday and Friday I was out of my home office all day and Thursday was as normal as it could be. Looking back, this week is basically a […]

By char -- 3 comments

November 6th, 2007

I Voted - Did You?

It is Election Day in the United States, and while we are not electing a President this year, many state and local government positions are up for grabs.
Why should you take time out of your busy day today and stand in lines at a polling place just to cast your vote for a County Treasurer […]

By char -- 1 comment

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