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Parenting in the Middle: Not Too Strict, Not Too Lenient
Our society has a tendency to function like a pendulum that swings from one far end to the other. We’ve seen this happen in schools (we’ve swing from phonics all the way to whole-reading or we swing from progressive, open-classrooms to “drill and kill.”). My work at Montessori For All is about trying to stop the pendulum in the middle. There are things we need from both sides.I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how the pendulum concept applies to parenting. Past historical periods have seen harsher forms of parenting (like the idea of children being seen but not heard), while now it feels like we are on the… Read More -
Have a Great Spring Break!
For the past couple months, I’ve been dreading Spring Break. Normally, we go on vacation together as a family, which I love. This year, however, Matt got offered a position as a photographer for SXSW. Of course I had to say yes to my taking on more child care, so that he could pursue his passion. He has done so much for my career these past seven years. Of course I can do whatever he needs me to do. I owe him a ton!But I was bummed about it. Not only were we losing our family vacation, I was going to be saddled with lots and lots of solo… Read More -
‘Tis the Season: Our Holiday Traditions as a Family
The holiday season seriously seems to fly by. Halloween, Matt’s Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas–BAM! I’m trying to slow down and savor it as much as possible. I’ve worked to reduce the stress by staying ahead of everything I want to do: we start Halloween costumes in August or September, then we move on to getting our Christmas shopping started and holiday cards done. Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone (we had a fantastic week at the beach visiting my family in Florida), we are rolling out the Christmas traditions. Here are our holiday traditions as a family…
Holiday Traditions
- We travel out to Elgin Christmas Tree Farm (with our dog)
