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15 Minutes of TV a Week
We’ve always tried to be intentional about reducing Henry’s screen time. A while back, we weren’t letting him watch any on the weekdays but then we were letting him watch shows for about 45-60 minutes while Tate slept on the weekends.Then it started to feel like too much. I dreaded the thought of trying to pull back his screen time (I envisioned massive fits), but I reminded myself, “You’re the parent. If you think it’s not good for him to watch so much TV, then you should institute a new limit.” And so we did. Now we do only one 15-minute show on Saturday or Sunday. And it feels… Read More -
My Addiction to Technology
This article about how easy it can be to become addicted to technology these days really resonated with me. The irony was that I came across the article while I was scrolling through Facebook.There really is a lot of amazing stuff that comes into my life through Facebook. I don’t want to cut it out altogether. The trick, for me, is about moderation. I literally pick up my phone to fill up every spare moment I have. I’m waiting for Matt to get out of the shower so we can go to bed? Let me check Facebook. I’m getting a pedicure? Let me scroll through Facebook. I’m going… Read More -
Holiday Traditions (and Reducing Holiday Stress)
The Christmas spirit is alive and kicking at the Cotner-Bradford residence!The Friday after Thanksgiving, we drove out to a Christmas tree farm in a small rural town to cut down our Christmas tree. The boys have been eagerly anticipating the experience for about a month. Tate was thrilled to ride on a tractor out into the field. We came home with a 9.5-foot tree (they always look smaller in the field than they do at home…).We got the ornaments down from the storage area and started hanging them on the tree. As I had hoped, it was so fun to look at all the ornaments we had collected… Read More
