Even if you feel like it, you're not a taxi driver! Don't beat yourself up over missed classes and saying no to an activity. You are allowed a life and your kids need time to breath and daydream!
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Once I overheard my son talking to a friend. His friend was advicing him to be a pain and throw a temper tantrum to get want he wanted. His reply was dude, you don't know my mom. That would never work. I learned this from my mom and that day I was proud to hear he thought I was a pain.
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Life isn't fair! My Dad had this saying to teach all of us about fair. As it teen and as an adult it made me feel less sorry for myself when life was rough. You might want to try it.
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How to manage your kids and still have some time for you! Give your kids a bedtime. Put a teen to bed at 9! Are you crazy? Well, I wouldn't say to bed as in sleeping but down time, time in their room, quiet time and relationship time with your spouse or just you time.
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I always say my expat life started right back in Farmington, Utah. It sounds silly but adoption and being different has always been a part of my life from that first memory on.
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Raising teens... Do you want to pull your hair out on some days? This is a short and true story about a wild boy who got into all sorts of trouble and who finally said the words we all wish for.
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Eight teens sharing one car and a real junker at that! Yes, it was and is possible. Teaching kids to share and that you don't need a lot to be happy should be a priority.
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Eating breakfast together is a dying habit. Family breakfasts are the start of the best days.
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My Dad learned a big lesson about wording. Never say to kids you can order what ever you want unless you are willing to pay. Whatever you do, keep your promises!
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Birthday parties are about feeling like a princess for a day, love and family. Back in the 70's my Mom made this happen
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Road trips with up to 11 kids. We weren't always all there but 8-9 kids were generally piled in a VW bus driving through scenic Utah and Arizonia direction our Grandma's house. There was never a boring ride with our gang.
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Up to 11 Liters of milk a day for 1 family! The space in the refrigerator, the cost, can you imagine that? My mom had a very interesting way of dealing with this.
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