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Free Range Parenting – Letting Kids Roam Free

There’s a parenting style in the news that has gotten some attention lately. Its called free range parenting. The basic concept is that children should be allowed to roam free while they are unattended by their parents (or other adults). This parenting style was common in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Today, it appears to be causing some controversy. Parents Alexander and Danielle Meitiv are practicing free range parenting. It is pretty much the opposite of helicopter parenting. A helicopter parent wants to hover over their children and step in at the first signs of a problem. A free range parent, … Continue reading →

Try Not To Worry So Much

From the moment your first child is born it seems that you are now started on a life of worry. You watch your child sleep and you can’t help but think what life would be like if something happened to them. As parents we worry about everything. When you become a single parent the worry increases. Now, added to the normal worries of every parent, you are plagued with worry about how your choices are going to affect your child. It’s normal to worry about your kids but too much worry is counterproductive. It takes you out of the enjoyment … Continue reading →

Letting Your House Go

Are you a busy mom? I know…that’s an oxymoron. What mom isn’t busy? Just thinking about this upcoming week has my head spinning. A full workload, preparing paperwork and other documents for my son’s leave for basic training, finishing touches on a creative writing class I will be teaching for a week, professional pictures being taken, a going away party for my son, appointment with the recruiter and well, you get the picture. Although the details are probably different, I would guess you have a lengthy list as well. So when we have days, weeks or even months where it … Continue reading →

Letting Go of Worry

Worry and anxiety are part of being a parent. There are so many things to worry about, is this rash serious, is my child’s behavior normal, is she learning at an appropriate rate, does she eat enough. The list goes on and on, when you are a single parent there are a few more worries to add to the list. How will it affect my child growing up in a single parent home? Who will help me when I’m sick? Where is the money coming from for braces? And that is just the tip of the iceberg. At times life … Continue reading →

Worrying Too Much

I know I’m constantly railing against letting the often-inaccurate media have too much influence over our marriages and our approaches to romance. One of the reasons why I harp on about it so much is because I’m talking to myself as much, if not more, than I am to others. I’m a worrywart; it’s one of my least favorite facets of my personality but one I know I have to acknowledge and for which I have to watch out. There’s little that I can’t manage to fret over, and whether or not I’m going about my relationship with my husband … Continue reading →

Letting Children Be Children

A common mistake that many single parents make is allowing their children to become their confidante. This is an easy thing to do, as there are no other adults in your household. This is not to say that you and your kids cannot share a close bond because you will. A children’s life should be surrounded by their education, their friends and their family. It should have a good mix of responsibilities, but carefree times as well with nothing to worry about but their playtime. All too often a single parent without any other adult to talk to about adult … Continue reading →

Wagging My Tail Goodbye to the Pets Blog

I’m sitting in my office looking out the window watching the snow melt from the rooftops and bushes as I’m writing this. Last night we got measureable snow, a bit of an oddity in December for us here in Nashville. Whenever we get snow like this now I think about the first winter I was writing for Families.com. We got snow one February and I took Murph outside to play in it, then wrote about it as my blog for the day later. How much inspiration I’ve drawn from my pets over the past two years since I first began … Continue reading →

Ask a Pets Blogger: Crate Time

We recently adopted a ten month old terrier mix from the shelter. My wife and I both work, and the pup spends eight to ten hours in his crate. He’s very good about going into his crate when it’s time to go to work, but more often than not we come home to a crate full of accidents! The shelter said he was housebroken… but maybe he isn’t. Is ten hours too long to leave him alone? Congratulations on the new addition to your family, and thanks for getting him from a shelter. There are lots of awesome dogs (and … Continue reading →

Coping with and Getting Through Worry

When it comes to parenting and family life, worry tends to come with the territory. I have been told that the worry doesn’t stop the moment the kids become adults either—it seems that we parents are susceptible to worrying about our children forever! I think there are ways to temper that worry and learn how to cope, though, and ways to get ourselves through those particularly long nights of worry and concern… If possible, it helps to try to keep things in perspective. While worry may come with the territory, we don’t have to let our imaginations run wild and … Continue reading →

Celeb Goes Overboard to be “Green?”

Okay, I am all for conservation. I am willing to do my part. But, when Sheryl Crow suggested I use only one square of toilet paper in the bathroom, I was a bit put off. I mean seriously, who is she to be telling me how much toilet paper I should use? Ask me to cut down – that is fine. But to dictate how many squares I should use? She came out later to say it was a joke, but honestly, sometimes celebrities are so arrogant and self-righteous, I just wonder! Now another celebrity has come up with a … Continue reading →