Rachel
How to Leave a Sleeping Child’s Room: A Fool-Proof Plan
You have to stay calm. Showing any sign of frustration will make them cling to you longer, dragging out the entire process. They know impatience. They sense it and feed off of it. Your job is to make them think you'll be there all night. You've got nowhere to be, no deadline to meet, no husband waiting for you in the other room.
Playground Hitting: When Is It Okay?
Teaching them early that it is okay to hit as long as there is a good reason for it perpetuates the idea that some violence is justified, and that's not a road I want to lead my children down.
On Balance: Procrastination, Stress and Doing What I Love
I have to write something.
I don’t know what to write.
I’ve already asked for extensions on previous submissions and I can’t just make a habit of that.
It’s a busy holiday weekend and my schedule is...
I Don’t Want Your Interaction; Give Me Friendship Please
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." - Lucius Seneca
I'm a fairly introverted person.
It's not so much that I enjoy time to myself, but that...
Surviving the “Honeymoon” of Reintegration
Of all the nuances of military life - frequent relocations, long overnight work hours, always changing schedules, etc. - the thing that can take the biggest toll on a military family's life is the...