My husband came up with a brilliant get-to-know-you activity for his graduate class. At the start of the semester he has each student tell something about themselves that they would like other people to know but won’t ever come up in conversation and would sound like bragging if they brought it up. Brilliant! We have …
My daughter was a first place failure. I remember the days when first place meant you were, you know, in first place. Apparently now you can get first place but still have 7 or 8 kids ahead of you. I am not sure how that works, but that is what happened at the science fair …
“It’s not fair!” If you haven’t heard that phrase come out of your daughter’s mouth at least once this week then one of two things is going on. Either your daughter is incredibly mature for her age, or you aren’t listening to her. Preteen and teen girls are programed to search out unfairness and destroy …
Last week we talked about mean girls and how to deal with them. Sometimes those mean girls grow up and become teachers (or at least it seems like the teachers have always been mean). Learning to deal with authority figures your daughter thinks of as mean is a critical skill as she moves into middle …
After school is such an enlightening time if a momma is listening. One day my daughter came home and declared that she did NOT want to be popular. My husband was incredulous. “Why not? Who doesn’t want to be popular?” “I don’t.” she declared with a huff. “To be popular you have to be mean.” …
“You get the books, I’ll get the tea,” my daughter chorused as she ran to the kitchen to prepare for our evening together. It was time for our mother/daughter date. We curled up in my bed with hot tea and books. Sometimes we each read our own books and relax there in companionable silence. This …
Last Friday my daughter and I enjoyed an evening out. We grabbed our favorite Chinese food and talked about band. Then we headed over to the pottery store and painted tiles and created the coolest mosaic. She wanted our mosaic to depict the miracles of Jesus, so we talked about which miracles we could display …
Last week I told you the 5 times when you shouldn’t ever say NO to your daughter. Lest you think me one of those super soft mammas that give in to my precious baby’s every single whim, here is today’s blog post: “Don’t Ever Say Yes to Your Daughter.” As moms we can become too …
My husband loves basketball. Some of his favorite childhood memories center around an old rusty hoop and a weathered ball. Since he lived out in the country, though, he rarely had anyone to shoot around with. I think that is why he agreed to have children—so he would have someone to shoot hoops with! When …
For my daughter’s 12th birthday she wanted a college-themed party. So we loaded up a few of her friends and headed to the Texas Tech campus. We made the girls student IDs with their pictures, gave them monopoly money to “buy” books with, and we printed off a list of student jobs to choose from. The girls …
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