lisajojo/parenting

From the page: "This culture of obsessive over-protectiveness is bred by the media. As the 24 hour news networks and Satan's minion, Nancy Grace, regurgitate stories of abduction over and over and over again, it begins to seem like the world outside your suburban castle is a very dangerous place indeed. Yet the reality is very different from how the media spins it... "

Acceptance - The Best Gift We Can Give our Kids

My first published freelance article... :) (The editor changed a couple of sentences, and consequently there are some mistakes, but overall, it's my voice.)

Please drop by and have a look; leave a comment or two.

I'd love to blast the editor's traffic numbers today and give him a pleasant surprise.

lisajojo

Yes, Yes, YES!!! Let's put the focus where it belongs. I'm going to move to Wyoming.

From the page: "At Grant this semester we are trying something new. Homework will only consist of work students did not finish during the school day. "

I agree with the basic premise here, although I give my kids a weekly allowance in dollars equal to their age in years. I disagree with forcing kids to donate to charity. That should be their choice, in my opinion.

It took many years of patience and tongue-biting (on my part) before my kids stopped wasting money on junk toys that fell apart 5 minutes after we got home. It was heart-breaking to see their tears. But they just had to learn that lesson the hard way.

I'm pleased to see my older girls making better decisions and even becoming frugal shoppers, looking for ways to stretch that money. They've also begun looking to the future, and one is saving for a laptop.

That's what it's all about, isn't it? Allowing them room to experience the consequences of their own decision-making.