My 2-year-old is on a Little Red Riding Hood kick. If I’m not reading the story to her, I’m telling her the story from memory. But she gets the watered-down version of the story -- no human meal, no woodcutter/hunter slaying the wolf. While I tell her the story, I am plagued by problems I have struggled with since my oldest son’s story-time ritual. The problem I have with Little Red Riding Hood: the many plot holes. I know it is a children’s fairy tale, but come on. Every time I read the book or recite the tale, I fight the urge to alter the story. But I can’t anymore. I can’t keep it … [Read more...]
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When Rain Can’t Wash Away the At-Home Parenting Blues
The heartbeat within the walls pounded around me, as the walls pressed closer and closer with every beat. Boom boom … boom boom … boom boom. The kids were fighting. Homeschool papers and books were scattered across our large table. The baby was crying for affection. Dishes overflowed from the sink onto the counter. The 4-year-old kept turning on the TV, after I repeatedly turned it off and told him it wasn’t TV time. Usually I can shrug these things off, but the burdens I was carrying on my shoulders kept me from shrugging. Maybe I was still tired from a long road trip. Maybe it’s … [Read more...]
From Where I Sit, Parenting is an All-Around Activity
If you walk into my house during dinner or during a movie night, you can tell my parenting style from where I sit. And there is a reason I sit where I do. The house I grew up in was arranged like most houses during the 1970s and '80s. Our living room showcased the hierarchy of the home. A couch and a loveseat lined up along the walls opposite one another while my father’s recliner received a direct view of the television. If you were seated on the couch or loveseat, you had to turn your head or body to watch TV. My father’s chair always seemed silly to me, even though my sister and I … [Read more...]
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