Let’s keep it real up in here Friends: parenting is an exhilarating, yet EXHAUSTING task. The chores are many and the work is repetitive, so sometimes you can wonder if what you’re doing, saying or speaking day in and day out is actually being received and/or making a difference. Apparently, it does…..and this letter offers… Continue reading Little Pitchers, Big Ears: A Daughter’s Letter To Chocolate Mama
Tag: Raising Babies
Raising The Babies MOC Style: Chocolate Mama’s Q&A With Love Don’t Lye
Hey Chocolate Lovers! 🙂 It’s been a MAD hectic few weeks, but I’ve come up for air long enough to share a link to a great interview that Cute & Kinky founder, Kristen Muldrow, conducted with me about how we parents the kiddies. Thoughts and shares are appreciated, each one reach one and thanks again… Continue reading Raising The Babies MOC Style: Chocolate Mama’s Q&A With Love Don’t Lye
‘Bad Seeds,’ Broken Trust: Difficult Choices About Dangerous Kids
Yesterday, as I sat with my daughter Nia in the waiting room at her doctor’s office, we met a charming toddler named Liberty. She was a winsome wisp of a girl, with light brown hair, a flowery headband and a sweet smile. “She turns one next month,” her mother told me as our two girls… Continue reading ‘Bad Seeds,’ Broken Trust: Difficult Choices About Dangerous Kids
Action, Not Avoidance: Keeping Kids Away From Bullies And Bullying
Back in February, I expounded on discovering that my then first-grader, Nia, was being bullied by a transfer student I referred to as “Eric.” After discovering that his misbehavior was escalating instead of improving, I had a phone conference with Nia’s homeroom teacher and was advised that the issue would soon be resolved. However, despite… Continue reading Action, Not Avoidance: Keeping Kids Away From Bullies And Bullying
Keep It Classy Ma! Aging With Dignity Vs. Desperation
To let my kids tell it, when it comes to measuring moms on a Sliding Scale Of Hipness, their Mama ranks pretty close to the top. No other adult they know, for example, is a journalist who gets paid to chat up some of the performers they’ve seen on TV and allows them occasional access… Continue reading Keep It Classy Ma! Aging With Dignity Vs. Desperation