3 Fun Summer Activities That Help Your Child Grow Guest Post by Natalie Hagen from Take Lessons As parents, it can be a challenge to fit in all of the fun that comes along with summer. There are so many activities to do and the long days tend to give you this sense of “I can do everything!” How do you fit in all of the fun but still make sure that your children are learning? Beyond the swimming pools and sleepovers, there are a few activities that will help your children learn and ... Continue Reading...
The Good Teacher, The Good Coach, The Good Parent: Thankfulness
Showing Thankfulness: November is the month we focus on being Thankful. #ThankfulNovember is a great hashtag to celebrate thankfulness on social media. It is awesome to see what people post as they dwell in the mentality of thankfulness in the month of Thanksgiving. As parents we want to raise thankful kids. We hope they say thank you when we aren't around so we drill the idea of saying thank you into their heads. It is wonderful to see goodness when kids show they are thankful. ... Continue Reading...
Tips for Youth Football Players from a Football Mom
Football season is upon us and as a football mom I’m excited to embark on another fun sports season. My boys love and play football so as a family we spend our fall on the sidelines of the football fields. My oldest has played for five years and as a football mom I have learned several tips to make football practices and the overall experience of football as optimal as possible. Of course it is a dangerous sport, I will agree to that. But so many other sports are dangerous too like hockey, ... Continue Reading...
When Another Kid Is A Poor Sport And It Hurts My Kid
For The Love of Football My son loves football. The season is almost upon us again and those fears of what other kids will do to him rattles my nerves already. I’m afraid of what the kids who are poor sports will do to him. He has been the victim of unsportsmanlike behavior that has enraged this mama bear to the edge. It has taken all my restraint to not go ballistic. Kids get riled up and they might go too far, and I get that. But when it’s a blatant act of intent to do harm, my blood ... Continue Reading...
When Letting Kids Quit is the Best Thing for Them
I hate quitters. If I say I’m going to do something, I do it. And I teach my kids to be the same way. As a parent, I did something I never thought I’d do, I encouraged my son to be a quitter. He’s an athletic kid who plays football and basketball. He has played soccer and baseball too. Team sports have been his love. This year as a middle school student, track was an option and, as a fast runner, he thought he’d try it. He made it halfway through the season and started to talk ... Continue Reading...
