Pumping iron is repetitious and sometimes boring, much like parenting. With a positive attitude and eye on the long-term goal, pumping the iron of parenting habits will bring rewards.
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Earn new habits through repetition
January 9, 2012Thanksgiving: The ultimate family dinner
November 14, 2011Parenting is all about setting reasonable expectations and managing people’s behavior — getting them to do what you want, when you want, just like at work. The best managers are kind, firm, clearly spell out what they expect, and if necessary, train you on how to do it.
Slow down, you move too fast
June 13, 2011“When I just watch my 7 and 4 year olds take a bath, and I’m not cleaning the bathroom, dealing with the 15 year old in the hall, making phone calls or doing a dozen other things at the same time, they go to bed without a fuss, without coming out and asking for another drink of water.”
ACT don’t YAK and other ways to cut your yelling by 50%
June 6, 2011You see, I wanted to rule my family of four children born in seven years with the baseball bat, not the feather duster.
