Is Your Lazy Parenting Setting Your Kids Up To Fail? This is one of my first rants, so buckle up! I have a lot of opinions about a lot of stuff and I think I’ll be sharing them more. I think we are doing our kids a disservice as parents, and setting them up […]
Advice Who Needs It?
Advice Who Needs It? Image courtesy Huffington Post Everyone has advice, everyone needs advice from time to time, but, advice is not always taken in the way it’s intended, sometimes the problem is in the delivery. Some people are pushy with it and some people, not so much. When I was a first time Mom, […]
Teen Battles: Are You Choosing Wisely?
Teen Battles: Are You Choosing Wisely? I have mentioned in the past that we have now raised 4 teens and we were Youth Pastors for 15 years and had worked with Youth Pastors for years before that. One thing I have run into quite a bit with parents is their complaining about their kid’s choices. […]
Bratty Kids Is It Nature Or Nurture? Who’s To Blame?
Bratty Kids Is It Nature Or Nurture? Who’s To Blame? This week there was a bit of discussion on Facebook about a post a wrote a while back: Is Your Lazy Parenting Setting Your Kid Up To Fail? There was some discussion about “bratty” kids. That’s not quite what the post was about, but, you […]
Are Schools Replacing Parents?
Are Schools Replacing Parents? I was talking with a few teachers last night and found out that public schools in our area are now teaching Character Training. Are schools replacing parents? Now, I know I homeschooled all 4 of our kids so, I don’t really know what goes on in schools. But, when I was […]
Potty Training When Should It Start?
Potty Training When Should It Start? Let’s talk potty training. I have noticed a trend of parents waiting longer and longer to potty train. In my opinion this makes it harder on parents AND kids. Why would anyone want to make it harder on themselves and the kids? I think waiting longer makes it harder […]
Do Kids REALLY Need Speech Therapy?
Do Kids REALLY Need Speech Therapy? So, I started this blog “Baby Boomer Rants”, because I have a few very definite complaints, gripes, rants, whatever you want to call them. They are mostly about raising children. I guess because I look at how differently people are raising their kids than when I raised mine. I […]
Childhood Obesity And Diabetes!
Childhood Obesity And Diabetes I wanted to talk a little about an epidemic we are seeing and I am afraid we are beginning to accept it rather than fight because it has become so common. I am talking about Diabetes. There are 2 kinds Type 1 (used to be called juvenile diabetes) and Type 2 […]
Teenage Attitude! Where Did My Sweet Kid Go?
Teenage Attitude! Where Did My Sweet Kid Go? I FINALLY think I learned one thing about attitude while raising 4 teenagers. One day you have a fun kid that you enjoy being around and who enjoys being around you, and the next day they have an attitude from Hades and you’re left wondering “what just […]
Intolerance Or A Difference Of Opinion?
Intolerance Or A Difference Of Opinion? If I listen to your point of view, but don’t agree with it – that means I am intolerant? If I don’t celebrate your belief with you, then I’m intolerant — even if you don’t celebrate my beliefs with me? That doesn’t sound right, but, if you think so… […]
