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Life Lessons From Memaw
"Do What You Need To Do"
Do you take parenting advice from someone who may NOT even be a parent?? Should you?
lifelessonsfrommem
Aug 143 min read
A Brand New School Year
A brand new school year brings lots of joy but it also can bring some frustration to teachers.
lifelessonsfrommem
Aug 65 min read
"Veruca Salt: I want a party with roomfuls of laughter, / Ten thousand tons of ice cream, / And if I don't get the things I am after, / I'm going to screeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEAM."
Parents know about The Witching Hour and some people have good advice on how to deal with it. But can't that same advice be used in other areas of our lives?
lifelessonsfrommem
Jul 315 min read
"E.T. phone home."
Another tool in our toolkit on how to parent our children.
lifelessonsfrommem
May 295 min read
"And you want my advice? Why me? Why now?" Because I know you think I was a shitty father. Thank you for not arguing. And I know you're a good father."
Being a parent isn't easy. You won't win any popularity contests!
lifelessonsfrommem
Mar 136 min read
"Dude, he's from Indiana. They only celebrate Love Your Cousin Day."
How do you celebrate the holidays--even the little ones?
lifelessonsfrommem
Feb 133 min read
"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"
"Boy, I don't know everything. Maybe the younguns have something to teach me."
lifelessonsfrommem
Jan 25 min read
"I can't take this anymore! This whole "teachable moments" of protecting their self-esteem and nobody gets punished and every game ends in a tie!"
As grandparents, we need to compliment more and criticize less.
lifelessonsfrommem
Dec 26, 20256 min read
"Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas Eve. You can say there's no such thing as Santa."
Competition between sets of grandparents?? Absolutely NOT!!
lifelessonsfrommem
Dec 19, 20255 min read
"What if this is as good as it gets?"
Being happy goes against our nature. Maybe that is one reason it is very difficult to obtain happiness.
lifelessonsfrommem
Nov 21, 20256 min read
"Sisters, All Hallow's Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!"
Stop judging, stop expecting, and pass out the damn candy.
lifelessonsfrommem
Oct 24, 20255 min read
"First change I make is to send that two-faced little brat off to boarding school in Timbuktu."....Meredith (Elaine Hendrix)
The best people to listen to for parenting advice--child development psychologists.
lifelessonsfrommem
Oct 17, 20256 min read
"Well, great! Let's see how I can screw the fourth one up! Hey, let's have five. Let's have six. Let's have a dozen and pretend they're donuts!"
You know more than you think you know about being a good parent (or grandparent)!
lifelessonsfrommem
Oct 10, 20255 min read
"Fifty years from now, when you're looking back at your life, don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?"
New discoveries--I think they are good. But we need to change with these new inventions to keep everyone safe.
lifelessonsfrommem
Oct 3, 20253 min read
How Can I Get Brain Rot?
Yup, we actually do want to have Brain Rot!
lifelessonsfrommem
Aug 8, 20253 min read
Type C Parenting Style??
What type of parenting style is good for the parent and the child? Type C parenting style??
lifelessonsfrommem
Jul 11, 20255 min read
The Hardest Job In The World
The hardest job is parenting. We may all become one but how do we know how to do that job? There is no job orientation or probation period!!
lifelessonsfrommem
Jul 4, 20255 min read
“Alexa, When Do Adult Children Finally Move Out?”
How come no one ever talked about parenting adult children as a parenting phase?
lifelessonsfrommem
Mar 21, 20256 min read
How to Survive High School and Actually Graduate to Real Life
What classes should your child take in high school? Here is a guide to help with those decisions.
lifelessonsfrommem
Jan 31, 20257 min read
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