Written by Kathy Buckworth (  Profile )
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“I yam what I yam and that’s all what I yam”
Or so Popeye used to say in the cartoons I watched when I was a kid. And while there’s something comical and fun about these words, I believe they really do sum up how each of us starts life with certain characteristics that we can never really let go. My Mom gave birth to me in about two hours flat and she said “You came out fast and you really haven’t stopped since.” I could describe how each of my four kids’ births define them, but it would likely segueway into some discussion involving bodily fluids and other gross descriptors.
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Written by Kathy Buckworth ( Profile )
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“When does it get easy?” If I had a dime for every time a new Mom said that to me, a hopeful, somewhat desperate look in her red-rimmed, sleep deprived eyes...well I wouldn’t be getting excited over BOGO days, that’s all I can say. Yes, there is no denying that having a newborn baby is one of the toughest jobs you’ll ever take on – physically, emotionally, spiritually – the burden of being responsible for a new human life while dealing with the fact that a long sleep for you is approximately 3 ½ hours long, can really take its toll.
It’s a really, really good thing that babies are just so darn cute. They redeem themselves over and over again with just the smallest smile, movement or gurgle.
Teenagers, on the other hand...well let’s just say it’s a really, really good thing we’ve already invested about 15 years in them when they start making us wish we could just give them back. Personally, I’m too old and tired to start fresh with a new one at that point.
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Written by Kathy Buckworth ( Profile )
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Being in the right place at the right time is a long time accepted principle of success in life. This can also be true when trying to achieve success in the parenting world. From getting the registration into the soccer club on time and scoring that preferred Monday versus Sunday timeslot, to producing a child who doesn’t land in the overcrowded kindergarten class because you delivered two days after January 1st, there are some things we can control in terms of timing, and some we can’t. You might want to take my advice and take control where you can. For instance:
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