A couple of weeks ago, the Toronto Star printed an article about a father in Vancouver, who allowed four of his children, ages seven to 11, to take public transit to school. The father, Adrian Crook, told the paper that he spent two years "training" his children to take the 45-minute public transit … [Read more...]
Why I’m Adopting The ‘Let Them Figure It Out On Their Own’ Method Of Parenting
Like most parents, I’ve nearly made myself crazy trying to get my kids to do things on many occasions. Asking them over and over to put away toys, put on their shoes, hang up their coats. The list goes on. And for the most part, they do it. If I have the patience to wait it out a little, they’ll … [Read more...]
Get Outside Kid!
So the Free Range parenting thing is back in the news today. The same kids in the States got picked up again because their parents let them go to a park alone. A ten-year old and his six-year old sibling. I'm of two minds on this one. I get that the law in that state says you have to be 13. But I … [Read more...]
Home Alone
I'm almost duplicating my titles... I wrote earlier in the month about the possibility that Sean and I might never be empty nesters. This post is about Cam. He is 11 and lately we have started giving him more independence by allowing him the privilege of occasionally staying home alone. It … [Read more...]
A totally different leash
I've written about the difficult balance between giving Cam freedom to do what he wants and making sure he stays safe and makes good choices. Letting the leash out.It's actually been easy in some respects. Our street is loaded with kids around his age and there are always groups of them … [Read more...]
One Less Thing
Eva is growing in leaps and bounds and just last week decided that she now knows how to dress herself.You know what that means right??That means one less thing for me to worry about in the mornings.Mornings that are generally full of chaos, unruly kids and me scrambling to get lunches finished up … [Read more...]
Weekend Update – Letting Go Of The Leash
I've always though that my job as a parent was to raise my children to become independent, autonomous individuals. Especially with Cuyler. I've never really thought too much about it with Cam and Eva, but with Cuyler it's a great hope of mine that he will live an independent, happy … [Read more...]