by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting
Sometimes young children do things that we’ve forgotten how to do–like to play. When we look at what kids do, and really take on their perspective, the courage of children is often staggering. Their wisdom can bring me to tears. And their delight at life, trust...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting
Usually I don’t get this personal in our blog posts but today if you will indulge me…. Jason and I, of course, are classroom teachers and the end of the year for us is crazy busy. We worked most of our waking hours at school last week. Then hauled our kids to school...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting
A couple of weeks ago we talked about what to do, in addition to empathy, to create calm and peace in your family, when yelling or fighting is happening, and how to create your own personalized “calming plan”. Jason and I made a downloadable list of all of the things...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting
Ok, I know that the following formula doesn’t follow the rules of mathematics. (This could really bother Jason who actually has a degree in Math.) However, isn’t the following formula an illustration of what happens in families? Kids upset + parent upset = recipe for...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting
First, let me say you made our week last week. We got so many comments and Facebook shares about our “Worst. Morning. Ever.” blog post that our hearts were filled up with love and appreciation for you (even Jason, who lost the debate). Thank you for making that happen...read more
by Cecilia Hilkey | parenting
My youngest (age 9) and I had a tough morning getting out the door to get to school. She and I decided it was the “worst morning ever”. It was no fun. She didn’t get out of bed for 45 minutes, she had to get ready in 5 minutes, she didn’t get the shower that she needs...read more
