Aloha Friday #6

Each Friday Kailani over at http://islandlife808.com/ runs an Aloha Friday. It's the end of the week and Kailani likes to ask a question and have others also ask a question.

My question for this week:

Do your kids listen to music? If your children are pre music age, at what age did you start to listen to music?

Audrey :)

My question this week is:

Spanking

The idea of spanking children has been a hot topic of debate for many years now.

I read a list today of reasons NOT to spank your child and one of the reasons offered was because your child doesn't learn good behavior versus not good behavior but rather they learn that spanking hurts and they learn to deceive and manipulate in order to not get caught again and therefore not get physically hurt.

What are your thoughts? Do you believe spanking is ok or not ok? Do you believe that spanking causes children to become manipulators?

I'm actually against spanking but I do believe in consequences and I do not believe that consequences causes children to become deceitful or manipulators.

Share your thoughts with me.

Audrey :)

Quotable Sunday #4

Toni at A Daily Dose of Toni hosts Quotable Sunday each Sunday. I'd like to share some parenting quotes with you:

Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him. Dr. Henker

If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time, you're the grandma. Theresa Bloomingdale

The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. Lane Olinhouse

Audrey :)

Audrey :)

Aloha Friday #5

Kailani over at http://islandlife808.com/ runs an Aloha Friday. It's so fun to visit blogs and answer all the great questions.

My question to all of you today is:

Do you allow your kids to chew gum? If you don't yet have kids, were you allowed to chew gum at home when you were child?

Audrey :)

Happy Birthday To My Daughter

Today is my daughter's birthday. In thinking back, I believe this is the first time she has been gone over her birthday. She and her dad went to visit family out of state. If you want to wish her a happy birthday, click on over to Becca's Backyard

How do you celebrate your children's birthday, both young children and older children like mine?

Audrey :)

The "We" Generation

I read a really fascinating story today. http://tinyurl.com/n7shpe The author spoke of the "me generation" and shared an example of the we generation. Basically two boys saw another boy being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. These two boys went and bought 50 pink shirts so they and all their friends could wear pink shirts the next day.

Bullying is a huge problem in some schools. Both of my own girls faced bullying at one time or another during their school days. In some of the situations we brainstormed on how they could handle the problem on their own. In other situations such as a boy trying to light my daughter's hair on fire, I got involved and got the school administration involved.

What do you think about bullying? How did you handle bullying in school and if your kids are old enough how do you encourage them to handle bullying?

Audrey :)

Quotable Sunday

Toni at A Daily Dose of Toni hosts Quotable Sunday each Sunday.

In previous weeks I've shared multiple quotes, but today I found one quote that I felt was so profound I just wanted to share the one:

Don't do anything you wouldn't teach your children to do.

How many times as parents do we make a decision that we know we'd never approve of our own children making? How many times as parents do we tell just a small white lie, yet our children might be punished for telling a lie?

Share your thoughts on this quote. It's something I really need to continue to remember each and every day.

Audrey :)

Aloha Friday #5

Kailani over at http://islandlife808.com/ runs an Aloha Friday.

This is my 5th week participating and I love reading all the wonderful comments everyone leaves me.

My question for this week is:

Did you use disposable or cloth diapers? If you don't yet have children, what do you think you'll use one you have children?

Audrey :)

Quotable Sunday

Toni at A Daily Dose of Toni hosts Quotable Sunday each Sunday.

I'd like to share some parenting quotes with you:

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.-- Charles R. Swindoll

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.-- Abigail Van Buren

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang up my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight, and I felt loved.When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I LOOKED....and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.

I don't know who wrote this last one, but it reminds us that our children really do see what we're doing throughout our days.

Audrey :)

Aloha Friday #5

Kailani over at http://islandlife808.com/ runs an Aloha Friday. It's so much fun to visit everyone's blogs and see their question of the week.

Do your kids get any magazines? If so, which ones? If you don't have kids, what was your favorite magazine as a child?

Audrey :)

Summer Time

What do you do with the kids over the summer? When my kids were young they were involved in lots of camps. We have a zoo camp here that is wonderful. The kids love it and it's very reasonably priced.

Now that my kids are older, my youngest daughter is a counselor at camp herself. Last summer she stayed all 3 sessions and was gone from the day school ended until the very end of summer.

So what do your kids do all summer?

Audrey :)