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 :)