parenting
July 26th, 2010 at 09:11pm
Under Teens/Tweens
On Sunday afternoon, set up an assembly line at the kitchen table. You will need: Bread for as many sandwiches to feed the family for one week. Luncheon meats, tuna fish, PB& J, or whatever else you and the kids like. Labels or scraps of paper for labeling. Sandwich bags or tin foil, whatever you [...]
Continue Reading Outsource Your Meal Prep & Save Time & Money
Tags: calm parenting, meal time, parenting, parenting powers
By Susan Epstein
July 19th, 2010 at 09:44pm
Under Children+ Family+ Teens/Tweens
If you are like me, you have thousands of details running around in your head. Sometimes you might be doing one thing and a thought comes flying in… “Oh yeah! I forgot I have to make that doctor’s appointment.” And then it leaves your head and doesn’t get done…maybe for months! Recently I have found [...]
Continue Reading Overwhelmed, too many details…chaos on the rise…
Tags: calm parenting, parenting, parenting powers, taking care of yourself
By Susan Epstein
July 13th, 2010 at 01:39pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Making time for you, while parenting, can be a huge challenge. Sometimes it might feel like likes an impossibility…your job, long commute, household chores, kids activities, busing the kids to and from, laundry, meal prep, shopping, cleaning…..tired yet? So where do you fit it eating right, exercising, socializing, solitude, meditation and prayer, fun? This week, [...]
Continue Reading Are We Having Fun Yet?
Tags: Children, communication, making time for you, parenting, parenting powers, susan epstein, teens
By Susan Epstein
June 29th, 2010 at 09:09am
Under Teens/Tweens
“Tommy, how was camp today?” “OK” “What did you do?” “Nothing.” Sound familiar? This week, Put your first family meeting on the calendar or start doing them again if you have stopped. Put a blank piece of paper titled “Agenda for Family Meeting” on the fridge and put a few items on it to discuss. [...]
Continue Reading Creating Positive Family Communication
Tags: Family, meeting, parenting
By Susan Epstein
June 16th, 2009 at 02:17pm
Under Teens/Tweens
With Father’s day coming up this Sunday I started to think about the many families I have coached and advocated for over the last few years. Many of the families were single parent families, all of them were single moms. These are families where the father is not present or involved at all. They are [...]
Continue Reading Father’s Day Is Coming….Where are the Fathers?
Tags: fathers special needs children, parenting, single parenting
By Susan Epstein
