For decades, parents have been convinced by the media that we’re ruining our kid’s lives by having them participate in too many activities. Yet new data shows that may not really be the case.
Entries Tagged ‘parenting’
Kid Walks To Practice And Sets Off Hysteria
A mother of a 10 year old boy had her child picked up by police while he was walking 1/3 of a mile from his house to the local soccer fields after many concerned neighbors called 911, concerned that a young boy was walking alone. In a small Mississippi town.
Yet You Need A License To Have A Dog
Are you KIDDING me? I never cease to be amazed at what some parents will do to get their kids to be ‘better’:
A soccer mom, upset at her teenage daughter’s performance at a game Saturday, stopped along Interstate 80 and left her there.
Officer Katherine Finnell said the 42-year-old Lincoln woman was ticketed on [...]
And Then There Were Three…
Our life just got a bit more hectic. #3 (with his sister on the left) had his first practice last week and now it’s official … we’ve got three kids playing soccer. Don’t get me wrong – our two youngest have grown up at the soccer fields (#4 was there two days after coming home [...]
Soccer Mom and Dad On The Road
So our eldest had his first Challenge match this weekend, in Greensboro. Of course, because we like chaos (and probably deep down crave a stay in a padded room), our day did not consist of us relaxing at home preparing for this afternoon away match. No no. That would have been the smart thing to [...]
