Category Parenting
Single Mother Parenting is Not an Easy Path
SMORE Class @ Calder – June 2, 2013 Raising Children Hurts Gail Cawley Showalter Good News & Bad News – Are is it? Written for my grown daughter, Treva, February 4, 2010 A personal confession. I need to “get” this on the deepest level. No matter the age of your children, when they hurt, you hurt. […]
Libraries are filled. . .
Libraries are filled with potential fun! ~ Why not get my kids a library card? They deserve it. Summer time is a great time to introduce children to public libraries. Many have much more than books these days. Some have special summer reading programs. All for FREE! Related Post: Laughter is Healthy Contact Gail For more […]
3 Points for Single Mother Parenting
Here is a bit of help for the single mom First – You can’t do everything for your children that you may want to do. I’ve distilled down some major concepts into 3 points to start out your parenting box of tricks. 1. Get the facts – NEVER Assume. This is hard when raising children because […]
Personality Predicaments for Single Moms
For more on the Single Mom Card Deck go to SMORE for Women Some of us are calm, easy and slower than others. We may drive the tense, excitable, worrisome, and driven ones crazy. ~~~ In what ways am I different from my children? Related Post: If My Child Enjoys Being Silly Contact Gail
Single Moms Must Make Plans and Right Choices Everyday
Making Plans and Right Choices Gail Cawley Showalter First – The decision Run it through a process. Ask yourself: What is the origin or need for a decision? Do I have intuitive reservation or hesitation about it? Am I believing thoughts that are counter productive in my situation? What are the possibilities of different choices? How […]
Tips for Single Mothers are the first to offer food to their children
For more on the Single Mom Card Deck go to SMORE for Women Mothers are the first to offer food to their children. Have I taught my children to love the foods that love them back? I can start today. Contact Gail
First Guilt, an Early Lesson in Humility
We learn young to cover our sense of unworthiness. Pride often acts as the cover for our feelings of less-than. Humility is the only answer. Not shame but genuine acknowledgement of our responsibility. Even a child can understand this.
Responsibility is a Gift You Give Your Child
A Good Work Ethic Begins Early Gail Cawley Showalter In what Tom Brokaw penned “The Greatest Generation,” men and women who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II, “were united not only by a common purpose, but also by common values—duty, honor, economy, courage, service, love of family and country, and, […]
When the Path is Blocked
Taken from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo When the path is blocked, back up and see more of the way. . . .often our path to love is interrupted by a mishap or a problem or something unexpected that needs attending. We tend to call these unexpected things in life “obstacles.” Often the […]
Are You Protecting or Preparing Your Child?
Are You a Protector or Preparer? Letting your children go-especially to school for the very first time, and another especially plus if you are a single mom-can be like ripping your heart out. We tend to think we are their protector for life instead of their preparer for life. We think we have the power […]
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