by tmom-dfw26 | Sep 13, 2026 | Encouragement from the Edge
Rock Stars, can I tell you something I’ve learned after 25 years of parenting? None of us have this completely figured out. Not the Mom with the perfectly behaved children at church. Not the Mom whose house somehow looks like nobody...
by tmom-dfw26 | Sep 12, 2026 | Blended Parenting
Yesterday marked 25 years since September 11, 2001. Like so many people, it had me thinking about where we were that day and just how much life has happened since. Technology Man and I ended up pulling out old photo albums. Remember those? Actual photographs....
by tmom-dfw26 | Sep 11, 2026 | Educated Parenting
Sometimes the most loving thing a parent can do is let a child struggle. When your children are little, fixing things is practically your full-time job. They’re hungry? Feed them. They fall? Pick them up. They lose something? Help them find it. They have a...
by tmom-dfw26 | Sep 10, 2026 | In My Opinion...
When my children were little, I spent an awful lot of time trying to raise good kids. Say please. Say thank you. Clean your room. Do your homework. Don’t hit your brother. Put that...
by tmom-dfw26 | Sep 10, 2026 | Stay at Home Mom
Spoiler alert: I still don’t know. For 25 years, I was a stay-at-home mom. When we made that decision all those years ago, I believed pretty strongly that having a parent at home would make a difference for our children. I thought being there after school,...
by tmom-dfw26 | Sep 7, 2026 | Stay at Home Mom
Hello, Rock Stars! Wow. It has been a minute. Okay, maybe more than a minute. When I first started SuperParentMom.com about 13 or 14 years ago, life looked very different around our house. I was a stay-at-home mom, the kids were actually kids,...
by tmom-dfw26 | May 15, 2014 | Educated Parenting
Summertime is knocking at your door whether you’re ready for it or not! Some of you look forward to summer with no alarm clocks or schedules! Others of you dread summer with no alarm clocks or schedules! It is certainly a season unto itself. The challenge with summer...
by tmom-dfw26 | May 12, 2014 | In My Opinion...
Well, do you? When the opportunity presents itself for you to express your appreciation for anything anyone did for you, do you step up and knock it out of the park? Do you say, “Thank You?” Why do we find it so hard to do that? We all know how much we enjoy hearing...
by tmom-dfw26 | May 9, 2014 | Encouragement from the Edge
Boy Band. I know, I know. But I LOVE this song. Have you really listened to the lyrics? Have you watched the music video? It’s absolutely intriguing and employs spectacular videography! “The Story of My Life” from the album “Midnight Memories,” combines my absolute...
by tmom-dfw26 | Apr 15, 2014 | Educated Parenting
Did you know play is work? As an adult, we can play for a bit and sadly, it can wear us out. But for kids play is their work. It’s how they learn! Of course, we all would agree that’s true for the baby, toddler and preschool set. So much work to sort out this great...
