Posted by Unknown | 11:28 AM

I was just minding my own business last night, quietly catching up on some work on the computer, when I noticed it. Scratch that. I didn...

0 comments Labels: living with boys, nights, parenting, real life with boys

Posted by Unknown | 12:27 PM

Last month I wrote a post about a 15-year-old boy who was found with 53 baby birds in his bedroom. Today I received an anonymous comment fr...

0 comments Labels: bird boy, childcare, discipline, family, parenting, socialization

Posted by Unknown | 5:21 PM

“It’s only really in America that parents have no expectation of their kids until age 18. Then they expect them to get into a good college ...

0 comments Labels: education, learning, man, parenting, Zac Sunderland

Posted by Unknown | 12:13 PM

10. You're as excited as your boys are when a bouncy ball rolls into the street -- and is promptly exploded in two by an oncoming car 9...

0 comments Labels: family, gender differences, parenting, potty training, real life with boys, You know you have boys

Posted by Unknown | 8:41 AM

Well-groomed boys get better grades. That's the result of a new study that examined the relationship between students' personality, ...

0 comments Labels: education, gender differences, learning, science

Posted by Unknown | 4:57 PM

Remember our monarch chrysalises from last Sunday? Look what we found this morning!

0 comments Labels: science, Snapshot Sunday

Posted by Unknown | 1:55 PM

My sons introduced me to this video. Let me know what you think!

0 comments Labels: bad day, discipline, family, living with boys

Posted by Unknown | 11:42 AM

I bet you think you know the answer to that question, don't you? And you probably do, sort of -- I mean, if any of you are still seriou...

0 comments Labels: fathers, gender differences, prenatal influences, science

Posted by Unknown | 3:02 PM

Four boys into parenting, I'm convinced that you can't teach a child to go on the potty. Of course, if you've been around awhile...

0 comments Labels: development, gender differences, learning, parenting, potty training

Posted by Unknown | 7:24 AM

My eleven-year-old son came down from his bath last night and announced that he wanted to take a personality test. He'd just finished re...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, learning, parenting, personality, work

Posted by Unknown | 2:31 PM

I could get all symbolic on you. But those two green things hanging down from the twigs are monarch caterpillar chrysalises . Son #1 and...

0 comments Labels: living with boys, science, Snapshot Sunday

Posted by Unknown | 10:32 AM

According to a new study , "impulsive boys with inadequate supervision, poor families and deviant friends are more likely to commit cri...

0 comments Labels: crime, discipline, family, parenting

Posted by Unknown | 12:37 PM

To state the obvious: I'm a gal. And always will be. So while I'll do my best to prepare my sons for the world, there are some th...

0 comments Labels: Book Review, books, books about boys, tween

Posted by Unknown | 6:09 PM

Meet my latest (OK, my 2nd) blogging award: Blog Salad's Ripe Tomato Award, presented by the generous, talented man otherwise known as R...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:53 AM

A snippet from an actual conversation I had before 8 am this morning: Boy #4: "Do you want to hear my poo song? This is hilarious. Y...

0 comments Labels: living with boys, music, real life with boys

Posted by Unknown | 8:03 PM

Boy #1 and I took a marvelous hike last night. There's an old railroad track in town, used on occasion but infrequently at best. Boy #...

0 comments Labels: divorce, family, listening, parenting

Posted by Unknown | 1:49 PM

I would make a horrible school parent. My boys are homeschooled during the school year, but this summer, my oldest three are all taking summ...

0 comments Labels: education, emotions, family, learning, living with boys, school

Posted by Unknown | 7:31 AM

Boys have some problems. They're more likely to commit suicide , more likely to struggle in school and more likely to be diagnosed with ...

0 comments Labels: education, gender differences, language, learning, mentoring, writing

Posted by Unknown | 11:10 AM

I call it: Tired Child Surrounded by Parade Candy .

0 comments Labels: food, holidays, living with boys, Snapshot Sunday

Posted by Unknown | 5:06 PM

At this point, the fireworks are iffy. It rained heavily a couple hours ago, so we're all waiting to see if the pyrotechnics will be sho...

0 comments Labels: food, holidays, living with boys, summer, uncles

Posted by Unknown | 2:57 PM

Is "No" your default response? Kids ask a lot of us, from morning until night. "Can I have cheesecake for breakfast?" ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:53 PM

Want this 4th of July to be about more than food and fireworks? Revisit the very origins of our country with a couple of these books, chose...

0 comments Labels: books, books about boys, history, holidays, reading

Posted by Unknown | 10:43 AM

1. Destruction 2. Sports 3. Trading cards 4. Video games 5. TV 6. Forts 7. Junk food 8. Underpants 9. Fun In case you haven't g...

0 comments Labels: family, gender differences, imagination, joy, learning, living with boys, math, parenting