Moments of Motherhood: Give them an inch

This week’s Moments of Motherhood column is up at the Armchair Mayor News, and I discuss how you can only protect and watch after your children so much. You can give them an inch, and more likely than not, they’ll take a mile.

Here’s a snippet, and as always, be sure to click through to read the rest:

Early last week, headlines were made when the window of a Salmon Arm elementary school was broken and a fire was started inside one of the classrooms. Luckily, the blaze was quickly extinguished and no charges were laid. Oh yeah, and the culprits? They were 10, 8, and 6 years old. [continue reading …]

I promise this isn’t a news piece, but if you’d like to read the story that I’m referring to, you can do so here.

 

 

 

One thought on “Moments of Motherhood: Give them an inch

  1. Loved this column of yours! It’s so true. That is one of the things that scares me most about parenthood – the crazy pressures from society!

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