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Moments of Motherhood: Give them an inch

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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.

 

 

 

Moments of Motherhood: Mom Olympics

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This week’s Moments of Motherhood column is up at the Armchair Mayor News, and I discuss how parenting isn’t a game, even though sometimes it just seems like all you do is compete. (I’ve discussed this before on the blog here.)

Here’s a snippet, and be sure to click through to Armchair Mayor News to read the rest:

It’s difficult to go through life without competing at least once or twice in a battle of “one-upmanship.” Whether you’re trying to outdo your neighbour for the greenest grass on the block or attempting to best your brother in being the better child, there’s always some kind of competition going on [continue reading …]

Introducing: Moments of Motherhood

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I’m excited to announce that I will be writing at a guest columnist at The Armchair Mayor News every other Tuesday starting today! The AM News is a Kamloops-based news blog created by my former boss and retired editor-in-chief of the Kamloops Daily News, Mel Rothenburger. In my opinion, his blog as helped fill the gap in bringing news to the people of Kamloops since the closure of the Daily back in January, and I couldn’t be any happier to be a part of the team.

My new column is called “Moments of Motherhood,” and in it I plan to write honest stories about life as a Gen-Y parent. Expect humour, sarcasm, and not-necessarily-good-advise ;)

So, allow me to present to you a snippet of my first column!

 

When I was first approached by the team at the Armchair Mayor News to pen a parenting column, I must admit that I was a little surprised. What do I know about parenting? Here I am, a first-time mom figuring it all out on the fly, but isn’t that how it’s supposed to go?

While it’s said that women are born with a natural instinct to nurture, we are certainly not born with answers to every question that may arise, and boy, are there many.

If you like, click through and read the rest!