FINDING MOMENTS THOUGHTS
Finding Moments Thoughts approaches current topics from three different points of view, based on our personal and professional collective experiences. We recognize that everyone’s family situation is unique. The views expressed are our own, and are not intended to be a substitute for professional guidance with a trained professional.
WHEN A SONG IS STUCK IN YOUR HEAD …
You know how it goes. You hear a song and you can’t get it out of your head. It simply hits you at just the right moment. It haunts you with its truth. That’s how I felt when I first heard Rascal Flatts “How They Remember You”.
GET BACK ON THAT BIKE!
I realized family outings now need to include or at least put us in the vicinity of other people so we can work on social skills again. Everyone, children and adults, have seemed to experience social atrophy.
Bring Back the Family Road Trip
We’ve all seen Family Vacation with the kids stuck in the backseat bickering and the parents cajoling them to be interested in every stop along the way to the ultimate destination. Yes you’re trapped in the car for hours but it actually may be time well invested.
prepare your kids to think critically
A natural instinct in parenting is to solve problems for your children. This is especially true for dads. For some reason, dads are always looking to “fix” it. We are constantly looking to simply make it work and to move on. Fixing it without teaching it does our children a disservice. What happens when we are no longer there to simply fix it?