Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. — Dalai Lama I’ve been turning this quote over in my head the past few weeks, but it didn’t really hit home until Nico and I got into a super yucky argument last night. My 5-year-old is one of those sweet, kindhearted kids [...]
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Parental Failure #389 (Or How We’re Slowly Getting Back on Track)
(Part 3 of a 3-part series) Now back to Nico’s quest to take over the world and our obvious failure in teaching our kids about the things we value. After Nico’s most recent bout of toy-inspired-DTs, Ken and I sat down and had a fun little conversation about the values we were trying to teach [...]
Parental Failure #46
(Part 2 of a 3-part series) So now that I’ve talked about the not-so-clear link between money and happiness, let me show you how badly I’ve blown it as a parent. Especially in terms of teaching any lessons of value to my kids. Because what’s really gotten me all worked up around here is the [...]
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I'm a part-time writer who works from home, alongside my work-from-home hubby and our two boys, ages 5 and 3. Welcome to our crazy little space shuttle! Tanja Pajevic
