Then There Were Nine

  • Home
  • Parenting
  • Lifestyle
  • Marriage Take 2
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Parenting
  • Lifestyle
  • Marriage Take 2
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Parenting

    What Nobody Tells You About Raising Teenagers

    September 20, 2019 /

    When my kids were all little, I looked forward to their teenage years about as much as I looked forward to a root canal. It’s one thing to make a six-year-old eat his broccoli, but it’s quite another to navigate puberty, high-school drama, and the myriad other minefields that are allsthings raising teenagers into contributing members of society. Remember those What to Expect books? There’s a reason they didn’t write one for teenagers. There’s not much of a manual for small humans, but I could impart various wisdoms on topics such as how the hell to get a kid to not completely destroy the house while you shower. I could…

    read more
    Stacey Bishop 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    YouTube

    YouTube is not for little kids and the reasons we banned it

    March 18, 2019

    Eye of the Storm

    January 18, 2021

    To my daughter on her 18th birthday

    March 26, 2019
  • Tomatoes in pot
    Parenting

    Mushrooms & Chicken Legs…or the Great Dinner Battle

    September 5, 2019 /

    “What’s for dinner” is the worst thing a kid can ask. Ever. Moms all over the world hate that question. But what they hate even more is answering it. “Mushrooms in mushroom sauce over chicken legs with broccoli on top,” I say. “Nuh uh! What’s REALLY for dinner?” My favorite way to answer is with all of their least favorite foods mushed into one grotesque sounding meal. Because I’m cool like that. It’s basically the right of every mother to answer as ambiguously as possible, mostly because SOMEONE will object. And when you have 9 kiddos…it’s a good night if ONLY 1 kid objects. One of the biggest hurdles of…

    read more
    Stacey Bishop 1 Comment

    You May Also Like

    What Nobody Tells You About Raising Teenagers

    September 20, 2019
    YouTube

    YouTube is not for little kids and the reasons we banned it

    March 18, 2019

    To my daughter on her 18th birthday

    March 26, 2019

Recent Posts

  • Eye of the Storm
  • Gratitude
  • Life Lessons During a Pandemic
  • Mental Health During a Pandemic
  • Grandpa

Archives

  • January 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • July 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • September 2019
  • July 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019

Categories

  • Lifestyle
  • Marriage Take 2
  • Parenting
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.