Hey! Can we go jump off the bridge? My then-13-year-old daughter, Molly, motioned to the end of the dock that extended into the ocean. She said it nonchalantly like she was asking something innocuous like “Can I walk to the neighbor’s?” She and several of her friends crowded around and anxiously waited for our reply. “Uh. Nooooo,” my…
by Jill Savage, Regular MOMtor Contributor After spending a year writing our book Living With Less So Your Family Has More, my husband and I have really been more aware of the reality of adult peer pressure. The words “peer pressure” usually refer to the pressure to conform that teenagers experience. But if we’re honest,…
Back then, it was wide open. I was teaching middle school at my kids’ private Christian school. Molly was eight, Micah was five. They loved having their mom teach at their school. They bragged about it. They visited my classroom every chance they got. They’d call out and wave frantically to me from the playground…
by Simone Graham, Regular MOMtor Contributor I am usually quite in awe of “lioness mothers.” You know – the ones who snarl and defend their young with loud roaring. Me, I am more of a mouse, or perhaps a deer in the headlights. When conflict looms, I freeze … and then berate myself for hours afterwards,…
