preteens Archives - Stories of Our Boys

30 Days of Tween Parenting Encouragement E-book

2017-07-13 aprilmomoffour encouragement, faith, parenting, preteens

I am all kinds of stoked to tell y’all about this FREE e-book! We’re sending 30 Days of Tween Parenting Encouragement out today, as a gift, to ALL of my blog newsletter subscribers. Lee Felix of Like Minded Musings, did an excellent job compiling this book, with contributions from 30 different bloggers, who are all parents of tweens, including yours truly. Visit Lee’s blog, and give her a follow or a Facebook Like! I wrote chapter 16 of this book, […]

And so goes the tooth fairy…

2015-12-05 aprilmomoffour funny stories, preteens, tooth fairy

Alan and the boys were getting ready to leave. Caleb was sitting at the table writing something on a napkin. Alan said, “Caleb, what’re you doing? Are you writing the tooth fairy a letter?” “Huh? Did she miss a tooth??” I asked, possibly panicking a little bit. Oh no! Had I messed that up again? Alan explained, “He lost his tooth, so she had no idea because he didn’t put a tooth or a letter under his pillow,” halfway talking […]

Funny Stories Plus My Plans for the New Year

2015-02-22 aprilmomoffour beach, family, goals, Jennings, little boys, parenting, video games

This is my picture of the year for 2015. This totally sums up what I’m wanting this year to be like. Last year was all change, change, change, and more change. It was WORK. It was learning to teach again. It was so much learning I thought my brain would bust. Nothing against work and learning, but I’m still exhausted. Let’s make work and learning a little more fun for all this year, especially me. This year we will not: […]

Notes on Transitioning to Leading by Influence

2014-10-13 aprilmomoffour books, parenting, preteens

My favorite points from chapter 2 of this book: 1. The second chapter includes a quiz to help you evaluate where your child currently stands in the scheme of things, on a scale from off-course all the way up to healthy and right on track. The quiz did give me some ideas for things to work on and reassurance for what we do right. You’ll have to buy the book for that. 😉 Here’s the link to amazon. You’re welcome. […]

On Becoming Preteen Wise: April’s Notes, Chapter 1

2014-10-09 aprilmomoffour books, parenting, Preteen Wise

I had an unusually hard day at Pacific Christian Academy today with my handsome and intelligent tween, so I’m finally getting around to writing this post. I came across this book this summer. Alan’s parents were moving, and Nonna let me go through the books she was going to give away. She has the best books! When I came across this one I stopped in my tracks. “parenting your child from eight to twelve years,” the book reads, under the […]