by Kim Davies | Mar 17, 2015 | girls, parenting, tween
Girls often get in to conflicts because they are afraid to be direct and ask for what they need. Instead they may complain about a friend to another friend, or keep what’s wrong inside – secretly stewing about it without telling their friend...
by Kim Davies | Mar 3, 2015 | girls, parenting, self-esteem
Did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s Day gives us an occasion to show love toward a special someone or share sentiments in cards with classmates. In my yoga class with middle schoolers, I shared another interpretation of love. I asked...
by Kim Davies | Nov 1, 2014 | online, parenting, tween
My parenting goal is to have open dialogue, and hope my daughter comes around to making decisions I support, without me telling her what to do! Okay, that sounds incredibly manipulative, but it’s the truth! When she can come to her own conclusions, she is empowered....
by Kim Davies | Jun 11, 2014 | parenting, tween
Ugh! My daughter used to be so happy, now her emotions are on a roller coaster. She’s not even a teen yet? How am I going to survive the tween years? If you are anything like me, some days I handle my daughters emotions quite well, other days, not so much. One day I...
by Kim Davies | Jan 3, 2014 | introverts, parenting
As I get older, I get more and more introverted. What I mean is I feel a really strong need to shut the world out and be by myself- go offline and read, write, and play music. However how I’ve structured my life does not lend itself to this easily. Something about...
by Kim Davies | Jan 3, 2014 | parenting
Welcome! For some time now I have wanted to start a blog. I’ve been dragging my heels though because I’m scared to put myself out there. Not scared so much of people I DON’T know reading my blog, but people I DO know. Funny, how I think the people that know and...
