Surprise — it’s Tuesday! Thank you note Tuesday is happening on Thursday, in part due to the fact that my kids were sick this week and I’ve had to sit on two of them (gently, but sit nonetheless) to give them eye drops 3 times a day. Not fun.
Since this is a moment I am not sitting on my children, I will be brief: Thank you to Havi, for helping me continue to look at my stuff and for having helped me not understand how to understand Twitter — such a useful and strategic non strategery.
The other thank you goes to Naomi. I signed up for a new little email course at Ittybiz. It’s amazingly good. Thinky and cool and extremely helpful. Particularly when you need something to think about in between restraining your children.
Anyway, I realize this week that my ideal thing is proving more difficult to find. I also realize that my husband and kids will soon be out of school for the summer and I will have precious little time to sit and contemplate my navel any further.
I have also been thinking about something Havi says all the time, which is that not putting your thing out there for your right people denies them the opportunity to get something they need. I’m not putting it very well, but she says something to that effect.
I have about 15 years of experience working with kids as a social worker, and on top of that I have 10 years of being a parent to my own kids. For some reason, I’ve written a great deal about children — how to feed them, how to keep them from having tantrums while your mother-in-law is looking, how to reduce their exposure to toxins, and all kinds of other things.
These are experiences and knowledge that seem so obvious to me it’s almost boring, but I realize that other people need them. I also realize that I do indeed find these issues extremely exciting (proof of what a geek I truly am). Furthermore, I realize that my top priority is to raise my kids, and that many other people share this priority. So it’s time to get in there and share what I know.
So, I’m getting started to share some very specific information with you and others who care about children. First in the lineup is an email series on toddler tantrums. In particular, how to make them stop. You can sign up for the course here.
I’ll also be adding several more goodies in the next week or so, and I’m putting together a group class to begin July 1 that will be called something like “How To Be A Great Parent In Difficult Times” or “How To Not Be a Psycho Mom When Your Credit Cards Are Maxed Out” or something. It’s going to be very fun, and I’ll share more as soon as it’s ready.
OK. Hope all is well with you on this Tuesday that’s actually a Thursday!
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