Raising Littles In Today's Culture

In the good ol' days many young adults went out and got jobs at the age of 14 and were driving cars years before that out on the farm. Many never finished high school as they were working on the farms or got jobs working in the mines or construction or oil fields. I'm a rare breed being a third generation alumni from our local high school, and my kids will make four. I am however first generation to go to college, and God willing I will finally graduate this year after taking classes off and on for 20 years. I had my first job at 16, as well as my drivers license. I worked two jobs my junior and senior year and moved out when I was 18. I'm now raising teenagers, who are turning into young adults and things are different. They finally got their driving permit at 16. Will get their actual license at 17 and 18. Neither have had a job as I wanted them to focus on their schooling and with learning disabilities the work has been a little harder. One is planning on trade school f...

What to Expect When Expecting is a book on the market that helps soon to be parents to know what to expect as they navigate pregnancy, labor and birth, and raising a newborn. They even have a book on the first year and toddlers. It's became its own brand with books, podcasts, products and more. When I was pregnant with my first there wasn't much in the line of google searches, apps, or parenting advice online. I think it's funny that this week's lessons in both my classes are dealing with transitioning to parenthood and child development. Child Development is another one of those classes I wish I would have had in high school but wouldn't have gotten near as much out of it as I did in my mid 20's. In high school how to prevent pregnancy is talked about and how babies are made, but what about what to do when you become pregnant? I don't condone marriage out of wedlock, but it happens. It happened to me. Had it not been for my super supportive mother being wit...