Smarty-pant-ology (adult version): How to annoy your teenager

Just the other day I gave you a wee, small taste of the smarty-pants in our house. I have hinted before at the other ways in which we show our love to each other (yes, even me). My children get it honestly. Seriously. They do. I mean, when their father teaches them such incredible morals [...]

Acting like a spoiled brat

Yep. That’s pretty much what I humiliatingly did about an hour ago. I threw a bit of a hissy fit. All the while thinking I didn’t throw a big enough hissy fit. And now? I’m eating my own disappointed-in-myself spoiled brat reactions. Because that is what I did. I reacted instead of responded. I showed [...]