Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Firstly, I apologize.
These past few weeks (dare I say, months) were rough ones. Well, only really rough because I thought no one was reading this blog and it didn't matter if I wrote or not. So, pretty much just a self-pity party. It has now concluded.
Everything is pretty much the same as it was when I last wrote. Hoss is cutting his two-year molars, so that is really difficult. He is just a total other child with a completely different temperament when he's teething. We gave him some children's pain medicine, albeit very infrequently.
I watched a TED podcast - which I'm still not sure I understand what TED is - about raising our children to be entrepreneurs. I envy those with the entrepreneurial spirit, but not enough to want to emulate them. Too much risk-taking for me.
The speaker had some interesting tips, though, on how to teach financial responsibility. Such as not giving allowances, but having his children go around the house and find things they think he would want to pay them to do. And then he would negotiate prices with them. I wish I would have learned those skills.
Another suggestion that stuck with me was about only reading stories every other night or only a few nights a week. The other nights you should just give a handful of random props and have your child(ren) come up with a story themselves.
It was pretty interesting, but I ended it after a while only because I have no desire for entrepreneurial ventures.
You can watch the whole thing here or download the podcast here (link will prompt to launch iTunes).
Sorry this isn't very long, but it's a start back up to daily posting.
And a belated Happy Father's day to all the dad's out there.
These past few weeks (dare I say, months) were rough ones. Well, only really rough because I thought no one was reading this blog and it didn't matter if I wrote or not. So, pretty much just a self-pity party. It has now concluded.
Everything is pretty much the same as it was when I last wrote. Hoss is cutting his two-year molars, so that is really difficult. He is just a total other child with a completely different temperament when he's teething. We gave him some children's pain medicine, albeit very infrequently.
I watched a TED podcast - which I'm still not sure I understand what TED is - about raising our children to be entrepreneurs. I envy those with the entrepreneurial spirit, but not enough to want to emulate them. Too much risk-taking for me.
The speaker had some interesting tips, though, on how to teach financial responsibility. Such as not giving allowances, but having his children go around the house and find things they think he would want to pay them to do. And then he would negotiate prices with them. I wish I would have learned those skills.
Another suggestion that stuck with me was about only reading stories every other night or only a few nights a week. The other nights you should just give a handful of random props and have your child(ren) come up with a story themselves.
It was pretty interesting, but I ended it after a while only because I have no desire for entrepreneurial ventures.
You can watch the whole thing here or download the podcast here (link will prompt to launch iTunes).
Sorry this isn't very long, but it's a start back up to daily posting.
And a belated Happy Father's day to all the dad's out there.
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