A reminder. Create calm. Parenting stresses, but staying calm is possible.
When you are calm, your children are free to learn and to grow.
STAY STRONG
As always, remember what matters, enjoy today that is why it is called the present. Indulge in some healthy pleasures, , practice kindness by sharing and caring, appreciate beauty, and create calm any way you can.
As always thank you for all you do to strengthen me.
Katherine
TWO DISCLAIMERS
The first: Although built upon evidenced based practices, there is no guarantee my advice is the right advice for you and your family. Experiment, try my tips; if they are not useful to you try another parent adviser. You are the expert on you and your child; the rest of us experts on many different things.
The second: I have dysgraphia, a learning disability that peppers my writing with mis-spelling and punctuation errors. All my books are professionally edited. Not so my blog posts. Although I use all the grammar and spelling checks, mistakes slip by. If they bother you, seek another source of support for life’s less savory moments. Life is too short to let problems you can avoid annoy or stress you.
Parents Are People Too 
Today, I went to the beach front with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave
it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She put the shell to her ear and screamed.
There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her
ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely
off topic but I had to tell someone!
Great story. Thank you. Might use it at some point. What you see is not always what your children get.