Jul 01 2008
Rocks and Trampolines
I have just started to contribute to a blog… about Mommy’s no less. On This Mommy’s Gig, there are a few fathers that are posting as well. It is nice because it gives me a forum to talk about my family a little without having to start yet another blog.
My first post is there today at Of Rocks and Trampolines. My favorite part is that down on the right side of the page, I am just one of the "Moms".
Here is an excerpt of what I wrote there.
Civil disobedience in the house. Mass destruction. Defiance of order and peace.
Yeah… I have four kids.
Fortunately, I have a smart wife… with a budget.
My wife reads a lot. She then modifies what she learns to fit our family. She has always taught me that positive reinforcement provides much greater results than anything negative ever could (you can catch more flies…).
One night, about three months ago, she went to the store and came home with a fish bowl and a lot of decorative rocks.
She had a new idea.
She put the fish bowl on top of a platter that she had and then put all of the rocks around the fish bowl.
The next day, we had a great conversation with the kids. Here were the rules.
Go to Of Rocks and Trampolines to read the rest of the post. I hope you like it.
Corey Smith is the Chief Web Architect for Dealer Marketing Systems and is Editor in Chief for Office Product News - a news service for the copier, printer and document management industry.
That’s funny! I forgot that I titled that part of the sidebar as “The Moms” - guess I’d better change it now that we have both genders represented
Great post, by the way! Thanks for joining us!