by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 4, 2018 | Parenting, Teens, Tradition, Tweens
3/30 How I mom: Invite your kids’ friends over when they are young and when they are older. Make it easy for your kids’ friends to come over. Just invite. And make it easy for them to say yes. This year’s Halloween is the first time in over 25 years that I...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 4, 2018 | Hospitality, How I Mom, How you mom, Moms, Navigating Motherhood, Raising boys, Raising Teens, Raising Tweens
2/30 How I Mom: While your kids are growing up, make grandparents and great grandparents and extended family part of your lives. – – – – – – – – When my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 2, 2018 | Adventure, Motherhood, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting Philosophy
When they placed my first-born child, my only daughter, into my arms, 28 and three quarters of a year ago, tears fell from my eyes as I looked into her deep dark eyes. I felt so much adoration and love toward her that it felt like my heart was going to burst. I...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 29, 2018 | Parenting, Parenting Philosophy, Raising Teens, Raising Tweens
While my husband and I were catching up with our friend Dirk at church last weekend, our 15-year-old son Gus was speaking to a gentleman who was seated one row behind us in the sanctuary. The gentleman had initiated a conversation with Gus, asking him questions about...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2018 | Being present, Writing
Just before climbing on that floatplane in Kodiak Alaska, I called my husband and daughter and texted my boys. I reached my husband but couldn’t get ahold of other kids at that exact moment. I then asked someone to take a photo of those of us about to board...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 13, 2018 | Navigating Motherhood, No formula, Parenting
I was driving my sophomore in high school son to early bird Wellness 2 this morning and was going about 15 miles per hour in the 25 mile per hour zone of our street. We passed a man walking along the street — we have no sidewalks in our neighborhood — and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 1, 2018 | Parenting, School, School Days
(This post originally appeared on the Today Show Parents Blog ) I remember a while back talking to a friend about back-to-school shopping and she said that she doesn’t bring her kid to the store when she goes. “Its just easier to go alone. I get it all done more...
