by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 9, 2014 | balance, Character, Children, Faith, juggling, Kids, Life, Moms, Motherhood, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Philosophy, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, Real-Life Mom column - The Oregonian, Teaching Moments, working moms, working parents, Writing
It was one of those mornings. Making school lunches, signing permission slips, trying to figure out the after school agenda, calculating rides home, trying to arrange doctors appointments. There was a middle school gathering/Halloween party/dance-ish event that my kid...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2013 | Character, Children, Community News - Southwest Metro Neighbors Oregonian, Community Service, Faith, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Refugees, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, Summer, SW Weekly, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news, Youth
Presentation Friday Nov. 8 and Saturday Nov. 9 from 7-8 pm: Barbara and Todd Briscoe and family will discuss their Rwanda mission in a one-hour presentation 7-8 pm, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at the Lake Oswego Art Center, 510 1st Street, Lake Oswego.Information:...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2013 | Character, Children, Community, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Motherhood, Parenting, Transitions
My daughter Rachel emailed me from Tanzania asking if I had heard about Sarah and Michael’s mom, Kathy Bernert. Heard what? I wondered, already fearing the worst. Knots starting tying up in my stomach. Sarah and Michael’s mom, Kathleen Carol Bernert, 51, had...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 23, 2013 | Attitude, Character, Culture, Integrity, Life, Live the Questions, Networking, Real LIfe
Today, I had the chance to sit in the front row of a Q & A with respected news correspondent Anderson Cooper. The Q & A was part of a preview event Anderson was invited to participate in at Portland State University Native American Student and Community Center...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 15, 2013 | Character, Children, Entitlement, Huffington Post, Huffington Post Live, Moms, Parenting
I appeared on a Huffington Post Live segment today to discuss the topic, “Are Parents Raising Entitled Kids?” The segment was based upon a blog post I had written for my website and The Huffington Post Parents blog called, “Two Tales Involving 350 Kids, Entitlement...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 28, 2013 | Attitude, Character, Children, Communication, Community, Family Life, Gratitude, Huffington Post, Integrity, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Portland, Real-Life Mom column, Responsibility, Teaching Moments, Technology, Writing, Youth
This is a tale of 300 kids breaking into the home of a former NFL player and a tale of 50 football players getting benched by their coach and a lesson in parenting and entitlement and owning up to faults. . . . Three hundred teenagers break into the vacant vacation...
