by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 6, 2013 | Art, Community, Community News - Southwest Metro Neighbors Oregonian, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, SW Weekly, Technology Free
(Written for The Oregonian, print edition of SW Metro Neighbors, published Oct. 9, 2013 Marlana Stoddard-Hayes 10-13-13 OREGONLIVE.COM Link) Email At age 2, Marlana Stoddard-Hayes began drawing with crayons on the walls of her rural Iowa home, and when her mother...
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...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 22, 2013 | Guest post, Moms, Parenting, Pregnancy, Transitions
GUEST POST BY Lisa Hunter From the minute your child is born, your life changes forever – late night feeds, coping with childhood illnesses and filling endless summers with fun activities – whether your offspring wish to participate or not! Yes, parenthood is...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 29, 2013 | Children, Family Life, Home, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting, Real-Life Mom column, Tradition, Transitions, Writing
(This was also published in The Huffington Post Huffington Post- Can We Just Relax Mom?”) The start of summer is a bit disorienting for me as a mom, and I know for many other parents as well. What to do with the kids this summer, 12 weeks long. During the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 19, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Art, Summer
My summer adventures with kids continue with a visit to Browns Ferry Park in Tualatin, Oregon. My youngest son Augustin and I had about an hour while my twins were at youth group. Rolling Hills YouthSometimes I have to just grab the adventure when it’s there,...
