by Shannon Popkin | Apr 11, 2014 | Funny
I had my kids posing for a picture downtown Chicago, when a kind stranger stopped and offered to let me get in the picture. As I handed him my iPhone, he said, “Oh… you’ll have to show me how.” So I quickly pointed out the ‘button’...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 31, 2014 | Conflict Resolution, Submission
First, can I just comment that a lot of my writing material comes from Costco? (Like this and this and this.) I can’t decide if it’s because I’m at Costco all the time, or because extraordinary things happen there. Maybe both.So I was driving through...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 24, 2014 | Conflict Resolution, Goals
Jen has a little wall hanging in her house that reads, “The Best Place in the World is Together”.She remembers fondly a time that she and the kids were making plans for the day. A suggestion was made that they would split up, with Daddy and one sister...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 21, 2014 | Funny, Kids' Perspective
At parent teacher conferences, Cade’s teacher showed us a picture he had drawn:She told us that she had said, “Oh, Cade! You did such a nice job on this. I can see all of the colors of the sunset, here. And you’re waving, right?”But Cade said,...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 15, 2014 | Control Girl, Parenting
My friend, Missy, remembers the day that she and her brother were fighting over who was to sit in the front seat of the car. Their mom impatiently said, “Whoever is coming, get in!” So they both jumped in the front together. (This was back in the day of no seat-belt...