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Parenting Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/parenting/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 04:19:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Parenting Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/parenting/ 32 32 184530663 My Magnum Opus: The Parenting Marathon https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/03/my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/03/my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2021 03:12:11 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4195 I recently volunteered at a triathlon and discovered many interesting things about these athletic beasts. Besides being insane for paying actual money to brutalize their bodies and not knowing the difference between fun and pain, I noticed that at the finish they usually fell into one of three categories: 1) The nonchalant. “Yeah, I just […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/03/my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon/feed/ 14 4195 Reboot: The Beauty of not being good enough – (Getting "Cut" from the team) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/08/29/the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2019/08/29/the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:20:49 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=160 My daughter got cut from the varsity volleyball team this fall. Having poured herself into that sport for the last four years and with dreams to even play in college, it was a blow of colossal proportions. Yet a virtual stranger who probably doesn’t recognize the power she wields decided, “Nope. You’re not good enough […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/08/29/the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2/feed/ 13 160 13 Reasons Why I'm posting dog poop and not prom pics https://cindydeboer.com/2017/05/30/13-reasons-why-im-posting-dog-poop-and-not-prom-pics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=13-reasons-why-im-posting-dog-poop-and-not-prom-pics https://cindydeboer.com/2017/05/30/13-reasons-why-im-posting-dog-poop-and-not-prom-pics/#comments Tue, 30 May 2017 20:54:39 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=673 Watching '13 Reasons Why' has led me to sharing how my dog is always crapping on our rug.

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2017/05/30/13-reasons-why-im-posting-dog-poop-and-not-prom-pics/feed/ 7 673 Teens: Want a tattoo for Christmas? How to get Mom to say "Yes": https://cindydeboer.com/2016/12/01/teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes https://cindydeboer.com/2016/12/01/teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:01:45 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=464 My arguments against tattoos were weak at best. But I still thought tattoos were stupid.

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2016/12/01/teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes/feed/ 2 464 The Date and the Cockroach https://cindydeboer.com/2015/11/02/the-date-and-the-cockroach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-date-and-the-cockroach https://cindydeboer.com/2015/11/02/the-date-and-the-cockroach/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:33:42 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=164 When we lived in Morocco we had a serious cockroach problem. They were everywhere – that was the problem. I never understood it. I had believed cockroaches only lived in dirty places so I tried to keep our house impeccably clean. But these cockroach-demons thought it was their house, too, and refused to leave no […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2015/11/02/the-date-and-the-cockroach/feed/ 4 164 On Mice and Ice https://cindydeboer.com/2014/11/21/on-mice-and-ice-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-mice-and-ice-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2014/11/21/on-mice-and-ice-2/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:14:00 +0000 http://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/on-mice-and-ice-2 This week, two dastardly events descended on our family.  First, our daughter spotted a MOUSE in my CAR – and it seems to have taken refuge under the passenger seat and we can’t get it out.  Now, every time I drive somewhere I’m terrified that vermin will jump out at me.  Secondly, a BLIZZARD hit […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2014/11/21/on-mice-and-ice-2/feed/ 2 3837 If I only had 10 more years to live: https://cindydeboer.com/2013/12/24/if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2013/12/24/if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:28:00 +0000 http://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2 The phone finally rang – two days, three hours and fifty-seven minutes later than it should have.  I was a shredded pile of emotions from the waiting.  She took an infinitely long breath, cleared her throat, and dealt the blow:  It is as we feared – lymphangioleiomyomatosis.  I know what you’re thinking:  that’s not a […]

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