Family Matter's Introduction

Welcome to Family Matters with Amber! Family Matters is my 2nd blog! I currently write Yellow Inspiration (also on Blogger @ http://YellowInspiration.blogspot.com).

Family Matters is for any parent who, at the beginning, or end, of their day seeks insight, positive inspiration and encouragement to be the best parent they can.

Parenting is the most challenging of all jobs, requiring hard work, sacrifice and nerve. It is not for the faint of heart. Some days can be worse than others, but parents always gain the reward in the end…you child will always love you. Children are an amazing gift and everything we do and say affects them, more than we realize sometimes.

As a parent, we can tend to feel alone in the struggle to do the best for our kids. I am far from a perfect parent, but so far, I think I’m doing an okay job, at least that is what my kids say;). I am a previously divorced mom of three, ages 13, 9 and 6, (two girls and a boy) and my goal is to share what I’ve learned on my parenting journeys so far, while at the same time patting the backs of all other parents, lifting them up, so they can lift their kids up!

Please join me and share your thoughts often as I embark on my mission in life: Inspiring others thru my passions of Parenting and Writing.

Truly,

Amber

Green Punch Buggy....!!!!

Green Punch Buggy...No Punch Back! As I was writing this blog post, my son came to me showing off his Lego creation. And don't you know I got hit at least five times since on my computer screen was displaying at least five different punch buggies, of five different colors thanks to Google Images. (Bad timing I'm thinking...) How can we possibly have world peace with these silly cars in the world!? ;) Don't the owners of these cute-but-obnoxious-cars understand that driving these things around town promotes violence!? ;) Anyhow.... The original purpose of this blog was to ask parents everywhere this question: Do you find yourself saying 'PUNCH BUGGY *BLANK-COLOR*! ' to yourself, even when the kids are not in the car??? I do! Isn't it funny how those games we used to play as a child are still around? I bet our parents say the same thing.... HAPPY FRIIIIIIDAAAAYYYY! P.S. I got hit at least ten more times, since as my son stood beside

Back to School Anxiety: Bullying

Download “School Boy Being Stressed” by David Castillo Dominici via freedigitalphotos.net I recently wrote about how to help your child if they’re struggling with going back to school because they were bullied. My biggest most important tip was to listen, because I honestly could not write a ‘How-to-make-them-not-afraid’ column. Frankly I thought that was absurd. Fear is sometimes real. Anxiety is sometimes truly there, and for a good reason. Our job as parents isn’t to try to make it go away, it’s to try to find out the true source of those worrisome feelings. If you’d like to read more, click here. And if you’re child is struggling to find excitement about the new school year, don’t deny it, just accept it and move forward gently. Here’s some more on bullying: Family Matters Links: A Touching Story/Song Bullying: A thing of the past A Peace Poem By My Teenage Daughter A Deeper Insight into My Thoughts on People Who Bring Harm to Others Other Links: Stop Bul

Good Customer Service At Home

Over the years, my careers have mainly been customer service based. I started in a family business and then moved on up through the rungs from waitress, to hostess, to sales associate, manager and eventually the GM of a hotel. In all my years, my training taught me that you should always do your best to take your customer all the way to what they need, make them happy, and never leave them until they are done with you. I pride myself on my customer service abilities. Though the other day, I think I failed at customer service in my own home! I was getting ready to cut my daughter's hair and because of how long it had gotten (she's been growing it out for a year!) I felt this time it would be best if instead of me spritzing it with water, she could wash and condition it real quick. She was fully clothed so I just suggested she run into the bathroom and wash her hair in the tub. She’s fourteen. I suppose I just assumed that she knew how to kneel over the tub and do it.

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