Comments on: Parents – 12 Holiday Tips For Balance, Harmony, and Joy

By: Family Travel

Family Travel — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:20:17 +0000

Wow what excellent advice.
I have to be honest there have been times when travelling and children donlt seem to have mixed, long flights or drives and how children don’t understand that parents need to relax sometimes.But this is excellent advice to see things in a different way.

By: klaudek » Parents - 12 Holiday Tips For Balance, Harmony, and Joy

klaudek » Parents - 12 Holiday Tips For Balance, Harmony, and Joy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:31:31 +0000

[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptThis time of year, we look forward to the excitement and fun of the holiday season: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the New Year are all occasions to rejoice and celebrate with family and friends. With the holidays, though, comes more than the usual amount of juggling, multitasking, planning, making, going, doing … the to-do list grows fast, and it seems to get longer every year. What about you? Do you push yourself to the limits during the holidays? You’re not alone. For busy p [...]

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:00:59 +0000

My place is always a tip, so worrying about how the place looks isn’t a huge bother, but I like the one about taking a bit of quiet time with DD. Christmas day always seems like a mad riot of presents, sweets, tv, noise, pressure. I like the idea of us both taking a breather with a hug so that she remembers it in a deeper way later.

By: InezEB

InezEB — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:08:16 +0000

Thank you for the reminder of what realy matters.
and for the reminder to take care of “me” so I can care for “them”!!!

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:27:19 +0000

my favorite is the last one….BE PRESENT. Too often I think about what I’m planning for or what is ahead. Then, when it’s all over I didn’t feel like I cherished the moments enough.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:13:32 +0000

I need to hear this things once in a while to slow down. Thank you!

By: Susan Courtney

Susan Courtney — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:57:23 +0000

I really enjoyed this-good information and funny! I especially appreciate the humor-that keeps us sane too.