by Jaime Buckley | Apr 11, 2022 | Challenges, Parenting, Perspectives, your WHY
Have you ever wondered if how you feel gets in the way of what you should do? I have. We are creatures of emotion, by nature. But those very emotions that can grant us strength to barrel through something difficult, can also hinder us from making the right choice at...
by Jaime Buckley | Apr 11, 2022 | Parenting, Perspectives, your WHY
I cannot tell you how many times over the years I’ve been asked why my wife and I chose to have a large family. To this day I find it odd. Not that it’s an odd question in and of itself, but rather because it has never made sense to me why people wouldn’t want a large...
by Jaime Buckley | Apr 9, 2022 | Children, How To, Parenting, Perspectives
INTRODUCTION There are times in life when parenting is a very lonely profession. Times when you are striving to do all the right things for all the right reasons, and it feels like the world’s against you. As if each and every decision you make is fought, argued,...
by Jaime Buckley | Apr 9, 2022 | Children, Fathers, Perspectives, Q&A
I’m excited for you! There are basics to being a dad, which have been mentioned online over and over, such as getting involved, supporting your wife, learning to care for your child (diapers, dressing, feeding etc). They’re not wrong, but there’s so much more to being...
by Jaime Buckley | Apr 9, 2022 | Fathers, How To, Parenting, Perspectives, Teens
Being asked this question on Quora, I find it funny that it’s one of the challenges I’m facing right now with Ruby (my 2yr old). ANSWER: Same as it’s been for my 13 children: 7pm Now you should know that this was ‘bedtime’, but not ‘lights out’—and there’s a specific...
by Jaime Buckley | Apr 4, 2022 | Challenges, Children, Perspectives
Once in a while, I take time to answer questions posed to me on Quora. This one hit home, only because I see it happening over and over again in society with today’s generation: My daughter assumed we would watch her 9 and 7-year-old children 5 days a week. When...
