What is a Baseball Mom Survival Bag?

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My kids have been playing baseball for a few years now. We have played in rain or shine. We have played for hours in the scorching heat and in the bitter cold. We have played at fields with bleachers and at fields where there isn’t any available seating. We’ve played at fields near uncut grass where ticks abound and in the middle of swarms of mosquitoes.

Imagine being unprepared for all of that? No thanks!

It has helped tremendously to be prepared with a baseball mom survival bag!

A baseball mom survival bag is a bag full of all the essentials you might need when you go to see your kids play baseball or softball. Just like they have a bag full of the items they need to play the game, you can have a bag full of items you need to be comfortable while watching that game.

Think about it: do you want to be uncomfortable for a few hours while your kids play ball? Chances are, no! [Read more…]

How to Talk to a Teacher

How to Talk to a Teacher about Your Child, with phone and email scripts

Uh oh. Billy came home with poor grades and doesn’t know why. Sally ran off the bus crying because of a classmate said something unkind.

No matter what the situation, there comes a time in almost every parents’ life when they need to talk to a teacher.

My son once came home from school upset and we had this conversation:

Son: “Mom, this girl in class keeps bothering me. She won’t stop saying mean things to me. Sometimes she bumps me in the hallway or knocks my papers off of my desk. I asked her to leave me alone but she won’t stop.”

Me: “Have you told the teacher any of this?”

Son: “Yeah, but even when Mrs. Teacher talks to the girl, she keeps on bothering me and telling me I’ll never win.”

I had been walking him through what he should do if this student continues to bother him (this is continuing from 3rd grade), but since the behavior was continuing and perhaps was getting physical, it was time to talk to a teacher. [Read more…]