Mom's Life
Mom seeks advice; other parents needed
Eshelle Lechot
Issue date: 2/1/10 Section: Life
For those of you who are new to campus and have never met me before, I am Eshelle. I write a column in our newspaper entitled "Mom's Life."
"Mom's Life" is a collection of stories and actual real-life scenarios of me as a single parent raising my 15-year-old son who is a high school freshman. The purpose is to share stories and experiences as a single mom. Although, my experiences may be a little different than those moms out there who are married, parenting is parenting. My hope this year is to give some advice, make some recommendations and share my experiences.
The most important reason though, is to challenge you as the reader to respond to my column.
I would love to have additional advice from other parents out there, single or married, to share your stories, experiences and insights about parenting as well. It can be as simple as sending in a suggestion, sharing a funny experience or merely sharing a simple, but tasty recipe to assist with the task of "what's for dinner?"
Parenting is a challenge for every one of us. We have all gone through the ups and downs of parenting and simply stated no one is a perfect parent. With the help and support of each other, we as a parental unit can assist each other with our experiences, insights and stories.
With that being said, I will move on.
The start of the school year can be rough for all of us. Christmas break is over, the holidays are past and again, we face getting the kids back into the routine of getting up early and rushing out the door.
It seems that no matter the age of your children, this task alone can send you to the madhouse. I do not know how many times, in the midst of getting myself ready, that I have had to stop what I am doing and check on my son.
It is extremely annoying to me to walk into the living room and to find that he is stilled glued to the TV; the only thing that he has accomplished is eating his cereal and being dressed.
We all know as women that it takes us a lot longer to get ready - that's a given! But what I don't get is how can I get ready in the same amount of time as he when he has only accomplished a couple of things by the time I am ready to walk out the door?
"Mom's Life" is a collection of stories and actual real-life scenarios of me as a single parent raising my 15-year-old son who is a high school freshman. The purpose is to share stories and experiences as a single mom. Although, my experiences may be a little different than those moms out there who are married, parenting is parenting. My hope this year is to give some advice, make some recommendations and share my experiences.
The most important reason though, is to challenge you as the reader to respond to my column.
I would love to have additional advice from other parents out there, single or married, to share your stories, experiences and insights about parenting as well. It can be as simple as sending in a suggestion, sharing a funny experience or merely sharing a simple, but tasty recipe to assist with the task of "what's for dinner?"
Parenting is a challenge for every one of us. We have all gone through the ups and downs of parenting and simply stated no one is a perfect parent. With the help and support of each other, we as a parental unit can assist each other with our experiences, insights and stories.
With that being said, I will move on.
The start of the school year can be rough for all of us. Christmas break is over, the holidays are past and again, we face getting the kids back into the routine of getting up early and rushing out the door.
It seems that no matter the age of your children, this task alone can send you to the madhouse. I do not know how many times, in the midst of getting myself ready, that I have had to stop what I am doing and check on my son.
It is extremely annoying to me to walk into the living room and to find that he is stilled glued to the TV; the only thing that he has accomplished is eating his cereal and being dressed.
We all know as women that it takes us a lot longer to get ready - that's a given! But what I don't get is how can I get ready in the same amount of time as he when he has only accomplished a couple of things by the time I am ready to walk out the door?
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