by Brooke Romney | Apr 12, 2017 | Education, Parenting, Uncategorized
I loved being involved in Teacher Appreciation Week at the elementary school last year. It is one of my favorite volunteer opportunities because I think teachers are amazing and it is so much fun to be able to spoil them for a week. I couldn’t find much on...
by Brooke Romney | Mar 20, 2017 | Parenting, Relationships
(originally published on Deseret News) I know you don’t get it. Social media is not your thing. You have a group of 15 guys who mean something to you. You text them a couple times a year, get together every now and then, check out their family on a Christmas...
by Brooke Romney | Feb 28, 2017 | Education, Parenting
The argument is as old as school itself. “Why do you care so much about my grades?” This is often followed by a long list of who gets paid big bucks for A’s, whose parents don’t care at all if they have a D, and a million reasons why B’s are absolutely...
by Brooke Romney | Sep 29, 2016 | Books, Parenting
I love to read. I always have. When I had kids, I couldn’t wait to snuggle up for hours and share my favorite stories with them. But I was worried. I’d often heard, “Boys just don’t like reading.” I had seen the evidence of that over and...
by Brooke Romney | Aug 30, 2016 | Parenting, Teens
You can almost hear the “Tsk, Tsk” as those from a previous generation bemoan, “You know what’s wrong with parents these days? They choose to be friends and refuse to be parents.” I heard it the other day and had to disagree. You see, I...
by Brooke Romney | Aug 22, 2016 | Parenting, Teens
Our house has been a buzz with everything Olympics over the past two weeks. There have been phenomenal lessons about effort, grit, and sportsmanship. We have felt national pride and global pride and smiled and cheered together for the last two weeks. My family of 4...
