Mindy Carlson

Daddy Loves Me Best: When you aren’t the parent they want

Look at this face. Isn’t the sweetest boy you’ve ever seen? But you would never guess that underneath those good looks there lurks a heart of stone. Every child does it to every parent and there is nothing we can do about it. It’s a “phase.” The phase when your sweet little angel wants only…

Mindy Carlson

December 11, 2014

Kids

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St. Nicholas’s Day in Switzerland

Here in Switzerland they celebrate St. Nicholas’s Day. St. Nicholas and Santa Claus are two completely different individuals. St. Nicholas is the guy who comes on the evening of December 5th and leaves chocolate coins in the children’s shoes along with a note about how their behavior has been so far. He’s kind of the…

Mindy Carlson

December 10, 2014

The Swiss Family Carlson

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Homework Without The Yelling

The yelling starts about 20 minutes after we get home. Coats are hung. Bags are put away. Playing and decompressing from school and the tram ride home has begun. But there is homework still to do. And, thus, The Yelling. We both yell, my son and I. Him with indignation, me with anger, both of…

Mindy Carlson

December 2, 2014

Kids

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