Thank You?

We just celebrated my kid's birthdays in our household and I am trying to teach them the importance of writing thank you notes. I started to realize though that we have been to several birthdays this year and was wondering do people still write thank you notes? I know that growing up we wrote thank you notes for every gift we were given, have times changed, is simply saying thank you enough? I LOVE receiving thank you notes and think it is important to teach our children these simple manners of appreciation. I found this great little book The Thank You Book for Kids, there are over hundreds of creative ways to say thank you. What a great resource for children. You can get it a an amazing discount at Lillian Vernon. Please let me know how you feel about thank you notes...am I old fashion in expecting my children to write them?

Too Much of a Good Thing

I thought I would share this book with you that I read with my mommy book club. I feel that many of us can relate to the title. We all want to raise children with good moral fiber, but how do we do that in the instant gratification world we live in? I want my children to have more than I did growing up but where do you draw the line. Are we teaching are children the life lessons they need to be successful or is our indulgence crippling them? This book helps us through all those tough questions. This book is on my parent reference shelf.

Please share any parenting books you have enjoyed. I will post them on the blog. We all need any help we can get.