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fredericksburg parent letter to readers & family PRODUCTION PUBLISHER Leigh Anne Van Doren Tabitha & Jamie Nelle���s mom DIRECTOR of OPERATIONS & MARKETING Heidi DiEugenio, Duke & Dane���s mom director of Advertising Leanne Dalton Justin, Steven & Rebeka���s mom Advertising Sales representatives Kathy Vaughan; Becca & Sarah���s Mom Michele Amaya; Hayley, Alayna, Levi & Nathaly���s Mom OFFICE MANAGER Nancy Massanat Emily & Kyle���s Mom EDITOR Chris Jones Jordan, Quincy, & Hayden���s dad GRAPHIC DESIGNer Cheryl Carter Alex, Kate & Jackie���s mom WEBMASTER Karen Charney Joshua & Spencer���s mom by karen charney calendar editor Leigha Pecher Jake & Luke���s mom DIRECTOR of CIRCULATION Krista Starosta Nick, Andrew, Kaylin & Kensington���s mom Program Manager, Science Saturdays Victoria McCollum Ian & Malcolm���s mom Community Blog Manager Mary Becelia Katherine Laura & Robert Joseph���s mom Facebook Community Managers Elizabeth Jones; Jordan, Quincy & Hayden���s mom Pamela Quinones: Corinn, Michael, Isabella & Dalton ADVERTISING 540/374-1495 adsales@fredericksburgparent.net phone e-mail e-mail e-mail The Two Rules of Successful Parenting CALENDAR & RESOURCE REQUESTS calendar@fredericksburgparent.net resources@fredericksburgparent.net EDITORIAL 540/374-1495 ��� fax 540/374-1672 e-mail editor@fredericksburgparent.net publisher@fredericksburgparent.net snail mail P.O. Box 7884, Fred'bg, VA 22404 www.fredericksburgparent.net phone The publishers reserve the right to reject any advertisement, editorial or listing that does not meet the publication���s standards. No part of this magazine may be reproduced with out permission. Listing and advertising rates are available upon request. Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained herein, however, the publisher cannot guarantee such accuracy. Listings and advertisements are subject to typographical errors, ommissions and/or change without notice. �� Copyright 2013 Nurture, Inc. All rights reserved. Entrepreneur of the Year Proud Founding Member 8 Fredericksburg Parent and Family ��� January 2013 T ime flies. That sounds so clich��, but really, it does. I feel like it was just yesterday that my days were consumed with diapers, board books and really long walks around the neighborhood to get us to those blessed hours called ���naptime.��� Now my life is filled with helping kids study for midterms, stressing about one of them learning to drive and texting my boys that it���s time for dinner. I remember being a mom of two toddler boys only 16 months apart and having older moms tell me that they would be grown up before I could even turn around. They weren���t kidding. I also had moms tell me that they hadn���t liked the baby stage (or toddler stage or whatever). I remember being shocked. But then I remember liking every stage more than the last ��� I fell in love with my kids more every day/month/year, and I don���t expect that to stop anytime soon. Being the mom of two pretty awesome teenage boys, I get asked for parenting advice a lot. Here it is: CONSISTENCY FOLLOW-THROUGH That���s it. Seriously. Be consistent in how you parent them and discipline them and if you say ���no��� or tell them that you���re going to do something, you���d better do it. You do those two things from the time they are old enough to hear your voice and you���ll be well on your way to being in semi-control of what goes on inside and outside of your house. Also know that there will be bad (OK, very bad) days. There will be good days. There will be days where you don���t shower and other days where you feel like SuperMom or SuperDad. Trust me when I say that the good will outweigh the bad. If the day has been a bad one, make sure you take a peek at them while they���re sleeping to remind yourself what little angels they really are. Then wake up the next day and trust that it���s going to be a good one. Karen Charney has been the webmaster for FredParent since 2005. She���s married to an active duty Marine and has two boys, ages 14 and 15. She���s always happy to give parenting advice if you ask!