The Weary Parent Group Writing Project and Contest was a success! While there were only 12 entries, there were 12 FABULOUS entries – all of which are worth reading. I think next time I do this I may leave the contest open a bit longer and I’m sure a bigger prize may have helped, but I am still very happy with the outcome.
I’d like to recognize all of the entries we got! Take some time to read over all of them this weekend and I’m sure you’ll agree that each of the authors wrote with passion and true feeling. Thank …read more

More fabulous entries came in for the Weary Parent Group Writing Project and Contest. I know I originally made the cut off for entries tonight at midnight, but if you still want to enter, be my guest! I will accept entries all the way up until some time Friday afternoon when I will have one of my tweens pull the entry number for the prize.
Day 2 entries:

Maria of My Baby and I got some great advice from her Mum. I managed to follow three of her four guidelines. I got married at 26.
Dawud of dmiracle has fond memories of his …read more

The Weary Parent – Best Advice You Got As A Teen group writing project and contest is underway! We already have five great articles to read and I have a feeling that there will be many more coming in over the next few days.
The Day 1 entries are:

Joanne at Forever Parents was the first to enter with her post called Teen Advice. Joanne has been blessed with such a supportive Mother – I love the picture of your Mom that you included in your post.
Kate from Babylune (who inspired this contest) has her Master’s Degree thanks to some sage advice …read more

So, I was the lucky winner of the $24.95 cash prize in Kate’s Babylune group writing project/contest last week. How cool was that? I have decided to keep the fun going and instead of buying something I don’t really need with that $24.95, Weary Parent is going to have a contest of its own! I shared this idea with Kate and guess what? She had won that same $24.95 in a previous contest, too. I think its a sign. We need to keep this prize money moving through cyberspace.
Contest Theme
We were all tweens/teens at some point in the past …read more

We have all made our fair share of parenting mistakes! Kate at Babylune is hosting a Group Writing Project about parenting mistakes. What a great opportunity for those of us with older kids to share some of our parenting wisdom!
In Kate’s own words:
Every morning, I’ll post all of the entries from the previous day.
The contest is open now and closes at 11:59 PM on Thursday, 14 June, 2007.
The final entries will be posted on Friday, 15 June, 2007. On Saturday the 16th, I’ll announce the results of a random draw of all eligible posts to receive the winning blogger’s choice …read more