I’m Sarah, the mom of four mostly wonderful kids; fraternal twins Rachel and Andrea, age 11; Cody, age 6; and Logan, age 5. I also work from home as a freelance writer. Along with crazy amounts of laundry, helping the kids with whatever their need of the moment may be, making meals, writing, and other miscellaneous housework, I have two other part-time jobs — accounting for a family business and advertising manager and proofreader of a scholarly theological journal. And of course I blog here about the learning curve inherent in parenting.
Anyone who has kids knows that parenting is all about trial and error, learning, growing and, most importantly, staying flexible. Each child is unique. What might work for one, may not for another. Nobody knows better than you, the parent, how to best handle your child, but sometimes you have to try several solutions before finding the right one. Discussions, advice and shared experiences between parents can help us find the right formula for our children’s personalities and needs, and it is with that in mind that I created this blog.
You can also find me at my writing website, www.saraheludwig.com and as a contributor on Larger Families and HVParent.
I encourage you to comment, ask questions, share stories or whatever you like, as long as it’s about kids, family life and parenting. Lively discussions are a lot of the fun of blogs, so please share!
To contact me, email sarah @ parentingbytrialanderror . com (without the spaces, of course!).
I love your blog! I will check back often.
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i like how your blogs are short, sweet and interesting!
Hi I just love your site. I found the reading interesting and the pics wonderful. I love large families. I only have the 3 due to problems 2 in heaven, and my mom only had us 4,but I come from a family where there were 11 kids and those kids had lots .
When we went to my great grandmothers for her birthday you had the 11 kids, spouses, grandkids and great grandkids. so you were looking at a couple of hundred people there and let me tell you, it was the most wonderful time of my life. Large families, who can beat em? Thanks for sharing your site, and writings.Hugs and God Bless
Hi there Parenting by Trial and Error,
Saw the swing picture and thought… you have to see my DVD… I’m the creator of a program that focuses on EQ/life skills for preschoolers… I film real kids…doing what kids do best… being kids, learning from trial and error… the kids teach the lessons… however – the main reason I’m writing is, that I also reconnect kids and parents with the wonder and awe within each day…like the shadows on the playground, the sound of tires over the hill… the kitten’s step… filmed with real moments … it’s magical and teaches those lessons we all wish we had learned growing up.
http://www.ibelieveinme.tv
Please check it out…the sound on the website we’re still working on – the DVD is clear… the musician for Animal Planet did all our music.. but check out, What is Fern Green, look for the swings!! blog section… again, it’s on the DVD…
Keep on trying by trial and error… you’re doing the right thing,
Sue Lee
I loved your post. You are so correct that parenting is trial and error. I have 4 little joys myself. I am always wondering if I am doing a good job especially since I did not have a good up bringing myself.
I will be back.
Hi Sarah,
I’m Julie, the editor of “Mamapedia Voices”, and we feature guest bloggers on Mamapedia, a site for Moms all across the country. I’ve just found your blog, and would like to invite you write a piece which could be featured on our site.
Though Mamapedia Voices has just started out, it is already receiving a lot of attention, both on our site, on our guest bloggers’ sites, and beyond. We promote our featured guest bloggers through emails, Twitter, Facebook and more. It’s a wonderful opportunity to grow your audience!
If you would like to participate, please take a look at Mamapedia Voices. Next, sign up here http://bit.ly/UTCGU to be on the blogger roster, and then you will be able to see the complete (and easy) instructions for submitting a piece for consideration.
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Thank you, and I look forward to reading more of your work!
Best wishes,
Julie D’Agostino
Editor, Mamapedia Voices