Greetings! I am a parent and a high school teacher and so I decided to start this blog to start a discussion about what teachers who are parents do on a daily basis to overcome challenges at work and home. When I started teaching, I was young and single. I looked up to some of my colleagues who were also parents and was amazed at how they seemed to have everything well balanced; or so it seemed. When I became a parent I realized how stressful it is to be a teacher and a parent especially for someone like me who, although I need routines in my life, I lack the organizational skills to establish and maintain these routines. I want this to be a forum where teachers can not only share great ideas for the classroom, but also share ideas on how to balance thair professional and personal lives. I often feel overwhelmed, but I always try to remember that God never puts us in situations that He knows we can't handle. So, how do you manage being the first one awake of t...