Blog Chronicals of Being in a Step-Parent Limbo

SPL: Spending Quality Time verses Quantity Time

January 29, 2012February 1, 2012 Michelle Day family, Step parenting

SPL Habit: It is hard to resist being the “Cool” SPL and Buying the child things, or taking them places their parents won’t in order to win their affection.

NOTE: This is a hard habit to break once you go from a casual friend in their life to a full time SPL. It is a harmful habit, one in which I have learned the hard way…Benefits no one.

ADVICE: It is nice to do or have special time with the child, take them to a movie, go out to lunch ect. but buying them a toy just because, only ingraciates them for a few moments, undermines the biological parent, and it sets up a behavior of them only spending time with you because you buy them things.

SPEND QUALITY TIME NOT QUANITY TIME!!

The rewards will be much greater in the long run! Trust me:)

Michelle Day

Michelle Day has been cooking and baking since she was old enough to hold a whisk. Michelle is an expert cook and her passion for cooking and entertaining has never wavered. At the age of 10 Michelle’s Family started a bakery in Simsbury CT, where Michelle got her first taste of running a food service business. In 1994 Michelle moved to New York City, where, she found her true passion in baking. In 2001 she started “The Catering Divas” Catering business. Serving the Upper East Side, she catered numerous small dinner and cocktail parties. Her passion and attention to detail won her the attention of some of New York’s Elite. Back at home in Connecticut, Michelle is a well known culinary instructor and her cake decorating skills jump-started a side business — Devine Cake Designs — where clients clamor for her inspired and beautifully artistic designs. After 15 years in the culinary industry, Michelle’s love of cooking, baking and children, has lead to her to her newest career, offering personalized family cooking classes and creating a TV show, digital broadcasts and Cook Books like no other. Kids and a Cook is all about healthy, fun, and easy meals for kids and their families. Michelle credits her parents with her success and her love of food, helping to create so many memories being in the kitchen with them as a child. Her goal is to have a show to help viewers create the same memories with their families. A show for the kids, and by the kids, with the “cook” there as guidance. Michelle’s featured co-host is an energetic, precocious 9-year-old named Elisabeth. Although a finicky eater, Elisabeth still loves to cook in the kitchen and learn about ingredients and how to mix them to make tasty dishes. Come join us — as you and Elisabeth learn easy recipes and explore culinary adventures. Michelle Day is available for lectures and cooking demonstrations. Please contact us through this website.