When it comes to keeping your kid’s shoes tied, are you fighting a losing battle? Most kids learned to tie their shoes at an early age. It’s a landmark accomplishment. That doesn’t mean they stay tied. Elementary tying skills sometimes equal skinned knees. If it seems like your kid’s shoes are becoming untied a little […]
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A law passed in California, which requires parents to attend mandatory parenting classes, simply misses the mark. It seems that as a parent and a social change advocate, I would be standing up and bowing to California for their seemingly forward thinking. Unfortunately, California is completely bass ackwards! Under the current law, parents of convicted […]
“Just a good FAR away,” barks your mother-in-law as your three-year-old erupts in a tantrum on her living room floor. Is it correct? Will you slow down, stop the tantrum? It would not be likely, the exact opposite would probably happen. Alligator’s tears being blown in full, the hiccups of the heart ceasing, followed by […]
I had my first horrible poop diaper moment before ever leaving the hospital. The black tarry stool should be described in all parenting books. I read my fair share of the mother-to-be books and never once heard of the first stool being black. I was leaving the hospital with my new baby boy that day. […]
New welcome addition Anticipation and excitement fill the air in the days leading up to and following a baby’s birth. He is the recipient of an outpouring of love and attention, and parents begin to realize the wonderful yet difficult role they play in shaping and imitating the lives of the young people entrusted to […]
It only takes a second for a tragedy to happen. Left unattended, a child can drown, take an accident or even be abducted in a very short period of time. So when is it OK to leave the kids alone? And for how long? “There is, as far as I know, no specific law governing […]
What is a dysfunctional family? It deals with a healthy working family falling apart after stressful situations. This could be something like a death in the family, a seriously ill parent, or anything else that brings pain into the home. Unfortunately, while normal families recover quickly from the pain of these problems, dysfunctional families never […]