“All of the psychology courses I had taken had warned of the dangers of the self-fulfilling prophecy. If you labeled a child as a slow learner, he could begin to…
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Sleeping bag? Check. Long underwear? Check. The waterproof boots from L.L. Bean I’ve had since college? Well, in need of new laces, but also check. Now if I could only…
Q: How can I get my 8-year-old to clean her room?I don’t want to offer her a reward for something she should be doing already. Any ideas? A: First, look…
The timeline of each of my daughters’ lives seems to be drawn along a series of milestones. I handled the transition from crawling to walking relatively well. I braved the…
It’s January, and if you’re anything like me, you’re hitting the gym instead of the holiday party circuit (that was so December). And, you’re contemplating making a New Year’s resolution…
Organizational skills come naturally to Katherine Lawrence, certified professional organizer for Space Matters in Richmond.“I did have a very organized sticker collection as a kid and I was the only…
Talking to yourself as a coping mechanism – and why it’s a good thing!
Many a child can relate to that classic scene in A Christmas Story, where Ralphie fantasizes about going blind from soap poisoning as he’s being punished for cursing with a…
“One of the built in frustrations of parenthood is the daily struggle to get our children to behave in ways that are acceptable to us and to society,” write Faber…
“I was a wonderful parent before I had children,” write Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, authors of the book, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids…
It was a case of mistaken pedal identity. The age-old accelerator versus brake puzzle.That’s what the nice lady said as she clambered from the mid-sized SUV that had crashed through…
Ah, December. The month when fall rounds the corner, stubs its toe on a discarded turkey bone, and careens towards winter. The month when autumn’s fiery foliage dims to dull…
