When my daughter was younger and in the middle of a meltdown, I tried to justify her behavior to my parents by saying, “She’s really tired.” I remember my mom…
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According to Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman, authors of the Nurture Shock, new research suggests that if you tell your child she’s special, you’ll ruin her. “It’s a neurobiological fact,”…
I must admit I almost skipped the chapter on “Facing the Abstinence Decision” because I have no intention of telling my daughters to abstain from sex until marriage. As far…
Just because you’ve destroyed the bad photographs proving you suffered through the awkward stages of adolescence chances are that doesn’t mean you were able to erase it from your memory. …
“How can I give my daughter a healthy attitude toward sex but prevent her from having any?” authors Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster claim a lot of parents want to…
“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…
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…
“I wouldn’t mind spending Christmas with my family – if only they’d behave.” Robinson and Staeheli, the authors of Unplug the Christmas Machine, claim this remark echoes “the secret thoughts…
Do you go through the holiday season without a deep sense of joy? Then, authors Robinson and Staeheli believe it’s necessary to reevaluate the celebration so you can feel more…
According to Robinson and Staeheli, while parents desire a rich, family-centered celebration, they are often at a loss as to how to make it happen. Unplug the Christmas Machine believes…
