“Perfect Parent” Ads Are Reckless and Irresponsible
“You don’t have to be perfect to be a perfect parent” is the tagline for public service announcements by the Ad Council, and they’re irresponsible. […]
Do Kids Really Test Their Parents’ Boundaries or Is This a Myth?
Is it really true that when kids do “bad” things, it’s to test their so-called boundaries? […]
Why Parents Should Try to Get Their Kids to “Like” Them
There are reasons a parent SHOULD worry whether or not their kids like them. Trying to be “popular” with your kids is shunned by many parents. But this may be a matter of semantics – [...]
Baby Crawling on Floor at Home Depot, Other Stores: Safe or Not?
There are several ways you’re endangering your baby if you allow him or her to crawl around on the floor of a public building, whether it’s Home Depot or the floor of a medical office. [...]
How Much Should a Parent Take Care of Child’s Puppy?
What’s holding you back from getting your child a puppy? Is it REALLY because you think YOU’LL end up caring for it? There’s actually another reason, and you probably know what it is. “But Mama, [...]
At What Age Should Kids Stop Screaming While Playing?
At what point are kids too old to be screaming during play? What’s that cutoff where it goes from magical to obnoxious? […]
Childless Adults Qualified to Give Parenting Advice
After you read this, you’ll be convinced that sometimes, childless people are heavily qualified to dole out parenting advice! But first, are you one who believes that people who’ve never had children are out of [...]
Why Parents SHOULD Try to Be Popular with Their Kids!
There are reasons why you SHOULD try to be popular with your kids, including teens! How many times have we all heard, “Parenting is not a popularity contest”? What this refers to is the observation [...]
How Fast Do Toddlers Really Move? Slower than You Think!
Illusions create the myth that toddlers “get away so fast” when a parent turns their back for a few seconds. Every time a story surfaces of a lost toddler or preschooler, invariably the comments pour [...]
Why Kids Shouldn’t Invite Everyone in Class to Birthday Party
Here is why children have a right to invite only select classmates to their birthday party and should not be forced to invite the whole class. ********* Planning for your child’s birthday party? Have you [...]
Stop Forcing Your Children to Share with Each Other !
There are a number of self-serving reasons why parents force their children to share their toys, games, whatever, with their siblings or kids outside the family. Is it more about the parent than the child [...]
Why Raising Children is NOT a Crapshoot: You Get MANY Cracks!
Actually, you get MANY cracks at raising your children and being a parent because the process takes years, not seconds. “You get only one crack at it,” my mother has often said about raising kids. [...]
Where to Get the Instruction Manual for Raising Children
But kids DO come with instruction manuals! Why do we keep hearing “Children don’t come with instruction manuals,” especially in this day and age of online parent communities, tons of websites and blogs about how [...]