There needs to be a set of rules for parents at play places because the kids already know what they can and can’t do, but mom and dad …
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High-Low-High Teaches Kids Resilience, Optimism
High-Low-High teaches kids that everyone has fun and struggles each day. Resilience is the ability to overcome a difficult experience, and this reminds them that they can, and often, and go on to have fun again.
Child Abuse: Spanking, Adrian Peterson and My Grandmother
The child abuse incident involving Adrian Peterson of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings is just awful. There’s no other way around […]
I Want My Daughter To Curse
While I’m not ready for my 2 1/2-year-old to go all Richard Pryor on me, I don’t want her to become like me: a person so scared of being judged that he’s unable to say the four-letter words that comfortably fill the public lexicon.
Favorite Parent a Status Best Shared, But Often Not
My daughter’s preference for me was so overt that many nights my wife was in tears. Now I’m not the favorite parent, and I’m weepy.
Breaking Pacifier Habit Sucks for Parents, Too
Nobody wants their kid to be the one showing up to his first day of school sucking on a Binky, but breaking up with a pacifier is tough.