Have you read Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell? You should. It has become one of my favorite children’s books. It talks about the “human race,” the point of our lives, why we do what we do and why we seem to be going as soon as we come out […]
Well I did it. I did one more thing that I swore I would never do as a mother. Do you have past memories of how someone parented you or how you saw a parent handle something that till this day you swear to yourself that you will never do, that you will never cross […]
Today I STOPPED what I was doing and PLAYED coloring with a fairy and purple eating crayon monster. Wintertime ideas to STOP and PLAY: -Sit outside with a sketch pad and stare at the blank trees look at their shape, how beautiful they are behind those leaves and sketch it! -Play with your child […]
I have been getting pretty frustrated lately with my daughter’s hitting problem, mainly hitting her baby sister. Consistent time outs, taking toys away, taking stickers off of her job chart….it wasn’t working. I read this article in the August issue of Parents “Discipline For Softies” written by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D. and president of the […]
The Over-Parenting Crisis Katie Allison Granju Recently, a coworker and I were looking at some old family photos she had lying on her desk. Several of them were of her grandmother, tending to various household chores for the camera. The photos looked to be from sometime in the 1950s, or possibly the early ’60s. There […]
I heard about The Happiness Project from my husband and I am excited to be a part of it and read other’s answers. Visit his page to read more about the writing project and to see other’s contributions. http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2008/03/01/happiness-the-group-writing-project/ How do you define happiness?Happiness in my life is seeing that I bring joy to other’s […]
Scream Free Parenting by Hal Runkel I discovered this author one morning on my local radio show. He used to do a spot right after my husband’s radio spot (www.dogbehavioronline.com) and I decided to check out his book. Some of my friend’s had heard of him through the Today show, where he has appeared a […]
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