No, I haven’t broken into the world of political analysis. I’m at Huffington Post Parents this week with a plan to end KID and TEEN entitlement. Who’s with me?

It’s a lot of work, feeding our kids! When that meal ends with some gratitude and a little (or a lot of) help cleaning up, the whole experience can be a more pleasant – especially for the grown-up who cooked. Even better, kids are much more likely to get invited to eat at a friend’s [...]

My daughter is 9 years old. She is a dancer, and her leg hair grows in dark. I’m shaving it every other day for her because I don’t want other girls to be mean to her. What do you think? Anonymous, in PA Anonymous, shaving your daughter’s legs at this age might be a completely [...]

My 10-year-old son is extremely sensitive and caring. The downside of this is that he can’t handle the news of someone who is ill or dying (or has passed.) He will obsess about it for days/weeks. The last time a relative was in the hospital with a serious illness, a teacher called me in the [...]

There are so many forms during the school year, that parents can drown in the extra busy work! Find out why, and how, to give this job to our kids. They will learn all kinds of great skills – and you will have time for other things!

Resilience CAN be taught. In fact, we are all teaching our kids what they can accomplish every day. This new book is a tool for parents to get some extra help from our kids while teaching them the best lesson of all: You can!  I’m thrilled to be able to offer this book to you [...]

This month at Whyzz I’m talking about answering the unanswerable – what to say when kids ask the hard questions about violence or tragedy. The news, the internet, the school yard – all are places our kids learn the hard realities of life, from hurricanes to hate crimes. What can we possibly say to calm [...]

Whether a preschooler gets lost or a high schooler is at a drinking party, your cell phone number is one of their keys to resilience. Take less than two minutes to learn why and how you can teach your young children your cell phone number!

My 9 and 7 year old grandsons have a family dog who is in decline and the inevitable will be faced in the next year. We have talked about how old she is getting, and frail, and they are very careful when they take her out. The oldest boy is especially sensitive/anxious at times. What [...]

Why would we teach our kids TO interrupt? Kids have desires and questions all the time, so this is a quick trick to teach them to interrupt respectfully. Please check it out, and share it if you like it! Do you have any tricks to getting through a conversation with another adult while kids are [...]

  Hi Dr. G! We moved with our 4-year-old son 5 months ago, about 30 minutes away. He was very excited about the move and our new house, until it happened, and then he experienced a lot of anxiety. He is adjusting, and now he only asks to go “home to his old house” occasionally. [...]

Want your kids to treat your bedroom (and everything in it) with respect? Check out these funny but surprisingly useful rules, and pick which ones work for your family! With this tip, build your kids’ ability to honor you and be respectful. And give yourself a sanctuary so that you can treat them really respectfully [...]

 I’m starting a new series today! Starting this week I’m going to have a weekly (ish) VIDEO series on very quick ways to make our lives easier as parents and reinforce the 3 R’s in our kids.  This first tip is about building Responsibility – by teaching our kids to prep for their morning the [...]

I’m back at Your Teen Magazine answering a question from a mom who has a fourteen year old in the same house with her college grad daughter, and the rules have to be different for these two “kids.” That makes perfect sense to adults but is frustrating to her 14 year old.  How do you [...]

Whether you are a traditional schooler or a homeschooler, this time of year means transition! A great site for parents, I-triage, asked me for 4 suggestions to ease this transition back to school. What would you add?

There are a lot of parenting challenges with the internet, but there are certainly a lot of things that are easier. One of those is obvious in the great options that exist for teaching our kids about money. I had the privilege of meeting several people who started family-run online kids “banking” sites for managing [...]

I am dating a man who has a 10 yr old and a 2 yr old.  We already broke your 2 year rule and have combined children. I feel there is no turning back now, however I am not sure how to deal with the 10 yr old who is now in the middle of [...]

My 10 year old niece was playing “family” with two neighborhood girls ages 8 and 5. At one point my niece took the 5 year old to the bathroom to “pretend” to use the restroom. My sister informed the girls’ mom about the incident. My sister doesn’t know what to tell her daughter. Did she [...]

Been to the bookstore lately? Of course not. But have you been on Amazon? Over a dozen parenting books coming out in the next 4 months want to teach you to raise a happy kid.  This is a terrible idea! Come find out why, over on Huffington Post.

Earlier this summer I was contacted by a great site, called Whyzz. What’s Whyzz? It’s a resource for a few parents out there who have kids who ask “Why? Why? Why?” all the time. Have you seen the hilarious commercial about that, by the way? Anyway, I’m honored to be back over there, talking about [...]