Aretha Franklin must have been a mom. ♥”What you want Baby, I got. What you need, do you know I got it? All I’m askin’ Is for a little respect when you come home!” ♥ How do…
Category: Respect
What do you do when your kid loses it? Meltdowns are really hard to handle. There are ways and ways to manage meltdowns, especially as kids get more verbal. But the monster of them…
Looking for some guidelines for your kids and screens? I have that! Recently I e-met (that should absolutely be a word, spellchecker) Christian Toto, the Dad at Daddylibrium. He wanted to talk about his…
“Kids are born open-minded.” Many people (including me) believed this for years. The idea was that a kid who was afraid of people who were different must be raised by bigots. That kids are…
My two teenage daughters share a bathroom. It’s a mess! I thought maybe girls were naturally neat, but not these two, they just don’t care. They don’t replace the TP, they leave everything a…
Spanking. Once you get out of the work-out-of-the-home vs stay-at-home and breast vs bottle wars, there may be no other parenting issue as divisive as spanking. There are smart, loving people on both sides…
Parent burnout. It happens… There are so many great things about being a parent. Even so, the schedule, the obligations, the pace can lead adults to feel overwhelmed and unhappy. There are so many…
Grab this community service guide for kids from 18 months to 18 years! Are kids just born leaders? Like any other talent, some children seem to be born with the ability to convince others…
Are the terrible two’s a reality? For many families they are! For some it happens a little later, especially with first kids. Some families escape this entirely – but that is rare. What is…
Celebrity crushes are a normal part of childhood. Hero-worship is common in any time period for kids, and often adults. Watching people who seem larger than life, who accomplish what we dream of, who…
