This week I am featured on Little One Books talking about how to get your little ones involved on Thanksgiving and enjoy the day to the fullest! I hope you will hop over and…
Category: Rituals
This week I have been lucky enough to be asked back on A Mother World, an online magazine for parents based in Canada. If you missed it a few weeks ago, I wrote about…
Tonight is the beginning of the end. Yom Kippur starts at sundown. Despite that fact that our Jewish new year began last week, Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) marks the end of our…
Dear Dr. G, My 9-year-old still sleeps with his stuffed bunny. He recently mentioned that he got teased about it (lord knows how it came up at school), and he said that he wanted…
Spending time with our kids is good parenting. I mean, spending quality time with our kids, that is the best thing we can do for our families, right? But what if it isn’t? What…
Is it OK to use a DVD player in the car for long drives? Miriam, from NYC, NY A: Yes. I was going to leave it at that, but here is the rationale…
I have a 9 year old son, who is a great kid, smart, responsible, good with his younger brothers. Up until recently he has been very affectionate – he liked to give hugs and…
Hi Dr. G. I am reading your website and have found a lot of your advice to be useful. I am curious, though, what is the parenting philosophy you believe in, and why do…
As far as eating goes, she’s willing to at least try different foods before claiming she doesn’t like them. Her food staples are primarily breakfast foods: cereal, pancakes, French toast, croissants, eggs, cheese, potatoes,…
Do you have friends who are so close they feel like family? Maybe you’ve found yourself looking at your best friends’ children and thinking, “I love these kids.” Realizing that Thanksgiving dinner or a…
