One ritual that every family will eventually participate in is the road trip. The routine is universal. Wake up early, get the car packed, throw the kids in the back seat, and head off to Aunt someone-or-other’s house. But, somewhere down the road, one or both of the kids will have to pee. [...]
One of the questions new parents have to ask themselves when they have a baby is the question of where the baby will sleep. The choices are pretty cut and dry, it’s either with mom and dad or it’s in a separate room in a crib. Most parents in the United States go the sleeping [...]
Before I start lets establish several givens about Grandparents. Some grandparents don’t possess these given traits, and therefor are not the subjects of this article. The first given is that Grandparents want to be a part of their grand-kids’ lives. The second is that they love their grandchildren and want to sacrifice for them. And [...]
I‘ve learned over the course of the last few years to never suppress my enthusiasm for anything my kids accomplish, and to try my best to treat each kid differently based on each ones personality and strengths. There was a time though that I found myself, on occasion, being subdued in my accolades for fear [...]
That phrase is often misinterpreted to mean that parents should imitate the speech patterns of their kids when talking with said kids. Um, no. How many times have you seen some well meaning mother bent over with an overly goofy look of her face talking to her 2 year old as if she herself [...]
I‘m sure we’ve all done some pretty stupid things that have inadvertently put our kids in a certain amount of danger. I was interested what some other websites had to say about how to act in certain emergency situations so I typed “parenting disasters” into Google. Well, I wasn’t surprised to find advice about [...]
You don’t like to consider yourself one out of 6 billion, do you? Even though it’s true that there are another 6 billion people in the world, you nevertheless prefer to see yourself as being unique, with a soul unlike any other. Your reaction to stress might be similar to lots other peoples’, but not [...]
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