How to Tell the Difference between a Reward and a Bribe
When parenting, although it may seem like rewards and bribes are identical twins there are ways to tell the difference, and it’s an important distinction.
When parenting, although it may seem like rewards and bribes are identical twins there are ways to tell the difference, and it’s an important distinction.
Back to school seems more than a fitting time of the year to make some resolutions. A time to reinvent our routines and make them work for us.
I’ve always been the “Mean Mom” and it’s weird to pull back and let my nearly-adult teen make her own choices, but I have to trust her. It turns out, I do.
Tomorrow afternoon you are to going stand in an auditorium with a thousand other kids your age. People will speak. Some parents will dab tears. Others will be elbowing their way to a prime position in order to take a photo with their zoom lens. I don’t need to tell you which group I will be in.
A reader is considering taking her four kids overseas for part of the school year, and asks for some advice on homeschooling and other logistics.
Will I be sad during my oldest’s high school senior year? No way — the gift her struggles gave us turns out to be an abundant appreciation of forward movement.
5 tips for parents on being more present and less distracted when spending time with your children.
Our family won’t be together this week, but that’s okay — it’s helping me focus on what’s really important, and how thankful I truly am.
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.
Teaching kids about love and happy relationships when we’re still figuring it out ourselves.
How are we, as parents, supposed to keep our kids believing they should do the right thing when they see how rewarded the bad things are?
A mom wants to know how to help her young teen make connections in their new community without overstepping. Can it be done? Maybe.
Was the first college dorm drop-off the stuff of legends? Actually, it felt remarkably normal, even as everything is changing, now.
I like to do less and wouldn’t we all like to enjoy our lives more? But what exactly do the authors mean by minimalist parenting, was a question that I wondered. Do they advocate living like Tibetan monks? Eschewing possessions and leaving our children to play with sticks? Does it mean letting your kids run wild with minimal parental interference? Is it hands off parenting?
Turns out it was none of those things.
The preteen years can come with a roller coaster of emotions. I’m learning how to handle my unpredictable child and find the sweet moments too.
Our slightly cantankerous second dog has unwittingly helped me to be a better mother to my teenage daughter, because they have a lot in common.
Life with teens is completely different than life with little kids, and yet there are echoes everywhere of days past. Maybe it’s not so different, after all.
A mother’s hilarious portrayal of various stages of emotions involved for both the parent and teen when the teen is grounded.
When it’s time for your special needs child to apply to college, should they disclose? I think you know which side of this debate I’m on.
Sometimes I forget that in just a few shorts years, my kids will be grown and (hopefully) flown. I guess I’d better start getting ready.