Flower Girl Fears
My daughter is terrified of her flower girl dress and won’t wear it. Now what? Tips on how to help her wear her flower girl dress.
My daughter is terrified of her flower girl dress and won’t wear it. Now what? Tips on how to help her wear her flower girl dress.
My three year old refused to cooperate at the dentist and we ended up bailing on the visit. What can I do differently next time?
An update…and another question about kids, peanut allergies and schools.
The pros and more pros of siblings sharing a bedroom.
Where’s the line when someone else’s child is misbehaving?
Some advice you didn’t ask for.
We discuss the science of parenting book, NurtureShock, which promises to turn all of our long held assumptions about parenting on their head.
A young neighborhood kid doesn’t seem to understand and respect boundaries and his parents don’t seem to care. How should I handle this sticky situation?
Is five years old to young to expect a child to be able to locate his misplaced lovey?
What can I reasonably, realistically expect of a 12.5-year-old babysitter?
The New York Times magazine this week covered the single-sex public education movement. Of course single-sex education is nothing new—just ask parochial and private school students. But as stories crop up of how our school system fails boys and girls, the idea of segregating students…
“My daughter is speech delayed. So why is my family arguing with me about it?”
Are toy guns an inevitable part of Christmas morning with little boys? Is it fruitless to fight them…or irresponsible not to?
A mom is laid back about her daughter who is bedwetting. However, it’s the 4-year-old daughter who is upset that she is still not fully potty trained at night. How can her mom help her?
The lasts are hard for me to deal with because when they are happening we don’t know that they are the last. It’s in looking back the event has any importance.
I came home to find my baby in a dark room crying his eyes out…and my husband passed out drunk. What now? What’s next?
A mom turns to Amalah looking for help on handling her whiny, screechy and tempter tantrum-throwing three year old child.
Seriously. WHY WON’T THEY POOP ON THE POTTY.
When a parent’s diet plan turns dangerous.
My potty-trained preschooler is going through a potty regression. Is it because I’m pregnant? Is it a control issue? What should I do?