Five Mistakes Every Kid Should be Allowed to Make
A parents first inclination is save our children when something goes wrong in their lives. Truth is we all learn better through making our own mistakes.Â
A parents first inclination is save our children when something goes wrong in their lives. Truth is we all learn better through making our own mistakes.Â
It happens to all parents– sooner or later, we have to host a sleepover. Here’s some advice from someone who has been there, done that.
It’s bound to happen. Your kid is going to make a friend that you don’t like. What do you do? How do you know whether to step in or stand back?
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.
Five tips I’ve learned to make play group something we look forward to hosting every week.
My neurotypical teenager has had a cellphone for years; deciding to get a cellphone for my autistic teenager was a very different proposition.
What happens when you internet BFF’s kids meet your own? It’s really a best of the web type story. Seeing our teens become fast friends proved to be an unexpected gift to a dear far-away friend and me.
No one wants their kid to be unkind to others, but when it comes to issues of mental illness, are you teaching your kid kindness or fear?
When you’re parenting kids with special needs, finding another family who gets it is invaluable, for both kids and parents.
This Thanksgiving and beyond, I am grateful that we are “The House” for my teens and their friends. What does that look like?
Much as all the Commandments follow from the first one, I feel like all friendship rules flow from “be nice,” but it gets more complicated as the kids grow up.
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?
A mother wants to explain Asperger’s in positive way to her children now that they have a new friend who is on the spectrum.
In honor of these preschoolers graduating, we threw a end-of-the-school year outdoor Transformers celebration. Easy to do and most of all, fun!
How do you help your daughters when they are excluded from play by the other neighborhood girls?
I didn’t have to snoop when he was in grade school. All of his classmates lived in our neighborhood, so I already knew most of the parents. I also regularly volunteered in the classroom. But now he’s in a big school that combines three different neighborhoods, and I only volunteer when under court order. That means I don’t know anything about the kids he now wants to hang out with, and since he’s no help at all, I have to dig.
Was there ever a girl who made it through the school years without finding herself friends with a mean girl? Now Mom has to figure out how to best handle it.
There are no #SQUADGOALS for the preschool set. Managing (parents’) expectations for preschooler social interactions.
A family moved into a fantastic neighborhood with a built-in playgroup for their kids. But the entire family (including the kids) are social outcasts after the father more than crossed the line with his angry outburst. Can the relationships be saved?
When a kid is getting bullied, there are times when parents and educators need to get involved. Because children often need to be taught kindness.