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
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?
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?
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?
My neurotypical teenager has had a cellphone for years; deciding to get a cellphone for my autistic teenager was a very different proposition.
There are no #SQUADGOALS for the preschool set. Managing (parents’) expectations for preschooler social interactions.
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.
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?
How do you help your daughters when they are excluded from play by the other neighborhood girls?
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.
When you’re parenting kids with special needs, finding another family who gets it is invaluable, for both kids and parents.
A reader wants to know how much is too much when it comes to managing new friendships for her tween after switching to a new school.
A mom no longer wants her son to play with her friend’s aggressive child. Does she tell the mom the truth, keep making excuses or are there other options? We have advice here.
Five tips I’ve learned to make play group something we look forward to hosting every week.
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.
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.
Mom needs advice on how to handle Elf on the Shelf and neighbor kids who still believe in the magic.
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 reader fears she screwed up by letting her son wear non-gender-conforming clothing outside the house. I thinks he needs to cut herself some slack.