Relationships
Grandma Has RIGHTS (and Won’t Let You Forget It)
Handling a mother-in-law who routinely comments about grandparental rights to take custody of a baby because she disagrees with parenting decisions.
Big Kid
Should I Become a Tiger Mom?
If Tiger Moms are known for their overparenting, then I am an underparenter. Am I doing it wrong?
Parenting
Parenting Trends Are So…Trendy
Although my kids are still relatively young, just 10 and 12-years-old, sometimes I feel like I became a mother in the Dark Ages. But 2003 really was kind of like living in a cave, I guess, because I missed many of the trends that have now become permanent fixtures in the life of parents. Gender Reveal Parties? Smash Cakes? Elf on the Shelf?
Big Kid
Career-minded Parents Can Homeschool Too!
There is a misconception that homeschooling is only for the privileged few, but homeschooling is an educational option for single-income, as well as dual-income households.
Young Child
Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club: Kids Are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline
The way to get your kids to behave is to give them the gift of self discipline. But exactly how do you do that? That is what author Barbara Coloroso outlines in her book, Kids Are Worth It!
Big Kid
I Let My Young Teens “Date”
There are valuable lessons to be learned in all of our relationships, romantic and otherwise. And like so many other things that I was so sure about, I changed my mind. Here are the reasons I let my children “date.”
Baby
Toddlers & The Tube
My two-year-old’s obsession with the television is growing stronger by the day. How can I set reasonable limits without driving us both to tears?
Toddler
Raising Children in a TV World
I think television watching becomes a habit. I don’t want my children to develop that habit any more than I want them to start smoking or drinking.
Big Kid
Mothering Meltdowns, Revisited
Are you willing to risk relationships with the words you chose to write online? What if those relationships are with your children?
Parenting
Mothering Meltdowns, Keep Them to Yourself
Enough with the bad mother stories. I want to read about the simple joys of being a parent. I want to read people who inspire me to be a better parent.
Baby
Cloth Diaper Blowback
Dealing with the skeptics and naysayers who think cloth diapering is weird gross crazy hippie talk.
Family Fun
Ten Parenting Resolutions for All of Us
I don’t think perfection in parenting exists, but every day I try, not to reach perfection, but to do the best I can and to learn to appreciate the imperfect.
Baby
Parenting Choices & Passive-Aggressive Mother-in-Laws
How to handle situations when you disagree with your own family members over parenting choices. When it is worth making it an issue and when to let it go.
Parenting
Child of Mine: When Your Parents Disagree With Your Parenting
Hi Amy, I know this isn’t the usual kind of question you answer on the advice smackdown, but I thought you & the other parents might have some helpful words of advice for me. My husband & I are just starting to think about trying…