When is it okay to lie to children?
“The Easter Bunny’s not real, right?” How do you handle these kinds of questions with your children? Do you think some kinds of lies are okay to tell?
“The Easter Bunny’s not real, right?” How do you handle these kinds of questions with your children? Do you think some kinds of lies are okay to tell?
I have been shot. I also have also been blasted. Tasered. Stun-gunned. Vanquished. Laid low by a surprise shot from a laser cannon. Sent into unconsciousness by a sleep weapon that looked an awful lot like a pillow. I can’t talk about the mind-control ray…
If we have learned anything from the film classic “Home Alone,” it is that leaving a child by himself (accidentally or on purpose) for any period of time can result in all manner of shenanigans. Also, Joe Pesci will show up. However, at some point,…
Does your Mother-In-Law make insulting comments when she’s around you and your children? Catherine Connors offers advice for how to deal with the smack talk.
Let’s talk about bribery. Have you ever employed bribery as parenting tool, or do you think it’s setting a dangerous precedent?
I’m interested to hear what you guys think about Barbies. I don’t have a daughter, but I was a girl—a girl besotted with the world of Barbie.
Are toy guns an inevitable part of Christmas morning with little boys? Is it fruitless to fight them…or irresponsible not to?
Lying is a necessary part of parenting. Any parent that tells me they never lie to their kids, well, I think they are lying.
I’m sure there isn’t a parent out there who doesn’t want to give their child a better life than what they had. But at what cost does giving “everything” come?
When a mother-in-law’s self-chosen name for “grandma” hits a little to close to home for the mama-to-be and causes feelings of sadness.
It’s not our business. Don’t interfere. These are the things that we say to ourselves when we don’t intervene.
What do you think is an appropriate curfew for teenagers? Do you remember having a curfew when you were that age? Do you think it would be okay if I just locked my teenagers in a plastic bubble until they turn thirty?
In the past week I have had conversations with several people about what age is okay to leave your child home alone. What do you think?
I have found I’m much more laid back with parenting my second child, but that doesn’t mean he’s any less loved. Can you relate?
How do you know if your kids are ready to go to camp? Are you ready to let them go, or will you spend the week lying on their bed waiting for their return?
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?
We look at other parents say, I will never be like that! We are full of self righteous indignation and feel confident in our superior parenting skills! Then it happens. One day you recognize yourself in some other parent and it isn’t a good thing.
I want a village. These are the people I want in my village. People who think it is a moral obligation to look out for each other’s kids.
My in-laws are absolutely, fundamentally untrustworthy caretakers for my child. But my husband is insisting we let them babysit while we travel overseas! What do I do?
I love my daycare provider…but not her kid. What to do when there’s a bully in the playgroup. We have some advice.