I bet if I asked you to trade your lack of time and hectic life as a parent for a peaceful, calm and leisurely lifestyle, you probably wouldn't oblige. How about a more financially stable and predictable lifestyle? My guess is again, that you would never go backwards or long for a life without kids. (well, maybe
No parent wants to see their child being selfish. We want to believe that our children are kind and generous and care for others. And in many cases that is the truth. Our children can be giving and caring and selfless. But what happens in the instances that we do
I am in sunny Florida for an extended family weekend with almost my entire family. For months we’ve been dreaming of this special weekend and the kids have been really excited to try some new, fun activities. Today the weather is gorgeous and the kids are going swimming. However, sunny Florida turned out
Parents are almost exclusive in their unified feeling of guilt about their parenting. Parents constantly fall into the guilty parenting trap by lamenting that they are not spending enough time with their children and are at work too long. When they finally do spend time with their children, they worry that they have
Wait a minute. Before jumping down my back, as a parent I believe in speaking respectfully to children, as I'm sure you do. However, let's take a step back and look at why a remarkable parent shouldn't say please. Picture the following scenario: It's late; it's 5:30, the kids haven't
So there is a lot of stuff going on in the world. Parents are worried about what values our kids are exposed to at younger and younger ages. And according to reports they should be worried… The US National Library of Medicine (pubmed.gov) reports that 90% of adolescents 12 -18
