No matter how hard you may try to keep everyone happy and prevent meltdowns, you’ll eventually fail. So … fail. It’ll be OK.
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School Morning Routine Needs Flexibility to Better Calm Child, Parent
His son breaks down every morning after being dropped off. Could it be his school morning routine needs some fine tuning?
Parenting a Tween Teaches Valuable Lesson: Parent More
Parenting a tween has taught me need us more, even if they insist they don’t. We need to pay more attention to them and our own actions.
Life Force, Willpower Drained? You Must Be a Parent
Are your kids energy vampires? They may have a secret, cosmic superpower that allows them to drain parents of our life force.
Introverted Teen? Upside to Not Being Life of the Party
Extroversion gets all the good press, but being an introverted teen has positives, too. The key: finding balance between the extremes.
Coping When Your Parenting World is on Fire
Parenting is rarely a smooth, uneventful journey. This dad looks for new ways of coping when raising kids gets challenging.