Starting school last year was difficult for our family. It seemed like every morning for the first month my son […]
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Breaking Pacifier Habit Sucks for Parents, Too
Nobody wants their kid to be the one showing up to his first day of school sucking on a Binky, but breaking up with a pacifier is tough.
The Wrong Kind of Just Saying ‘No’
I made my 5-year-old daughter cry. I told Penny I wasn’t going to ask her to do anything anymore; I […]
Standoff with a Defiant Child Always Hard on Kid, Parents
We all have those days when our usually polite little children get defiant. All of a sudden you find yourself […]
Getting Beyond Shame and Humiliation
I recently looked at my 3-year-old son, his innocent smiling face whose only desire is to be loved, and tried […]
When I Was Your Age . . .
“When I was your age, I used to walk 5 miles barefoot to school!!” How many of us have heard […]