When I welcomed my beautiful baby boy into the world last spring, I was sure of one thing: I would never, ever sit in a separate room from him, letting him scream and cry all alone. Never. A mere six months later — after...
Dear Daughter,
Before you appear on "The Bachelor," please remember:
One glass of water for every glass of wine. Pace yourself, honey.
Your nana is watching.
Don't be the one who shows up wearing a banana costume or riding a miniature white mule...
Do you ever just look at your husband as he's parenting your kids, maybe wiping someone's bottom or tying a shoelace or something totally dad-like, and say to yourself, "Now how the heck did that happen?!" How did your...
It's 9:30 at night, and I’m back downstairs. I am not alone. The 2-year-old is on the couch with me, and we are both sobbing. Bedtime started two hours ago. The lights went out over an hour ago. The...
I never thought I'd be turning to technology for self-care as a new mom. But during the hours I've spent nursing my baby, driving the baby to sleep, waiting in a parked car while the baby sleeps, and sitting in restaurants...
I was recently at a playgroup with my daughters, where all the mothers were sitting in the kitchen enjoying coffee and visiting with each other. One little guy left the rambunctious fun in the other room, approached his mother,...
When my twins were born, I wondered how we would ever be able to navigate life with them and my son, who was 20 months old at the time. It has been 10 months, and with a lot of...
A few years ago, I joined a Facebook group of parents who were pledging to not yell — or to yell less — at their kids. The goal was a year without yelling. Around month three, I was failing...
I started the tradition over a decade ago. I had moved to Boston from where I grew up in central New York and had my first taste of a more independent adult life outside the familiar shelter of a...
Winter is coming, which means cough, cold, and stomach bug season is upon us parents. We all do the best we can to protect our kids from the worst of the germs, but despite all the hand scrubbing and avoiding shared food and drinks, your kids will get sick. As a pharmacist's wife, I have learned a few useful tips and want to share the knowledge.
As soon as your kids are preschool age, consider calling to order a Family Meeting. It’s a way to give everyone in the family a voice (and to take those little voices seriously), to practice democracy, and to show that we’re part of a team with common goals. And, it’s — yet again — a way to slow down and touch base with one another.
I'm not talking about joking around and being silly — my husband and I act that way with our kids all the time. The type of teasing I am talking about is humiliating or shaming kids. I am talking about words and actions that are unkind and meant to embarrass. For example, think about when an adult gives a negative remark about a child's appearance. I recently witnessed a father say, in front of his child, 'He needs to lay off the ice cream or he's going to be fat like me,' and then chuckle about it.
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