Would You Allow Your 7-Year-Old To Get Plastic Surgery? The other day on Facebook there was a thread that was discussing the recent news coverage of a 7-year-old girl who, in fact, did get plastic surgery. The girl’s mother wanted to protect her daughter from bullying and help give her the chance to grow [...]
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Parenting By The Minute: Why Won’t My Son Get Dressed?
Stubborn or Scared? The other morning I was scrambling trying to get my kids ready so we could make it on time to Eli’s well-child visit and to get his hearing checked. (We’ve been unsure if he is suffering from hearing loss or just selective hearing lately). Eli was dragging his feet…quite literally. He was [...]
Positive Parenting: Nurturing Relationships
Melts In Your Heart, Not In Your Hands The other morning my 2 1/2-year-old came up to me and gave me a HUGE hug, looked into my eyes and with all seriousness asked me, “Mommy, do you know that I love you?” Of course my heart melted in that moment and he could have asked [...]
Parenting By The Minute: A Savory Sunday
Sunday morning was positively glorious at our house this week. The boys started the day by crawling in bed with me and giving me lots of sweet snuggles. We went downstairs and we cooked some waffles while Nora Jones sang sweetly in our ears. While sitting in a sunbeam, I cradled a steaming cup of [...]
Painting a Wall: A Parenting Experience | Parenting By The Minute
A Parenting Masterpiece I’m a big fan of colored paint. After a friend “converted” me to the world of color, white walls seem naked to me somehow. A can of paint is one of the quickest, cheapest ways to give a room an entirely new look and feel. A couple of the walls in our [...]
Parenting By The Minute: When Mommy Has a Bad Day
Yep, parents are entitled to bad days, too. Discover how giving yourself permission to have a bad day can have a positive impact on your brain.
Positive Parenting: A New Spin on “NO!”
As I was driving down the street the other day with my kids in the car, my 2 1/2-year-old, Xander, piped up and said, “Mom I want to go get ice cream!” This wasn’t in my plans for the day, so I replied, “No, Honey. Not today.” A few blocks down the street Xander said, [...]
Why You Should Let Your Kid Get Bumps and Bruises
Have you ever wanted to bulldoze all the obstacles out of your child’s path? Read this article to find out why this is robbing your child of necessary learning experiences.
Are You Raising a Willful Child?
This is one topic that gets a LOT of controversy. The willful child. The medical field even has a disorder name for it … Oppositional Defiant Disorder. But what if I told you it was GOOD not bad to raise willful children? Would that qualify me for admission to a mental institution? Well, I’m going [...]
You Took a Zebra WHERE?!
7 hour car ride + 2 kids under 4 = Very sore eardrums and a Zebra that saved the day!
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