Your child rolls his eyes at you. Your partner complains about her work for the 400th time and doesn’t take any of your advice. What is your feeling in each of these situations? Anger, irritation, or annoyance is quite likely. The First Reaction: Defensiveness It can be easy to get defensive in these situations – […]
Parenting Articles
Three Inspiring TedTalks By People Who Have Been Suicidal
When you have been struggling with mental health problems for many years or you have a child who has been struggling, you can start to worry about future. Will I be okay? Will my loved one be okay? If you have touched the place where you or your loved one have considered suicide, it can […]
My Family’s Journey With Montessori, Public and Homeschool
Sometimes you blog to teach something and sometimes to share something. I started this one with the plan to teach something, but after it was written, it felt kind of lacking. So I took the teaching part out and just left my story. Today I’m sharing my journey (so far) with my kids in Montessori, […]
How To Talk to Kids About The N-Word And Other Offensive Words
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I don’t even know if I can use certain words without offending someone else. Some words I learned years ago, and they were okay at the time, but then time passes and then they’re not. I also often wonder what to say to people when they say something […]
Anger, What Is It Good For?
My kids and I have been reading a lot of Calvin and Hobbes comic books these days. My kids laugh away at all of Calvin’s silly antics and vivid imagination. They think that his club, Getting Rid of Sliming girlS (GROSS), is hilarious. As a parent I notice that Calvin is angry a lot. My kids […]
The Myth of Perfect Parenting
How many books and articles are there about parenting in this world? Fifty-two million, three hundred and twenty-two thousand, one hundred and forty-five. Okay, so I don’t know the exact number, but there are too many to count. What is it that we are all seeking as parents? How to get our children to sleep […]
