“Oh can I please – please – pretty please – with sugar on top!?” Are children are natural born beggars? No, we train them to behave this way by giving in or letting kids have their way. When permission is up for discussion with children, the door is opened to pleading, … [Read more...] about Begging, Pleading, Demanding & Arguing
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Stop Children’s Fighting Over Toys
When parents buy a toy for their children, we have visions of happy, smiling children enjoying the toy. Ideally, all the children in one family will share toys, especially if it would be too expensive to buy one for each child. Too often though, children end up fighting over the … [Read more...] about Stop Children’s Fighting Over Toys
“Mom, am I Ugly?”
Your world can be changed with three little words and they are not “I love you.” Last week a dear friend and co-member from my Parents Anonymous Group contacted me to ask me a strange and perplexing question. “Do I have a singsong voice?” Carley asked worried. “I think it … [Read more...] about “Mom, am I Ugly?”
Dial-Up and Spanking
Writing about spanking drums up negative images from my childhood that makes it seem like just yesterday. Many will remember the early years of computers when our internet connections via telephone lines were painfully slow. Several years ago researching ‘spanking’ for an … [Read more...] about Dial-Up and Spanking
Pros and Cons of Parent Involvement
Although most of us believe that parent involvement is a good thing, we too understand that too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Yes, when you look at the role in which parents play when it comes to education and social interactions there are definitely pros and cons of … [Read more...] about Pros and Cons of Parent Involvement
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to