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Instead of Punishment: Where to Start
I have four kids who’ve never been spanked. I would like to say that they’ve never been punished at all, but while we’d resolved from the very beginning not to physically hurt our children, moving...
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I’m Not The Meanest Mom
I realized something recently. As adults, we like to hear stories of other adults performing some sort of kindness. We like the feel-good stories of people helping their fellow man, standing up to...
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My Daughter Doesn’t Dress For You
My daughter is eight at the time of this writing. Her wardrobe, besides being fabulous, can best be described as eclectic. It’s a dress one day, followed by running shorts and a tank top the next,...
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Want To Stop Nagging Your Kids To Do Chores? Then Stop
A few inevitable facts of housekeeping: If you want to have clean dishes to eat off of, you’re going to have to wash them.** If you want to have a bathroom – and floors and kitchens and bedrooms – that...
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Sometimes I’m An Asshole (But I Don’t Advertise It On My Car)
A friend recently sent me this photo she came across, I think in equal parts because it irritated her, AND because people like to send me things that they think will irritate me, as an impetus for a...
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Living In The Moment
One of the things I love doing on my Facebook page is asking a basic question of the group, one that I know will elicit a lot of responses, and hopefully starting a (often important, and needed)...
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9 Reasons I (Still) Refuse To Be The Meanest Mom
Someone recently asked me when I was going to stop writing about not being the “mean mom.” My answer? As long as people keep writing articles glorifying being mean, I’ll keep writing about the...
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The Holidays Are For Giving, Not Manipulating
Let me paint a picture for you. You’re 6 years old. You just came off the excitement of Halloween. Thanksgiving is coming, followed by Christmas just a few short weeks later. You’re going to holiday...
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6 Rules I’d Never Use For My Toddlers
I have evil friends who send me links to articles that they know I’ll want to refute, especially articles that are in list form. I can never resist them. They just make it too easy. And, My...
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Can We Stop Being Jerks At Christmas?
Why do the holidays seem to bring out the worst in people? Don’t answer that yet. And why, WHY, do people insist on treating their kids like they’re not even people? Don’t answer that yet either....
View ArticleMy Daughter Doesn’t Dress For You
My daughter is eight at the time of this writing. Her wardrobe, besides being fabulous, can best be described as eclectic. It’s a dress one day, followed by running shorts and a tank top the next,...
View ArticleWant To Stop Nagging Your Kids To Do Chores? Then Stop
A few inevitable facts of housekeeping: If you want to have clean dishes to eat off of, you’re going to have to wash them.** If you want to have a bathroom – and floors and kitchens and bedrooms – that...
View ArticleSometimes I’m An Asshole (But I Don’t Advertise It On My Car)
A friend recently sent me this photo she came across, I think in equal parts because it irritated her, AND because people like to send me things that they think will irritate me, as an impetus for a...
View ArticleLiving In The Moment
One of the things I love doing on my Facebook page is asking a basic question of the group, one that I know will elicit a lot of responses, and hopefully starting a (often important, and needed)...
View Article9 Reasons I (Still) Refuse To Be The Meanest Mom
Someone recently asked me when I was going to stop writing about not being the “mean mom.” My answer? As long as people keep writing articles glorifying being mean, I’ll keep writing about the...
View ArticleThe Holidays Are For Giving, Not Manipulating
Let me paint a picture for you. You’re 6 years old. You just came off the excitement of Halloween. Thanksgiving is coming, followed by Christmas just a few short weeks later. You’re going to holiday...
View Article6 Rules I’d Never Use For My Toddlers
I have evil friends who send me links to articles that they know I’ll want to refute, especially articles that are in list form. I can never resist them. They just make it too easy. And, My...
View ArticleCan We Stop Being Jerks At Christmas?
Why do the holidays seem to bring out the worst in people? Don’t answer that yet. And why, WHY, do people insist on treating their kids like they’re not even people? Don’t answer that yet either....
View ArticleWhy My Kids Are Not Impatient, Bored, Friendless, Or Entitled
Articles that talk about how terrible kids are these days are quite prolific. Throw a stone anywhere on the internet, and you’ll hit one: Kids are more entitled than ever. More lazy. More...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Kelly Clarkson
In a January 10th interview, Kelly Clarkson defended her decision to spank her kids, saying in part: “My parents spanked me, and I did fine in life, and I feel fine about it, and I do that as well....
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