Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “parenting tips”
“Sammy was tough from day one. Instead of bonding with me like my others, he seems to reject me. Constantly. I want to be close to him, but he just won’t let me. He allows his dad to hold him and rock him, but if I try my attempts are literally shoved away. I’m tired of trying.” “I try to love Janice. I really do. But people don’t see or experience what she is really like behind closed doors. It’s as if she lives to undo me emotionally. I may sound crazy, but I think she stays up at night …
“My kids are driving me crazy. I’ve tried everything . . . reasoning with them, yelling at them, taking away privileges, sending them to their rooms. Nothing is helping! My husband and I are exhausted and frustrated and on the verge of losing it.” That’s a paraphrase of one mom’s cry for help on Facebook. She was so desperate that she aired her parenting problems to the world and admitted she and her husband were close to the breaking point. All their usual parenting efforts had failed, and I could tell that she felt like a failure as a parent. …
If you’re a parent, it’s only a matter of time before you ask your husband or your girlfriend, or your mailman the million dollar question: Why do our kids fight so much? Why? This million dollar question often rears its ugly head after visiting a friend whose children love each other so much they finish each other’s sentences. Her children seem so happy together, like Prozac-happy and you just don’t get it. You begin to ask yourself, Why does (Insert friend’s name here.) kids like each other? Why do her children share toys and talk to each other sweetly …
