Let Children Fail Now So They Can Succeed Later
By outright avoiding the challenges of failure and embarrassment now is screwing up our children and filling the world with more and…
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Parental Calendar Filled By Our Children’s Busy Lives
The calendar days once filled with dinner dates and weekend getaways are now a smorgasbord of kids' birthday parties and sports practices.
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Ask This Important Question When Your Kid Receives a Birthday Invitation
Kid birthday parties where the parent has to stay are the worst. It’s usually two hours of awkward small talk while sitting…
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Just Wait Until You Read About Parents Invalidating Each Other!
We’ve become entrenched in our own need to be the most right, the greatest martyr, and along the way we’ve lost our…
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Time Flies, Parents: Spend More of it Wisely with Your Kids
We get consumed being chauffeur, chef and secretary for our children that we forget to just have fun with them before the…
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Unscheduled Summer Brings Some Shame, Some Boredom, Much Joy
just as I began to feel bad for my no-camp kids, I listened to your many plans a little closer. I hear…
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Judging Other Parents Brings Smug Satisfaction, Regret
I’d crack wise and witty about your laziness, judging how you’d rather keep your toddler distracted than have to actually engage and…
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A Good Parent Questions Himself While a Bad One Judges Others
Judgment from other parents is obnoxiously redundant. Every decent parent already constantly questions his own parenting.
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Parents Suck: 11 Reasons to Get Over Yourselves, Mom and Dad
Parents suck. Actually, politicians are probably the worst. And other people’s kids suck pretty bad too. And, of course, Nazis.
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Overscheduled Children Miss Enjoying Life’s Sidelines
A child's schedule can fill up quickly. How do you decide which activities make the cut?
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