Tag Archives: parenting

In case you haven’t noticed, alcohol and drugs aren’t the only kinds of emotional painkillers known to man. We all have ways of coping. Some …

Someone once suggested that the best guide to discipline is just four words long: “Speak once, then act.” My cousin Morris Venden once described an …

Have you ever caught yourself disciplining your child today for something that last week you let slide? Or constantly changing the house rules because of …

If you think your kids were born with an innate sense that they should trust you blindly, you are dead wrong. How you treat your …

When I was almost 40 and had been married for nearly 10 years, with three preschoolers and a teenager, it dawned on me that I …

Eight-year-old Jessica was a challenging child. A bossy, fussy girl with only a few friends, she frustrated and alienated even those who loved her the …

One day, I almost killed my children. And I don’t mean that figuratively. While driving 65mph on a major freeway in Southern California, I failed …

I used to be someone important. Formerly, I was a teacher educating a hundred kids each week. I loved my work. I loved the mentoring, …

Just because children typically start school or kindergarten at five or six years of age, and first grade at six or seven, doesn’t mean that …

Dear God: Okay, here’s my glamorous chore list for today. One: vacuum. Two: take those packages to the Post Office. Three: make a run to …