Don't have a plan. Put away your phone. Heck, don't even take off your pajamas. And if you run out of stuff to do, may I recommend an expedition to your local drugstore?
Don’t just do something
Toddler tapas
Stop cooking for your toddler. I mean it.
Hold on tight
Difficult conversations are, well, difficult. Well, when intense feelings abound and are calling at us, daring us to steer toward the rocks, the first thing we must do is hold on tight!
Parent Q&A: When kids prefer one parent, part 2: This time it’s personal
This is heartbreaking for me too, and sometimes I have no idea what I'm doing either.
Parent Q&A: When kids prefer one parent
"Lately my son has been really preferring daddy and it's been hard on me."
Limit-setting 101: Key ingredients for holding the line
I believe that whenever we set a limit, we must do so with the following three principles in mind (and in heart, while we're at it): consistency, transparency, and empathy.
Your kid doesn’t have to share with mine
Inspired by/in response to Alanya Kolberg's viral Facebook post, "Your child is not required to share with mine." I often take my daughter to the park on Sunday afternoons - I'm so busy during the week that it's a rare and precious opportunity for us to have a picnic and hit the playground together. I... Continue Reading →
You’re going to fall
As many, including Nonviolent Communication's creator Marshall Rosenberg, have said: "Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly." Yesterday I brought my daughter a surprise: her first scooter. She's been excited about them since she first saw them in use at the local park a few weeks ago. She was so proud (and to her credit, immediately... Continue Reading →
Mother’s Day 2017
Two Jewish mothers are having dinner in a restaurant.
The waiter comes up to them and asks, “Ladies, is anything all right?”
