Category Archives: Competimommy

Bio diversity in parenting

By Jodi Cohen | Published: January 5, 2012
Bio diversity is a great term in nutrition.  It basically means that what works for one person may not work for another.  Like I need protein to function, but I have several vegetarian friends who feel sick if they eat meat. I think the term applies to parenting as well.  The attachment parenting method might [...]
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High water lifts all boats

By Jodi Cohen | Published: October 10, 2011
You know that whole expression about taking the high road, being the better person, all that crap. I think it rings of martyrdom. You know, you’re the better person, but you’re really still pissed off and not standing up for yourself, honoring your boundaries, whatever it is. Like when someone piously tells you how to [...]
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The struggle not to compete

By Jodi Cohen | Published: February 8, 2011
It’s hard not to second guess yourself when you watch a close friend make significant changes in her parenting approach.  You might wonder if you should do the same or if her undertaking seems too great,  rationalize why your approach is better. Take the friend who overhauls her discipline strategy or diet or whatever and [...]
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Tiger Moms picking our battles

By Jodi Cohen | Published: February 7, 2011
  While I am positively a slacker compared to the Tiger mom and focus on music, I have surprised myself lately with how much I do care about other pursuits.  Like skiing. It’s completely illogical and probably not linked to success in later life, but I am adamant that my kids learn how to ski.  [...]
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Keeping Pace in the Parenting Race

By Jodi Cohen | Published: December 5, 2010
I remember sitting in a playgroup and listening to all the other moms rattling off their children’s activities. Music class. Ballet. Soccer. Swimming. Spanish. Chinese. Our kids were not yet two. Nonetheless, I remember having a silent panic attack that I had already failed my child. I hadn’t introduced her to music or foreign language. [...]
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Are Parents to Blame for Elementary School Bullying?

By Jodi Cohen | Published: October 10, 2010
Are parents really to blame for the new wrath of bullying among girls as young as five? Today’s New York Times article, “The Playground Gets Even Tougher” contends that “the mean girls are often from mean moms”, “in certain cases, the parents themselves seem to be pleased” and “parents not only enabled it, they engaged [...]
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Can you Really Pave the Road to Success for your Child?

By Jodi Cohen | Published: October 7, 2010
We all know parents who fret over the right “feeder” preschool to start their toddlers on the path to the “right” private schools and Ivy League colleges, turn play dates into a new art of social networking and bend over backwards to pave the road of success for their little progenies. As we watch the [...]
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