Category Archives: Judgement Days

Torture Momma

By Jodi Cohen | Published: May 20, 2010
A friend related a story about how she was trying to encourage her three year old daughter to toughen up and walk the few blocks between their house and her brother’s preschool pick up. Used to being carried, the daughter pitched a fit in the middle of the street. “I can’t walk! My legs hurt. [...]
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Diagnosing Developmental Delays in Other People’s Children

By Jodi Cohen | Published: February 10, 2010
We all love our friends and want to be there for them.  Sometimes this can take the form of feeling it is our duty to tell them if we observe concerning behavior in their child – like walking on tip toes, or avoiding eye contact or lack of impulse control. We somehow fear that they [...]
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Is it ever ok to tell another mom that something is wrong with her parenting?

By naomi panzer | Published: February 4, 2010
  If your friend doesn’t ask, is it your place to tell her parenting or her child need improvement? Most of the stories we have heard on this topic, do not have happy endings.  Take, for example, our friend Mindy who was devastated when her old friend Jessica gave her an earful about her son, [...]
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Be careful about over-sharing

By Jodi Cohen | Published: January 28, 2010
  When we have a bad day or a bad parenting moment, many of us share it with our friends.  We regale them in our worst moments to vent, get it off our chest and have someone tell us that it really isn’t that bad. But we forget that those intimate details can linger in [...]
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