Category Archives: Conflict with Friends
Mom Crushes and Heartbreak
Remember the early stages of your romantic relationships when you were so excited about the possibilities of the other person. You might have shared the same hobbies or the same philosophical outlook on life or just the same freshman dorm. But it was so exciting… the future promised to be sunny and bright. Because everyone’s [...]
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Blame the genes, not the Parenting
“Can’t you control your child?” For any of us who have been on the receiving end of those words, or worse, that disdainful glare, the answer is a shameful, “not always”. We can try. We can limit their diet, micromanage our discipline and time out until we are blue in the face, but as anyone [...]
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Misery Loves Company
Can a friendship survive when one party outgrows their joint suffering? We often bound with friends over shared distress. We’re both single and looking to meet someone. We married into the same zany family. We report to the same tyranical boss. You get the picture. The same holds true for our mom friends. We connect because our [...]
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Beware of Sharing Parenting Advice
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen recently caught flack for extolling breast feeding a little too enthusiastically, stating that she thinks breastfeeding should be mandatory for the first six months of the child’s life. She was quoted in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK as saying “Some people think they don’t have to breastfeed, and I think [...]
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Mom friend break ups
You were best friends. Your kids were best buds. Now you don’t talk and you’re not sure why. Sadly, this scenario is more common than it would seem. Families that do everything together and seem inseparable…. until they’re not. One family, for whatever reason, decides that the friendship isn’t working anymore and claims to be [...]
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What To Do When Your Friend’s Kid is Mean to Your Kid
You love your friend, but your kids don’t get along. Or worse, her kid teases, bullies or physically abuses yours. For some this is a no brainer – if the kids can’t get along, you can’t get together. But for others, the line in the sand is not so clear. We really enjoy our friendship [...]
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Martyr Moms
It’s interesting how mothers label each other SELFISH or LAZY. “She loves to drop the kids with a babysitter, so she can exercise and shop,” one gossips. “We never use babysitters,” says another in a holier than thou tone. The implication is clear: spending time away from your kids makes you selfish, lazy or worse, [...]
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The Benefit of Not Siding with Your Child
You did a great job mom! Someone actually said that to me in the park yesterday. My daughter was hysterical claiming that some other kid had hurt her. I didn’t see it because I was busy pushing her younger brother on the swing. She was hurt. She was angry. She was after revenge. She wanted [...]
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