Category Archives: Different Parenting Styles
Sibling Rivalry…Over Parenting Differences
Lisa Belkin’s Motherlode blog post sparked a lively discussion about problems that arise between siblings over their differences in parenting styles. With the holiday season in full swing, all of those expanded dinner tables and chaotic family get-togethers provide loads of opportunities for aggravated brothers and sisters to brawl over all kinds of parenting issues [...]
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Sugar Nazis
We know them. We dread them. We fear being shunned when we see ourselves turning into them. I get it and I’ve lived all sides. I was annoyed when friends would judge me for giving my oldest child juice or chocolate milk or gasp, a cookie. “Whatever,” I thought. “It’s not going to kill her. [...]
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I can’t believe she just did that!
Ahhh, those friendship altering moments. You know the ones, like when the friend you thought you knew and loved so well totally overreacts and spanks her kid in front of you, is rude to her nanny or one of your other friends. The behavior leaves you so shocked and appalled that you seriously reconsider [...]
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Are picky eaters born or made?
I know a lot of picky eaters and find myself exhausted watching their poor parents as they desparately try to please their picky kids. Still, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if the parents didn’t cater to their kids demands. Would the kids starve? Or would they find a way to eat [...]
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The Art of Doing Nothing
Two children are fighting over a shovel. My instinct is to step in and mediate or fix the problem. My wiser friend recommends doing nothing and as a result, letting the kids resolve it for themselves. I know she’s right. It teaches them conflict resolution. Empowers them to handle their own situations. Lets them [...]
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Parent Skills on Display
I remember hearing that women often dress up to impress other women. Like fashion, I think some parents put their parenting skills on display to impress others. Shameful as it is to admit, I have done it. While I’m hardly a permissive parent, I do admit to picking my battles. I have an intense kid [...]
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When you don’t like the other mom
Martha and Alyssa have kids in the same class who like each other and repeatedly request play dates. Repeatedly being the key word, because the play dates have never happened. You see, while the kids are great friends, the parents are not. Martha is very type A and structured, while Alyssa kind of makes it [...]
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Are some women destined to be bad mothers?
Some women are biologically programmed with a “bad mothering” brain switch, according to a new study by Virginia’s University of Richmond. The study found that women develop a cluster of brain cells — called maternal neurons — during pregnancy. These brain cells switch on after birth, resulting in good parenting skills. However, the research showed [...]
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Telling another mother how to parent