Category Archives: Different Parenting Styles
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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Mrs. Who??
I guess I’m old-fashioned, but I can’t get over how casual parents are with their kids—and with their friends’ kids also. When I was little, my friends’ parents were always Mrs. Schwartz and Dr. Spector and Mr. Canto. Not Carole and Bob and Jerry. This was not a big deal; they were grownups just like [...]
Different values
Most of the parents I meet value honesty and integrity and teach these same values to their children. As a result, I am always somewhat taken aback other parents do not live up to what I consider to be basic moral standards. I recently had one such awkward experience selling a used car seat [...]
I can’t believe she just did that!