Category Archives: Judgment Days
Helping another mom parent
Have you ever been tempted to “help” another mom parent. You know what I mean. The kid is melting down and whatever technique the other mom is using isn’t working, but you have a great strategy that always works with your kids. You sit there on the fence, trying to decide if you should offer [...]
Why do parents tear each other apart?
From the driveby attacks in public to the ackward moments with your closest friends and family, parents today seem to be under constant attack on everything from their deeply personal parenting choices (think nursing, co-sleeping, spanking, discipline approach, you get the picture) to their off moments (a kid who isn’t wearing socks on a cold [...]
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Outsourcing Toothbrushing
The Wall Street Journal’s blog The Juggle posted what I initially thought was going to be a silly article, “Outsourcing Toothbrushing and Other Parenting Tasks.” Of course parents who work outside of the house have to rely on nannies or daycare staff to oversee the care of their kids, and that includes hygiene. I get [...]
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Are you Worried that about your child’s weight?
I can’t tell you how many friends had people express concern about their child’s weight to them, including parents of newborns who were subsisting on breast milk. Obesity has become a national obsession starting it seems from birth. Now The New York Times has thrown new fuel on the fire, reporting that “pivotal events very [...]
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Let them eat dirt
At a kids party at a local beach, my son had covered himself with sand. When the pizza arrived, I meticulously cleaned his hands and face, gave him a slice then went to run his sister to the restroom. When I returned, both he and the pizza were again covered with sand AND HE WAS [...]
Why We Judge?
Standing in line at Great Wolf Lodge, I started talking to two lovely girls – a 12 year old and her 11 year old sister. They told me that they were the oldest of 9 children and their three year old sister recently died, so the family visited Great Wolf Lodge for a much [...]
Hanging Up My Robe and Gavel