Category Archives: On The Go
Tantrums of the World, Unite!
I was reading a Babble interview with Kristin Armstrong and laughed when she shared her strategy for handling her daughter’s meltdown at Target. During the full-on tantrum, complete with screaming and fist-pounding, Kristin realized everyone was looking at her and judging her, so she acted fast: she got on the floor, mimicked her daughter’s behavior [...]
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Labeling Parents Lazy
The parenting police are quick to judge – on blogs, in person and behind your back. If they decide that a parent is “checked out” — ignoring a misbehaving child while they shop for groceries, enjoy a quiet moment or try to engage in conversation with another adult — they are labeled a “bad parent”. [...]
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Whatever happened to the Friendly Skies?
When asked how having a child had changed her life, comedian Amy Poehler deadpanned, “Now no one wants to sit next to me on an airplane.” Barbara Walters concurred with that opinion last week on The View when she suggested that families with small children should fly on separate airplanes, or better still a different [...]
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Mommy Meanest?
This morning the Today Show aired a great segment called “Mommy Meanest? The Dark Side of Mom Blogs” which shed light on the criticism and cattiness we talk about here at Mommy Manners. This segment discussed the judgmental zingers moms shoot at other moms online, like: “Those who don’t vaccinate deserve to have their children [...]
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No shame in what you don’t know
I’ve often wondered if other parents just instinctively know what to do when their kid is freaking out or if they’ve had to make as many mistakes as I have. I was blessed with a really easy first child, so by the time my active second one came around, I didn’t really know what to [...]
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Unsolicited Advice Can be Useful
Yes, we’ve all been subject to the annoying busy body who just can’t wait to tell us how we should parent or what we’re doing wrong. But occasionally, the unsolicited advisor has something really useful to share. Over spring break, I started chatting with another mom who works as a guidance counselor for junior highs. [...]
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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 [...]
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Surviving the Mommy Mafia