Tag Archives: advice

Diagnosing Developmental Delays in Other People’s Children

By Jodi Cohen | Published: February 10, 2010
We all love our friends and want to be there for them.  Sometimes this can take the form of feeling it is our duty to tell them if we observe concerning behavior in their child – like walking on tip toes, or avoiding eye contact or lack of impulse control. We somehow fear that they [...]
Posted in Conflict with Friends, Judgement Days | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Be careful about over-sharing

By Jodi Cohen | Published: January 28, 2010
  When we have a bad day or a bad parenting moment, many of us share it with our friends.  We regale them in our worst moments to vent, get it off our chest and have someone tell us that it really isn’t that bad. But we forget that those intimate details can linger in [...]
Posted in Conflict with Friends, Judgement Days | Also tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Meltdown Management

By Jodi Cohen | Published: October 23, 2009
We’ve all been there… Our kid starts melting down in the middle of a store.  They are on the floor or flailing around in the cart, screaming.  Loudly.  Sometimes very loudly.  We try to assess if we can make it to through the check out line without having to abort the mission and return to [...]
Posted in On The Go, Public Tantrums | Also tagged , , , | 3 Comments