Tag Archives: parenting
When Other Adults Tell Your Kids What to Do
Do you teach your children to follow commands from all adults, even if they are rude or illogical? I’ve noticed that some other parents are completely offended if they ask my child to do something and my child does not acquiesce. I understand that in old school parenting (i.e. pre-stranger danger), children were taught [...]
Posted in On The Go, Strangers, Thanks for the unsolicited advice, Unsolicited Advice Also tagged mom 2 Comments
Mean Moms in the Magic Kingdom
Disneyland may be the happiest place on earth for kids, but it can be hell on earth for moms. Like a parade of bad parenting moments on display, I watched parents cut lines, trample toddlers and say inappropriate things to other parents to an extreme that I have never witnessed before. Fortunately, I just [...]
Posted in Mean Mommies, On The Go Also tagged blessings of a skinned knee, disneyland, mean moms, mommy 3 Comments
No good deed goes unpunished
On vacation, I noticed an awesome mom sheparding five kids between the pool and the beach and back again all day long. She was totally on it. Strict, but efficient. At the end of the day, when she was disciplining the youngest one, another mother approached her and started throwing a fit. It turns out [...]
Posted in Family Matters, Too much of a good thing -- Family vacations Also tagged discipline, family vacations, in laws, mommy manners 1 Comment
Diagnosing Developmental Delays in Other People’s Children
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 [...]
Is it ever ok to tell another mom that something is wrong with her parenting?
If your friend doesn’t ask, is it your place to tell her parenting or her child need improvement? Most of the stories we have heard on this topic, do not have happy endings. Take, for example, our friend Mindy who was devastated when her old friend Jessica gave her an earful about her son, [...]
Your kid is making me nervous
I was at the park with my then 2 year old. He is an active kid and was in seventh heaven running through is usual obstacle course – the monkey bars from which he would intentionally drop to the ground several feet away, climbing up the upward spiral poll, then navigating across the bridge of [...]
Does Overparenting = Bad Parenting
Time Magazine ran a cover story last week on The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting. The article implies that in our efforts to do the best job possible for our children, we have gone too far, soliciting macrobiotic cupcakes, hypoallergenic socks, and tutors to correct a 5-year-old’s “pencil-holding deficiency”. The article also discusses the whole competitive [...]
Can my kid please have a turn on the swings?
Parenting is a constant exercise in patience. That said, nothing makes me more impatient than politely waiting for a turn with the swings on the playground. And waiting. And waiting. And 30 minutes later, still waiting. I honestly try to distract my little guy to other toys, to play iSpy, to sing a song, [...]
Posted in Taking Turns: Monopolizing the playground equipment, The Playground Also tagged mom Leave a comment
Real Housewives of New York Mommy Manners Drama