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Thinking More About Raising Great Kids
Thanks for all the great feedback on my post on Saturday on how to stop temper tantrums before they start! I appreciate it. The point I made in that post was that quite often kids act up simply...
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Wifey Wednesday: When You Think He’s a Bad Parent
It’s Wednesday, the day when we talk marriage! I introduce a topic, and then you follow up either by commenting or by writing your own post and then linking up! I’ve been talking a bit about parenting...
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Thoughts on Responsibility and Parenting
Photo by NatalieMaynor Tuesday would have been Katie Wilson’s sixteenth birthday. Katie was a vibrant, well-loved part of our small community here in eastern Ontario, when she died just a few short...
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Brat is Not a Learning Disability
photo © 2009 Yellow | more info (via: Wylio) Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario. I didn’t want to publish last week’s on Friday because of the...
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The Mother Bear Instinct–Why We Need to Protect Our Kids
My girls and I took a walk last week on a particularly windy day by the waterfront. The water was incredibly choppy. But just a little ways out from shore swam two swans, right near a rocky barrier,...
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What I Wish I Could Have Said to the Parents on the Plane
Dear Parents who were sitting behind me on my flight from Detroit to Syracuse yesterday, I know flying with a baby, an almost 4 year old, and a 6 year old is tough. I know it was a 4 1/2 hour flight,...
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Why I’m Sometimes Sarcastic…
Last week my post What I Wish I Could Say to the Parents on the Plane garnered a ton of traffic–and a ton of comments and emails, both here and on Facebook. And while much was positive, a significant...
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The Pyramid Idea of Discipline
When I was a young mom, a mentor told me that disciplining children was a lot like a pyramid. When they’re small, you provide a lot of guidance and discipline. You train them constantly. You follow...
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Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, and What They Tell Us About Marriage
To no one’s surprise, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are apparently divorcing. Katie wants full custody of their 6-year-old daughter Suri. I don’t blame her. It sounds like one of the sticky points in...
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Reader Question of the Week: Respect the Line, Please
Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week, we have a reply from our reader, who asked last week’s question. Also, we have a new question...
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Reader Question of the Week: Appropriate Discipline for Teenagers
Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week’s question was asked on my Facebook Page with some intriguing discussion: When disciplining...
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Winning the Parenting Power Struggle
Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week, let’s talk about effective parenting. I recently read about a dad who dialed 911...
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Thoughts on Responsibility and Parenting
Photo by NatalieMaynor Tuesday would have been Katie Wilson’s sixteenth birthday. Katie was a vibrant, well-loved part of our small community here in eastern Ontario, when she died just a few short...
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Brat is Not a Learning Disability
photo © 2009 Yellow | more info (via: Wylio) Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario. I didn’t want to publish last week’s on Friday because of the...
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The Mother Bear Instinct–Why We Need to Protect Our Kids
My girls and I took a walk last week on a particularly windy day by the waterfront. The water was incredibly choppy. But just a little ways out from shore swam two swans, right near a rocky barrier,...
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What I Wish I Could Have Said to the Parents on the Plane
Dear Parents who were sitting behind me on my flight from Detroit to Syracuse yesterday, I know flying with a baby, an almost 4 year old, and a 6 year old is tough. I know it was a 4 1/2 hour flight,...
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Why I'm Sometimes Sarcastic…
Last week my post What I Wish I Could Say to the Parents on the Plane garnered a ton of traffic–and a ton of comments and emails, both here and on Facebook. And while much was positive, a significant...
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The Pyramid Idea of Discipline
When I was a young mom, a mentor told me that disciplining children was a lot like a pyramid. When they’re small, you provide a lot of guidance and discipline. You train them constantly. You follow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, and What They Tell Us About Marriage
To no one’s surprise, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are apparently divorcing. Katie wants full custody of their 6-year-old daughter Suri. I don’t blame her. It sounds like one of the sticky points in...
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On What is Abuse, What is Not Abuse, and Why We Should Be Very Careful
On Monday I like to post reader questions and take a stab at answering them. Usually I post a question that came in by email or on my Facebook Page. Today I thought I’d do something different, and...
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