Is Barney still on television today? Thankfully, the purple dinosaur was not popular in our house when my kids were younger. Yet, while the show annoyed some parents on oh so many levels, many of us still felt free to steal from it.
You know who you are. When you couldnât get your kids to start cleaning up, you broke into song, âClean up. Clean up. Everybody, everywhere. Clean up. Clean …
It is with great embarrassment that I confess that my daughterâs first word was âmall.â This was shortly followed by âshoes.â I donât even want to think about what this must say about me. Ironically, it says little about her.
I was recently at an evening work event where a woman said to me, "Your husband agreed to put the kids to bed?"
I'd like to say that I was shocked that anyone would ask such a question, but Iâm not. The vast majority of couples I know with children are living an updated version of the 50's lifestyle. Many mothers are working outside the home while still being almost solely responsible for cha…
They're innocent enough questionsâWhen did she walk? When did he say his first word? But what we parents really are asking is how does my child measure up? And when our kids seem to do something earlier than other children, we internally gloat that this is a sure sign of future brilliance. Nobody will own up to this. In fact parents with kids who have achieved milestones at an earlier stage w…
My kids are genetically screwed. Depression and anxiety run on both sides of the family. Turns out that they might not be alone. More than a quarter of all Americans have a mental disorder at some point in their lives, according to a 2004 study by the World Health Organization.
I admit it. After "What to Expect in the First Year", the only other parenting book Iâve picked up has been "From Diapers to Dating". My kids are now 9 and 6, and I guess Iâve been winging it. Who has time to wade through it all? Besides, whenever I pick up a parenting book now, I just feel guilty about all of the ways Iâve probably already screwed them up.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Tell me. 
