Welcoming the new addition Anticipation and excitement fill the air in the days prior to and following a baby’s birth. He/she is the recipient of lavish love and attention and the parents begin to realize the wonderful yet daunting role that they will play in shaping and modeling the young life that has been entrusted ...
Parents of adopted children have varying degrees of anxiety about the birth parents of their children. This can be for several reasons for this. Sometimes, adoptive parents possess information about the birth parents that make them uneasy. Sometimes, it is the lack of information is what makes them uncomfortable. And, for many parents of adopted ...
I had my first horrible poop diaper moment before ever leaving the hospital. The black tarry stool should be described in all parenting books. I read my fair share of the mother-to-be books and never once heard of the first stool being black. I was leaving the hospital with my new baby boy that day. ...
What is a dysfunctional family? It’s when a healthy functioning family becomes disrupted after stressful circumstances occur. This can be something like a family death, a parent being seriously ill, or anything else that brings grief into a household. Unfortunately, while normal families recover quickly after grief from these problems, dysfunctional families never do and ...
“He just needs a good spanking,” barks your mother-in-law over the three year old temper tantrum erupting on her living room floor. Is she right? Would a spanking calm him down, stop the tantrum? Most likely not, it would probably result in the exact opposite. His alligator tears turning into full-blown, heart-stopping sobs, followed by ...
It only takes seconds for a tragedy to happen. Left unsupervised, a young child could drown, take a fall or even be abducted in a very short span of time. So when is it OK to leave the kids alone? And for how long? “There is, to my knowledge, no specific law governing that,” said ...
A law passed in California, which requires parents to attend mandatory parenting classes, simply misses the mark. It seems that as a parent and a social change advocate, I would be standing up and bowing to California for their seemingly forward thinking. Unfortunately, California is completely bass ackwards! Under the current law, parents of convicted ...
When it comes to keeping your kid’s shoes tied, are you fighting a losing battle? Most kids learned to tie their shoes at an early age. It’s a landmark accomplishment. That doesn’t mean they stay tied. Elementary tying skills sometimes equal skinned knees. If it seems like your kid’s shoes are becoming untied a little ...