Your Parenting Matters

Today, I saw a news report about boy who told his parents he wanted to ride the subway by himself. His mom gave him $20 and a map and let him go on his own. This has sparked an unbelievable outrage from people, some of which called his mom the worst mom in the world.
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Last week the news featured a mom who was concerned about her son’s erratic behavior. She decided she had to check his MySpace account and discovered that he was buying drugs through contacts in that social networking site. This has sparked the police to have people online all the time trying to locate the source [...]

We are coming up on yet another Mother’s Day. Even though it is easy to feel forced to do something because of all the media attention, it is wonderful to take the opportunity to acknowledge mom for all she does.
In western culture, acknowledgment is sometimes rare. We can be quick to criticize but how often [...]

First, moms need to understand that comfort is a hard thing to give up or replace. And, then things kids latch onto for comfort become a habit. Generally speaking kids give up their thumbs, pacifiers and blankies when they are ready. It seems the moms of kids who use these comforting things, think they should [...]