Of all the jobs you will ever have, parenting is the most wonderful. At the same time it can be frustrating, exasperating and just plain tough.
Most of you are too young to remember the importance of the words, “Clean up your plate.” You don’t hear it very much today but maybe we should.
Being sick is the pits. It makes you feel bad and it is a waste of time trying to get well. I know.
As a parent, you need to need to look for and find opportunities for her to make choices.
Cynthia Martin discusses love in her latest column.
Cynthia Martin asks, “Can you talk with your child about why we celebrate on this holiday?”
Vacations are wonderful. The toughest part, however, may be the ride home. You have had a great time and so have your kids but going home takes forever. That is true no matter how far it is.
Shopping isn’t always fun and it is only fun if you do the preparation and planning ahead of time with your child.
Do you treat your child differently if she is a girl than if she were a boy? Think about it.
School will be out for the summer in just a couple of weeks. Time flies when you are having fun. But are you prepared?
You probably read a great many articles about discipline and your child. Well, this is a different one.
Numbers are really important as your child enters kindergarten. Think how you would feel if you could only count to three and the little girl down the way can count to 20.
As a parent you have a lot more to do with how smart your child is than you may think.