Parenting methods
Here's a collection of all of our articles filed under parenting methods
Butterflies"Don’t. Touch. My. Butterflies. Daddy."By Josh Busch Our 3-year-old has a very liberal view on the role my wife and I play here at home. On the best of days, Victoria sees us as the commander of all fun things even remotely related to her, including (but not limited to): the television, the refrigerator,...
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Detachment ParentingAP? It's just not my thing.By Kelly ReisingAs a parent are you attached to your kids? Well, that seems to be kind of a silly question. Most, if not all, good parents are attached to their kids. It’s natural. You love them, you form a bond with them the minute you first look into their eyes...
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Baby No SleepingThe Giving-Up Guide for Parents Who Can't Get Their Kids to SleepBy Nell McCarthyBelow is a list of some of the things well-intentioned people told me to do to help my son sleep, number thirteen being my favorite:
“You have to get your son to nap, because if he goes to bed overtired, he’ll be too tired to sleep.”...
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Long Journey on a Short BusDon’t Tell My Kid He’s OkayBy Karen MurphyEric and I were in a hotel lobby. We had a date to climb the stairs to the second floor together so he could see me watching him jump down them again one by one, but before we could do that I had some business to take care of with the people behind the...
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In TrainingTricks are for kids!By Danielle MutarelliOn some level I’m sure the following would be recognized as bad parenting, but we just can’t seem to help ourselves. You see, we like to teach our two and a half year old son Leo "tricks" solely for our amusement.
The most recent...
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Poor ReceptionCould I finally wean my family off TV?By Liz JonesI have never liked television, though you’d never know that if you saw me in a room with one. I immediately goggle any lit screen, and am released from its spell only when someone shuts it off. I just can’t detach from the visual stimulus,...
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Just Say NoThe power of two letters.By Kim MontesThe request was simple. My 9-year-old daughter wanted the latest toy and asked if I would buy it. After a few minutes of consideration, I launched into the answer. “Sweetheart, it’s really not a good idea. You’ll see – everyone...
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Our Son, the Man"Daddy" is noticibly missing from his vocabulary...By Prescott CarlsonHere is my quandry. My 3-year-old son has taken to calling me by my first name. I suspect he was up late one night and caught a viewing of To Kill a Mockingbird on AMC. But trust me, he's no Scout. He doesn't even own a pair of overalls, much less a giant...
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