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The Worst Mother On The Planet
I loooooved being a mom when my kids were 10 and under. I was the unrivaled hero in their lives. My middle daughter once presented me with a crayon drawing scribbled with There are many pritty things in life, but you are the prittiest of all.
Helicopter Parents – And Their Longterm Consequences
It’s bad enough being a kid with helicopter parents. They can hover over your childhood and adolescence, warping the normal process of growing up, and inflicting enough damage for decades of therapy. In October 2015, the website Reddit asked readers what was the “worst or most embarrassing” thing their parents had put them through. The…
How to Raise a Polite Child
Have you ever wished your little one hadnt blurted out that naughty word to his oh-so proper grandparents — an expletive he evidently learned when you accidentally slammed your finger in the door last week? Have you ever watched your child eat and, in horror, had to ask yourself, Did he just watch Animal Planet before this meal? Has your child ever done something so embarrassing that the only thing you can do is smile politely, apologize and glance around you with the I-want-to-crawl-in-a-hole-right-now look? Welcome to the club!
Parenting Kids Through Divorce
2015 is proving to be the summer of the shocking celebrity divorce. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, Khloe and Lamar. Kourtney and Scott Disick. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. A celebrity divorce, like a celebrity marriage, is indisputably different from the average me-and-you divorce. The dollar signs have several more zeroes…
Divorce Lice
My soon-to-be-ex-husband just texted me from an airport 400 miles away. I was expecting to hear from him. He was about to put our 12-year-old daughter on a plane to fly to me for two weeks vacation at the beach. In fact, I was grabbing my car keys to leave for the airport to collect her at the gate. I stopped when the text popped up. My first thought: maybe the flight was delayed. Or …