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Why You Really Shouldn’t Force Your Kids To Say “Sorry”

He just shut me out and that isnt good for the planet. Sienna, 3 years old, upon her brothers refusal to accept her hugMy four-year-old scratches his little sisters face. He knows its wrong. Before he lashes out, he looks at me furtively with a sidelong glance, as if trying to decide what to do.In the blink of my eye, the deed is done. Sienna is crying. I am …

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How to Make a Proper Apology

As Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor wrote in, “7 Ways to Handle a Hothead — Without Blowing Your Top” steadying yourself with people who feel slighted is challenging. In my line of work this would be hurt and angry co-parents and their children.

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A ‘Good Wife’ No Longer

She has finally had enough. The character modeled on the likes of the wife of the former New York governor, Silda Spitzer (who stuck by her husband after he resigned his office amid a call girl scandal) and other politicians wives whose husbands publically cheated on them and humiliated them, has been pushed too far.

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How Fragile Life Truly Is

Hi Ladies. I had a few things I wanted to cover today, so this one will be a bit of a mixed bowl. I firstly want to thank WordPress (www.wordpress.com) for choosing yesterdays blog on GUILT as one of the featured articles of the day. It brought me insane amounts of traffic, and I was excited beyond belief. One of my Facebook friends wrote, If you build it, They will come. This made me teary. I write from my heart, day after day, and I visualize a whole bunch of us women sitting in a room together just discussing the issues. I feel connected. I do.