Parenting Blog Posts

Have you told your children your stories? Not just what happened the day they were born, or how you and your husband met, but the ones about you--the ones that tell what you were like when you were little, the things that made you into the person you are now. It can mean a lot to a child to hear that her mother used to be a little girl, that maybe she got in trouble, or was once very sick or struggled with math--maybe she did something really, really bad, and had to apologize

Okay, I’m just like you.  I always have expectations that are too big for the occasion–romance, flowers, adoring attention–a perfect recipe for sullen self-pity on a day designed to celebrate love.  Am I right?  Just to let you know, if you indulge these expectations very often, your beloved may begin doing all the things you want him to do, but it will be out of a sense of duty at best, and at worst, out of fear of your disapproval, either of which really sucks. So, what to