Jul 19 2008
By Paula Spencer, Parenting
My house has been full of the sounds of sibling rivalry from the moment my firstborn first poked his week-old baby sister and set her wailing. The rumpus has continued right through the argument I just busted up between that baby sister, now 12 years old, and her two baby sisters over [...]
Jul 13 2008
George Carlin’s Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. [...]
Jul 10 2008
Lisa Oppenheimer, Parenting Magazine
From her earliest breaths, my daughter Alexis was a force to be reckoned with. As an infant, she shooed away the cereal spoon; as a toddler, she rebounded from her bed all night long. When she was in preschool, her teachers would tell us that her strong will made her a natural [...]
Jul 10 2008
Parent Talk: Key to Literacy – Newsletter by Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller
Is school important? Yes. But the key to literacy is not located in the school house. It is found at home.
Most parents know that it’s important to read aloud to their children. School personnel have been recommending that for years. And now comes [...]
Jul 10 2008
Lawrence Balter, Ph.D., Parenting Magazine
As a father of three, I know how challenging it can be to discipline a child. Skirmishes with a youngster who talks back or throws a tantrum in the middle of a crowded supermarket can leave otherwise confident parents feeling frustrated and desperate, grasping for the right words or tactics to [...]
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