For parents who want to worry less and play more!
This Thanksgiving my kids were old enough (ten and five) to make fun of our family tradition of stating what we are each thankful for. They shouted from the back seat of the car, “Oh, Mom, you’re thankful for us!” and then laughed uproariously at their own cleverness.
I’m thankful they feel safe enough to […]
Posted on November 28th, 2005 by MomStar
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I know that this is going to sound strange to some but I’d love to know if anyone else has had this experience with their 4 or 5 year olds. For the last couple of years my daughter seems to be obsessed with death. Not her own of course, but with mortality issues in general. […]
Posted on November 27th, 2005 by Sam
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This is a subject that I feel like I’m becoming intimate with. It happens to be one of those subjects that I keep writing about because I keep reading about it—hence I think it qualifies as a trend. In this month’s “Parents” magazine there is an article called, “Preschool Pressure–Child-development experts worry that early academics […]
Posted on November 16th, 2005 by Sam
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Today’s Wall Street Journal is the best proof yet that parenting is rife with trends and gospel that will inevitably morph into new conventions just as semi-permanent. Dr. Ferber, of “Ferberizing”, and Dr. Sears, of “co-sleeping”, are both coming out with more moderate views on how babies, and parents, ought to sleep. […]
Posted on November 15th, 2005 by MomStar
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My almost 5 year old daughter has always been very emotional. She threw tantrums at ages 2 and 3 periodically. She would hit, scratch or try to bite–me. And use her voice loudly. I read a lot and talked to other mothers, consulted with a therapist, the usual “mother-looking-for-help” things. The […]
Posted on November 13th, 2005 by Suzanne
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Our moment of ascendancy has arrived. New magazines like Violet and Cookie are being targeted toward hip parents. The latest Anthropologie catalogue features a lovely mom and dad with a set of artfully distressed tots lounging near the Christmas tree. The retro code is completely clear, in the loving looks exchanges between […]
Posted on November 10th, 2005 by MomStar
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