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Helping Your Rigid, Anxious Child with Gift Giving and Receiving
Is gift-giving stressful at your house? Do you try to find things that your child would like, hoping to surprise her, but then learn that it was not what she had in mind at all? Gift giving for...
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What if She Grows up Like Auntie Agnes?
Many of us have a “black sheep” in the family. Sometimes that person has a mental illness and sometimes not. It might be someone who caused you or your parents great unhappiness in your childhood. At...
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Surviving and Thriving in the Land of Special Needs
Being the parent of child with special needs is a stressful job. I am not telling you anything new. Today I am thinking about the supports that you need in order to stay on the job being the loving...
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Tag Team Parenting
(TONGUE IN CHEEK!) To my great dismay when my now young adult son was in middle school, he became a fervent fan of professional wrestling. I don’t mean to sound elitist, but I objected to the violence...
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Being Curious
Some of us like surprises. Others like to know what’s coming. Parents learn quickly is that life is full of surprises, some delightful, and some not so much. Today I’m thinking about those “not so...
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Thinking Outside the Box to Build Self-Esteem
It is important to help all children to find their strengths. For some children it is much easier than for others. Children with ADHD or who are on the autism spectrum have more discouraging feedback...
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Why Do I Feel So Defeated? 6 Steps to Stop Trying to Win and Teach Your Child...
Do you feel like you’re in a never ending battle for control with your child? I run into parents who complain that their children won’t do as they are asked. This leads to battles that can escalate...
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Why Won’t She Stop?
Lately parents have asked me why their children won’t stop arguing. It’s a difficult problem, and you have my sympathy. You say, “It’s time to go upstairs to take your bath.” Perhaps you even had a...
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When Life Throws You Curveballs
I don’t know about you but I have had quite the Monday: problems with television, phone and email service. At least the television doesn’t affect my work, but the other two definitely do. At this point...
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How is Your Garden/Family Growing: Time for New Ideas?
I like to garden. I would say that I am “middling” good at it. This year I have had a little more time to put into it, so I worked hard to weed and water one perennial bed. I divided plants that had...
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Fifth Grader Suspended from School for Pretending to Shoot with his Finger
This article in The Boston Globe caught my attention last Thursday. Evidently this boy was waiting in line for lunch and having a pretend “shoot ‘em up” game. He jumped ahead of two girls in line who...
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