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Katie

Katie is a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist/Parenting Expert in Los Angeles, CA. She has a five year old daughter, three year old son, and a rock and roll husband who makes her life complete. Katie has a parenting advice blog, Practical Parenting and can be found on Twitter. Author of The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World.

Finding your Limits

We all have limits. We all have that breaking point where we just hang our heads and whisper, please no more.  I’m done for today. We all have limits. We don’t always adhere to those limits.  Sometimes we just keep pushing because there are never enough hours in the day.  Sometimes we stretch ourselves a …

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Parenting the Personality

There is no shortage of parenting books on the market right now.  Choose a parenting style or theory and, chances are, there are at least two books to back you up.  In some ways this is a very good thing.  While previous generations will maintain that they relied on instinct, and that is the best …

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Ending the Mompetition

  “Mompetition” is not a new idea.  In fact, mom bloggers write about it often.  They might not be using the cutesy term, but they are writing about the feelings moms experience when other moms attack them. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? When I first became a mom I had high hopes that the …

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Perfect Imperfection

What I am about to tell you will come as no surprise.  What I am about to tell you probably won’t change your life today.  What I am about to tell you is very, very old news. I’m telling you anyway though, because I’m not sure the message is really being internalized. So please listen …

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Stressed Out Parenting

Stress is commonly defined as the failure to respond adequately to mental, emotional, or physical demands, whether real or imagined.  Stress can be environmental, internal, or physical. Stress often manifests as headaches, rapid heart rate, stomachaches, back or neck pain, sleep loss or excessive sleep, depressed mood, excessive irritability, excessive worrying, eating issues (too much …

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