It’s only mid-December, but parents everywhere are experiencing the same the parenting challenge: Lack of gratitude. I’m hearing it through email, Twitter, Facebook, and just about everywhere I go. Moms everywhere are reminding their kids to “put it on the list” or “wait and see what Santa brings”. All. Day. Long. The underlying fear, of …
Happy Saturday! Start your Saturday off with a bit of humor… Fostering creativity in children is very important. Cory Graham is married to his university sweetheart and father of two children; (one bossy little girl and a new package born this September). Drawing Carl’s Life cartoons helps him to express that, what comes naturally to most, does …
Every 7 minutes…a child is bullied. The following is the best kept secret in parenting: There is a very big difference between hearing your child talk and actually listening, I mean really listening, to what she has to say. There is a very big difference between simply answering a question that is asked of us …
“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 …
Happy Saturday! It’s time for a Carl’s Life cartoon! As Katie, a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist/Parenting Expert in Los Angeles, CA, wrote earlier in the week, Perfection does not exist. Cory Graham is married to his university sweetheart and father of two children; (one bossy little girl and a new package born this September). Drawing …