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Brats: Do Not Want! Helping children understand the difference between a right and a privilege.

Brats

As a parent you are introducing a new member to society. This person can either benefit society or be a nuisance. Your children are a reflection of you and like Mariah Carey, you only want to show your good side! Do not over indulge your child It’s a battle to raise a happy child, yet not [...]

Drama Queen?

Drama Queen

Growing up I was known as the “drama queen.”  One of my nicknames was “last word” because my family claimed I not only had to argue about everything and anything but that I also had to have the last word. I naturally assumed that these descriptions were true.  After all, my family relayed them to me as if they were fact.  [...]

I Don’t Want My Baby On the “Short Bus”

I Dont Want My Baby On the Short Bus

My son is perfect.  He’s cute, adorable, outgoing and smart as a whip.  So imagine my surprise when at his two-year-old check-up his doctor asked me if I wanted a referral to a speech therapist since his vocabulary was so limited.  I casually told her that I didn’t need one and that he’d start speaking [...]

Single Mom’s Notebook: Teaching my son how NOT to be Sexist

Teaching my son how NOT to be Sexist

One of my biggest challenges as a mom is to teach my son about what women and men do all on my own.  I provide, cook and clean for him.  Lately, however,  I’ve been finding him getting too comfortable with that. He was getting out of the shower.  “Mom, can you get my underwear?”  My response?  “Get [...]

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