Even someone who fact checks parenting experts and parenting advice needs to be fact checked once in a while. I was wrong. I admit it. I made a hasty comment about the odds of a parenting expert thoughtfully and readily answering my question about the three praises for every one reprimand. For those of you who wasted two hours watching the family-friendly movie Parental …
While I’m on a positive roll here, check out Smarter Ways to Discipline Children, a recent article over at the Wall Street Journal about the power of so-called positive discipline. Positive Discipline? A misnomer of sorts. It isn’t so much about discipline in the sense of on-the-spot punishment or stopping bad behavior as it happens but …
Despite the flurry of flu activity in the house, the strep, the late Ho Ho Hannukah/Kwanza/Everything cards, the dead fish and the general holiday mess/stress, I’m determined to start the new year on a positive word or two*. Thus I promise not to post about the recent ho ho hum genderized toy op-ed that offered nothing new but surely grabbed …
Self-control at age 3 predicts life success. Got it. Self-control begets success according to a new study out of New Zealand. Makes sense. All those years learning patience allows kiddies to grow up and get to work on time every day and stay off the police blotter. How then to explain Charlie Sheen? Not only the highest paid …
Getting into the spirit of spring, I’m trying something new – “Data Bites” – brief takes on new studies I’ve not yet had a chance to read in the journals. So many of them pop up in the media and deserve a quick and dirty review. Think of it as Momma Data Lite, a refreshing alternative …