According to the Wall Street Journal’s article on our pathetic middle-class-children-who-can’t-do-anything-for-themselves-including-tie-their-own-shoes (my words, not theirs), our children are far behind those of other countries including, say, Samoa where children are required to serve food to their elders (their words, not mine). The study, though recently published, was based on a video documenting children over a [...]
December 9, 2011
We are in toddler tantrum hell. It’s affecting all of us. My husband and I. My 8-year-old son. It’s a constant battle of will and want of an irrational two-year-old. The other day there were four tantrums back-to-back as a result of no nap. Picking up my son from school. NO! Riding her tricycle to [...]
July 14, 2011
In a recent post on motherhood uncensored, some startling statistics on spanking from the 90s were cited. BTW, the author was not pro-spanking. She re-told an uncomfortable tale. Which made me wonder, are we obligated to step in when a parent is losing it on their child? I think so. I’d even go further and assert [...]
June 11, 2011
My fourteen year old daughter told me that being a slut is, well, slutty. But having lady balls, she clarified, means you’re unapologetically slutty. My daughter admired her friend Amber (not her real name) whose lady balls rivaled congressman Weiner’s. Yes, I went there. When my daughter invited Amber over I was excited to meet her. [...]
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