Summary: Are you being badly influenced by other people's wrong attitude toward discipline? In this episode I discuss common excuses and faulty perspectives about discipline. By being aware of them, Continue Reading
The Siren Call of Extra Activities
As mentioned in a recent THH email: Continue Reading
Do You Need Experts to Teach Your Children?
[hr] What exactly is the question about experts? The question of experts in the education of children needs to be refined on many levels. It is not a one-size-fits-all question. To treat it as such Continue Reading
How to Create and Empower a Bully
[hr] A nearly fool proof way to protect your child from bullies There is a good way to protect your child from bullies. The best way to deal with a childhood bully is to keep your child under Continue Reading
How to Use Experts Responsibly
Knowing things is useful and helps us make decisions. Obviously. However, we each, individually, can’t know everything. Not only that, but what is considered correct sometimes changes over time and Continue Reading
Do You Really Think For Yourself?
Ever get frustrated with being told you only have certain options that are government approved? Here is a meme to express myself about that. Thanks to my daughter, who is now several years older than Continue Reading
Skipping the Graduation Ceremony Without Guilt
My husband and I have decided not to go to another graduation ceremony. We have no guilt about this. We really wonder why it took us so long to realize we had this option. We will happily attend Continue Reading
Decentralized Parenting or How Parenting is Like Economics
Just like in politics, parenting has it's parties. One party says keep the children institutionalized with psuedo-parents for most waking hours. Don't let the birth parents have too much influence Continue Reading
Making Decisions About Letting Your Kids Play with Neighbor Kids
Every responsible parent faces this sooner or later: How do you decide about letting your children play with less disciplined children? It's not that we expect perfection. There were days when I Continue Reading
The Destructive American Tradition of Fundraising
Where did this preoccupation with fundraising get started? It's not that I have any problem with giving or sharing. But the barrage of people asking for donations is astounding. When did it become Continue Reading
