Category Archives: attachment parenting
Hoping to Adjust
Each week I watch my son through the two-way mirror at his gymnastics class. I watch him smile, have fun and try and get other people to smile. I watch him and hope… I hope the teacher doesn’t label him. I hope she sees his gentle soul. I hope she sees he is trying his (…) MORE »
Hairs and Tears
How did you possibly think you could do this? Of course this was going to go wrong. Why must you always think you can do everything yourself? There’s a reason why other people get paid to do this. Your punishment is a crying child with hairs in his mouth and a weird-ass haircut (gavel banging). (…) MORE »
An Honest Mom on Judging Other Parents
I met a friend for beer the other night. It felt pretty momentous. She was the friend I vaguely referenced in an earlier blog post with whom I’d had a schism. Our schism was about our children, and our different styles of raising them. And after a couple of emotional conversations, several weeks of emails (…) MORE »
An Honest Mom on Discipline
If sleep was our million dollar question when we had an infant, discipline is the biggie now that we have a toddler. Since my initial love affair with time-outs in this post, I’ve decided that I want more options in my toolbox, and I’ve been trying other things I’ve been learning from reading the discipline (…) MORE »
An Honest Mom on “The Perfect Parent”
We’ve all seen the “perfect parent performance” before. Here’s why it drives me bonkers and how I’m trying to break the mold.
