2
MAY
2022
MAY
2022
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Mom works and the kids don’t like it
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Read More →Dear Grandmothers,
Until recently I have been a stay-at-home mom with several small project-based jobs I could do online for extra money during early morning hours. A few months ago, I took on a real online part-time job because our family needs the money. I now work on my laptop at the kitchen table while I cook, while the kids do homework, etc. and time with my 6- and 8-year-old children has been severely cut. My kids are unhappy – “hating ...
1
FEB
2022
FEB
2022
Addressing lying in older children
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Pretend your son and his friend are playing basketball in the driveway. When his friend hits at long range and proceeds to celebrate, your son gets angry and hurls the ball at him. When you intervene he insists he didn’t do what you just witnessed through the window.
Now what?
When it’s obvious a child is lying, tell him that you (or another witness) saw him do what he denies. Then you must ...
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8
NOV
2018
NOV
2018
It’s time again to change the clocks – and suffer a week or more of family discombobulation. “There’s got to be a better way,” we all think, as the early-waking child seems to wake even earlier; or the cranky-before-dinner child seems to spend even more time in that unpleasant state.
Know two things:
- You’re not alone in your clock-changing dread; and
- There are ways to make it all go a little smoother.
Here are some tips to get you through the transition:
Change ...
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4
MAR
2016
MAR
2016
Handling holiday disappointments
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“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” sings Andy Williams over the PA system in Walmart – and as we pile gifts in our shopping cart we halfway believe it.
The kid riding in the cart, eyeing the decorated artificial trees and the life-sized cardboard Santas and the aisles and aisles of toys sincerely believes it.
His favorite TV shows, his nursery school teachers, the Santa on whose lap he sat last week at the shopping mall, his older siblings and ...
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25
DEC
2014
DEC
2014
What quality would we Grandmothers most ardently wish for you parents of young children in this final, bustling season of the year?
Well OK, you didn’t ask, but we’re going to tell you anyway. Not patience, not insight, not mediation skills, not tolerance for mud and messes, not the ability to survive your busy day on three hours of sleep, not immunity to childhood illnesses, but delight. Delight in your children.
At this time of year you’ve doubtless had many opportunities to observe ...
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DEC
2013
DEC
2013
