I never heard any stories of what I had said or what I had done growing up as a child. It seemed to me after a while that our parents did not want us to know ANYTHING about any personal aspect of... Read more >>

When I was five years old, my mom was pregnant with my sister, Sandra. I was the only child at the time and didn’t see why my parents felt a need to have other children. All this at the age of... Read more >>

A two-year-old steals a toy from another kid. His mom, an average-sized thirty-one-year-old woman, moves in to take the toy from her child and return it to its rightful owner. A tug of war... Read more >>

Tired of the tantrums, the constant fighting, and the sick feeling in the pit of your stomach after you’ve yelled at your child? You’re not alone. Emotion coaching is the path to raising... Read more >>

If you are a busy mother, you know how difficult it is to get time alone. Time to replenish and restore yourself—body, mind, and spirit. Time to revel in peaceful quiet, to sit and relax, even... Read more >>

1. If given enough time, a teacher can actually forget you’re there. Ms. Cook sent me there four times in a row; by the fourth time, because of her forgetfulness, I almost missed lunch. 2. You... Read more >>

I hear Eric’s incessant screams: “momm-mee!” from across the house. I cannot ignore them. I cannot react. I just want to make it stop. I need to wait him out but he will not stop screaming for me.... Read more >>