There are two situations close to me where a parent is limiting the other parent’s access to a child. One set of parents is American, and the other is European – so it happens everywhere. In both instances, the parents doing the limiting are the mothers. But […]
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Our “Terrible Twos” May’ve Been Worse Than We Think
My friends have a fabulous toddler. He runs up and down the hall just for the joy of running. He revels in getting a spoon of food to his mouth. He shoves sounds together into sentences and beams at his own success. He hasn’t figured […]
I Let My Sons Firewalk And This Is What Happened
The first time my nine-year-old son firewalked, he came off the twelve-foot bed of burning coals and shouted, “It wasn’t even hot! It felt like oatmeal!” And then he ran with his little brother to get back in line to do it again, as if […]
