Parenting Advice Blog

“The Bicycle Thief” September 30th, 2009 I, like every other TV critic on the planet, liked Modern Family. I even loved parts of it. But I was one of the few who expressed some trepidation at what the show was going to look like in the weeks ahead. So much of the episode was derived from the amazing final scene, one where everything came together in a bit of epic coming timing, and I wasn’t sure how the individual stories could live up to that moment. For me, “The Bicycle Thief” leans

Filed under: Parenting News | No Comments »

Do you have an unhappy, uncooperative child who has you feeling completely frustrated and overwhelmed as a parent? Does the Behavior of a 3 year old , or any toddler in fact drive you a bit crazy at times? If so, don’t worry. You are not alone. There are many many many frustrated parents of toddlers, 3 year olds, 4 year olds and older. The reason they are frustrated is that they do not know how to make positive changes in their child’s behavior. They have tried, but their techniques are not

Filed under: Parenting News | No Comments »

Recently a correspondent for the Herald Sun , an Australian newspaper, sat down with four teens and asked them to share what really matters to them? As you can imagine, the teens had quite a lot to say on a wide variety of topics ranging from generational stereotypes to social networking, video games & family life. Here are a few of the notable quotes from the article, We’re Gen Y and We Care .You can read the entire transcript of the interviews over on the Herald Sun Opinion >

Filed under: Parenting News | No Comments »

All children are going to throw a fit at some point or another. As a parent, it is just something you need to learn how to handle, even if they do it in public and embarrass you to death! So what can parents do to stop the Tantrums 3 Year Old s throw? Let’s not stop there….lets also talk about how to handle temper tantrums thrown by children of all ages? Is there an answer to this question? Yes, there is. If you are the parent of a difficult toddler who throws temper tantrums, whines, crie

Filed under: Parenting News | No Comments »

( Westword ) Rob and Jessica Corry aren’t normal Republicans, but the Corrys did spend time last weekend as NORML Republicans at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’s 38th annual conference in San Francisco. Rob, a Denver attorney who specializes in marijuana cases, and Jessica, a public-policy analyst with the right-wing Independence Institute, were there to encourage other Republicans to end the laws that make marijuana illegal and to discuss pot, parenting and morals in

Filed under: Parenting News | No Comments »