Common Parenting Mistakes, or Acts of Well-Intentioned Desperation
Common among parenting mistakes is giving too many choices. When I was growing up, my parents gave me one choice: sit down…
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‘I’m Sorry’ Teaches Your Kids You Promise to Do Better By Them
Saying I’m sorry to my family whenever I screw up is one aspect of my parenting and married life that I feel…
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My Kid’s Failing School: Punishment or Understanding Needed?
When the grades came in, I realized my kid's failing school and started into the classic Five Stages of Parental Freaking Out.
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Lesson in Grace From Young Son to Weary Father
Kids give us a grace that we parents don’t often deserve in our weakest moments, yet they do. Be grateful for that…
Read More →Moving Beyond “Perfectionism” as a Parent
It’s pretty common for parents to maintain “I want X to be better for my kid than it was for me” as…
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Sorry, Mom, for All the Many Mistakes I Made in My Childhood
I need to atone for some things. So sorry, Mom: I hope that by apologizing for my crazy kid mistakes will buy…
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