Laura Huntzinger
Homework Blues
School has started and I have a first grader! He seems to be loving it, but I'm having a hard time with him being gone so long. I miss him! Kindergarten was just right for me, why can't they stay in kindergarten forever? As I quietly mourn the loss of my baby, I am also [...]
Seeing Things The Way They Are
The first part of bedtime in our house is "clean up time," otherwise known as "shovel out from the chaos just enough so that it looks livable." Tonight I was busily prodding my children along to pick up their toys, and I asked my son to take a bag to my room. On his way, [...]
Reinforcement is NOT Bribery
Lately I have heard a few parents talking about how rewarding kids for good behavior is "bribing," and their kids, even toddlers, should behave because they are just supposed to. So, let's talk about bribing.
Bribery is getting someone to do something they shouldn't by offering an incentive. A reward is getting something for what you [...]
Think Yourself Thin-You're Kidding, Right?
Can you actually think yourself thinner?
I know, I know, I hear you–if it was that simple we'd all be in size 2 skinny jeans by now. And I'm not talking about hypnosis or cds you play while you sleep either. A recent study by scientists at Harvard University showed that people could actually think themselves [...]
Choosing a Good Rocking Chair
Few things capture the romantic image of motherhood quite like a rocking chair. Those images of nestling newborns and bedtime stories are what I think of when I want to forget how many times I've scrubbed chocolate milk out of the carpet this week. But much more than being a romantic ideal, a rocker or [...]
Help Your Kids Switch Gears Smoothly
Have you ever taken your child somewhere when they were reluctant to go, but by leaving time they don't want to go? It seems such a baffling behavior. And as most of you can attest, a surefire way to elicit whining and fussing in your kids is tell them it’s time to go when they [...]
The Sharing Table
You know that time of day when everyone goes crazy: that time of day in the evening when you are trying to make dinner and clean up and the kids are going bonkers…I call it the witching hour. Well, my witching hour usually consists of me trying frantically to cook while responding to the near-constant [...]
My Super-Power: Mom-Hearing
I have developed the ability to shut my ears off. Actually, to be completely correct, I have not lost the ability to hear, I have gained the ability to tune out so completely that it feels like I can turn off my ears, and I don't even have to use my fingers.
This was first illustrated [...]
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