Posts by Laura Huntzinger
Homework Blues
By Laura Huntzinger on November 17, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on November 17, 2008
Seeing Things The Way They Are
By Laura Huntzinger on October 20, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on October 20, 2008
Reinforcement is NOT Bribery
By Laura Huntzinger on October 17, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on October 17, 2008
Think Yourself Thin-You’re Kidding, Right?
By Laura Huntzinger on October 13, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on October 13, 2008
Choosing a Good Rocking Chair
By Laura Huntzinger on October 6, 2008
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. {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on October 6, 2008
Help Your Kids Switch Gears Smoothly
By Laura Huntzinger on September 17, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on September 17, 2008
The Sharing Table
By Laura Huntzinger on September 12, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on September 12, 2008
My Super-Power: Mom-Hearing
By Laura Huntzinger on August 14, 2008
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 {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on August 14, 2008
Have DVD Player, Will Travel
By Laura Huntzinger on July 29, 2008
No summer would be complete without the ubiquitous family road trip. Every summer of my youth included piling into the car for trips to the lake, grandma’s house or some obscure national park. These car trips consisted of large amounts of boredom, {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on July 29, 2008
Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
By Laura Huntzinger on July 25, 2008
There is a simple thing that I have seen missing in many parents: Meaning what you say. It sounds easy, but as parents it is surprisingly easy to say things that we don’t mean. Problem is, this teaches our children things we don’t want them to know.
Empty {read more}
By Laura Huntzinger on July 25, 2008
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