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“Stop Interrupting!”
Are your conversations frequently interrupted by kids? Are you often correcting: “stop interrupting me” or “how many times have I told you blah, blah, blah”? Welcome to parenthood. This is a phase...
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The Myth of the Perfect Parent
At your request, dear readers, I am writing to let you know that I am not a perfect parent. Gasp. You ask repeatedly if I ever make mistakes, or raise my voice, or am at a loss for an appropriate...
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Dear Village,
In The Myth of the Perfect Parent, I encouraged readers to start rebuilding the “parenting village”. Why? Our kids benefit when we pull from our resources (books, friends, parents, teachers, parenting...
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8 Tips for a Successful Road Trip
What makes a road trip unbearable and what makes one pleasant? Do we as parents have any control over the outcome, or are we just subject to our children’s whims and outbursts? If you are a regular...
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The Trouble with Time Out
One thing I’ve learned while being a parent is that there is not just one perfect way or one single solution to a parenting problem. All of the absolutist ideas that I had about parenting, before...
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Time Out Done Well
In The Trouble with Time Out, I wrote how time out is seldom the most effective means to correct inappropriate behavior. That being said, there is a time and place for separating a child from a...
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The Never Ending Goodnight
Sleep issues can be one of the most disheartening among normal developmental “stuff”. Kids often experience some sort of sleep disruption during the course of their development, especially infants and...
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Is “Goodnight” Still Taking All Night?
After shocking some of you recently with my suggestion to set limits and be consistent – okay, maybe it was the notion of your sweet kid sleeping on the bathroom floor (GASP!) that ruffled your...
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Lowering the Child’s Bedroom
Your application of the many tips in the Quiet Night, Happy Night series will be most successful if you first consider the bedroom. These excerpts were originally from Kid-Friendly Bedroom, which was...
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Sleeping Around
I stumbled upon a video today on Juice Box Jungle that relates to the current bedtime series: Quiet Night, Happy Night. Take 2 minutes to check it out and then come back to write your comments. Your...
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Is Separation Anxiety Causing Unrest?
Separation anxiety is relatively predictable and recognizable in young ones but can catch you by surprise in older children. Young or old, it can cause great unrest during the night, whether it is...
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Calm Yourself to Calm Your Kids
Ever wonder why your kids seem to flip out on days that are already stressful? It can feel spiteful. Like they are out to get you. But in those glorious moments of sanity, we know that’s not the case....
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Bedtime Breathing
Here is a fun exercise that your kids will love! You might too. Bedtime Breathing by the Sleep Fairy Teach your child the value of controlled, slow breathing. It’s an easy relaxation technique they’ll...
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. . . and everything changes
Having a baby changes everything. Even your politics, says the National Science Foundation. Apparently moms become more left-leaning while dads tend more to the right. As if there weren’t enough built...
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We’ve Moved!!!
Over the weekend Child Perspective moved to its new virtual home. The address will still look the same to you, but you might need to update your RSS feed, caches, and bookmarks (depending on how you...
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