Raising strong willed children is often about dealing with a set of emotional cards at a young age that the child is not able to handle. Many of them feel instantly upset, rebellious, are extremely prideful yet get their feelings hurt easily, and feel emotions whether positive neutral or negative at an inflated sense. >> more

When we are in the midst of the struggle of providing the best for our children it is difficult to see the world of disconnect we are often creating. It is commonplace to feel guilty for out lack of time together and make up for it in the way of gifts and things.   >> more

Suffice it to say that for any person who has been a parent for more than a year, the routines of raising children get boring. This is one of the facts of parenthood that other parents try to hide from you before you have kids – just to ensure you don’t change your mind.  >> more

Obviously, when children are young cleaning a room can be done to Barney or Mickey Mouse songs and it is a fairly easy feat to accomplish. But no matter how retentive they are when they are young as soon as they become tweenies; few care about their room.  >> more

There is always some kid in their grade who either through negligible parents, too much TV, older siblings or the internet has already learned the dirty little details of love making.  >> more

Many do it for love and others do it unwittingly and accidentally perpetuated by an unexplainable destiny of sorts. No matter what the reason, starting a family doesn’t just begin a new chapter in life; it is preface for a new book altogether!  >> more

Twins mean doing everything twice. But one of the bonuses to having twins is that you are able to save a lot of time by combining discipline techniques and discussions into one big family conversation.  >> more

Helping children follow their dreams really takes two qualities. The first is openness. Remaining open to possibility in life and believing that your child can in fact be successful whether they play sports, video games, instruments or dream up inspiring stories about knights and fairies.  >> more

No one warns you about the commitment of motherhood and that you are bound to feel like you are being held hostage. No one admits that there are some days mothers don’t really love their children or their life the way they should.  >> more

Many mothers they are married but raising the kids alone so that Dad can work outside of the home and make a living. This arrangement often and unfortunately causes a gap between dad and the kids that seems to be always bridged by mom.  >> more

Buying your daughter her first bra ranks right up there with sending them off to school for the first time – you don’t want to do it; but you have to!  >> more

What no one can understand unless they are a mother themselves is that sometimes smelling your baby’s hair is enough to make your body have a positive shift in endorphins.  >> more

Parenting twins is definitely unlike any other form of parenting. It calls for a strong will, resistance to guilt and the ability to throw away the books on standard parenting and child rearing.  >> more

All parents believe that their kid is better than your kid; and they also believe whole heartedly that their parenting style is “the way to go” and rarely are able to find fault in it or be willing to change it.  >> more

Parenting the middle child does not take any special resource or therapy to do well. Thinking about middle child syndrome only perpetuates it and parents need to realize that most of their personality traits and emotions were fairly inherent before the third kid came around.  >> more