Best of the Blogs — Apr. 19
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Tips on Dealing with Anger — from a 7-yr-old Boy
If you have kids, you’ve gotten angry. Felt frustrated. And quite probably yelled at your kids. (More than once.) Photo by isforinsects via Flickr If you’re an enlightened parent, the kind who is always striving to do better, who is working hard to raise kids
Homework at My House
1st grade homework project I might not be a fan of busywork-as-homework. I might even encourage parents to think long and hard about why, exactly, they want to to “make” their sons do their homework. But that doesn’t mean that I encourage my kids to
How To Get Boys to Do Homework, Part 2
Photo by Lone_F Are you tired of the homework battle? Here are some nitty-gritty tips to help you (and your son) get a grip on homework: (First, if you haven’t already, read How to Get Boys to Do Homework, Part 1) Talk to your son. Does
How to Get Boys to Do Homework, Part 1
Photo by mrsdkrebs via Flickr My boys are back to school today after a long and wonderful Spring Break. They — like many other kids — were less than enthusiastic about going back. And clearly counting the days ’til the tyranny of school is over
Why I Want My Boys to be Just Like Pa
The real Pa Ingalls I loved Little House on the Prairie when I was the kid. Loved the books, loved the TV series. I watched the TV show every week, and read and re-read the books more times than I can count. So when I
Best of the Blogs: Self-Care, Sex & Age Sixteen
Sure, I write a lot about boys. But as a mom of boys, I’m also aware of just how stressful parenting boys can be. And I’ve learned from personal experience that I have to take good care of myself if I want to take good
Are Single Parents Bad for Boys?
Are my boys doomed to failure because their father and I divorced? Some, apparently, would say yes. A 2012 New York Times article declared, “Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents” and essentially blames men’s economic woes on the fact that just “63 percent of children
Boys & Rape
Photo by sboneham When we were kids, the sex talk pretty much consisted of a basic run down of the basics -what goes where, how babies are made and what miraculous changes we could soon expect in our adolescent bodies. But increasingly, parents are realizing
Spring Gardening
This is what your garden might look like If you have 4 boys And it’s early spring
Mattel, Moms & Toy Cars
Photo by jencu The headline — “Mattel Thinks Moms Need Help Playing with Hot Wheels” — drew me in. So did some of the comments, both within the article and elsewhere online. One mom said she found the concept “insulting,” while another mom wrote, “But
Mattel, Moms & Toy Cars
Photo by jencu The headline — “Mattel Thinks Moms Need Help Playing with Hot Wheels” — drew me in. So did some of the comments, both within the article and elsewhere online. One mom said she found the concept “insulting,” while another mom wrote, “But