Articles tagged: parenting advice
column: Uncommon Parenting: One thought away from finding peace and calm
Posted: Mar 09, 2011You take your spouse and two children out to dinner at a fine restaurant. One child can’t find anything on the menu he likes. The other spills milk on the table and himself. Both eat ... Read more »
Uncommon Parenting: A family ritual of celebrating 'firsts'
Posted: Mar 01, 2011Editor's Note: We are pleased to welcome Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller from Uncommon-Parenting as Community Contributors for AnnArbor.com. Moorman and Haller, internationally renowned experts on parenting communication and co-authors of "The Ten Commitments: Parenting ... Read more »
A sign of the times? More kids can use a Smartphone than tie their shoes
Posted: Jan 25, 2011A recent article posted by Great Start for child care states that more children can use a smartphone than tie their shoes. Here is the article: http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/434010_kids24.html. As I read it a small part of ... Read more »
parenting Q&A: Bedtime battles are really about short-term vs. long-term priorities
Posted: Dec 18, 2010Dear Kerry,My toddler is having so much trouble going to sleep that sometimes I have to hold her in my lap for hours. My mother-in-law says I should just let her cry it out. My ... Read more »
Play this fun animal game with restless kids
Posted: Dec 01, 2010Kids often get restless — whether it’s in a restaurant waiting on food, traveling, waiting in line, or maybe because they are all done with their food and are bored waiting for everyone else. So here ... Read more »
parenting: Fit Mommy: So, Wii Fit thinks your child is overweight ... now what?
Posted: Nov 04, 2010I have heard that Wii Fit is wonderful. Wonderful, that is, until your overweight child steps on it and the picture of them balloons up and declares them unfit. It may be true, because many ... Read more »
Parenting Q&A: Teach your child about the three pleasures of not stealing
Posted: Oct 30, 2010Dear Kerry, My 7-year-old stole an eraser shaped like a football from his classroom the other day. He never did anything like that before, but I wonder if I should worry about his behavior. I ... Read more »
Parenting Q&A: Playdate dilemma: Should older kids have to include younger siblings?
Posted: Sep 25, 2010Dear Kerry, My 3-year-old daughter always wants to play with my first-grade son and his friends when they come over. How do I help the big boys be nicer while getting my little girl to ... Read more »
Parenting q&a: Child has trouble living in two different homes
Posted: Sep 18, 2010Dear Kerry, My 8-year-old daughter has a very difficult time getting to sleep the first night she returns to our house after a week at her dad's house. She cries a little, wants lights left ... Read more »
parenting q&a: Why is my toddler so obsessed with garbage trucks?
Posted: Sep 04, 2010Dear Kerry, The other day my 10-year-old asked me why his 20-month-old younger brother is obsessed with garbage trucks. I told him that he and my other two kids had been exactly the same. One ... Read more »
Parenting Q&A: How can I help my kids with the end-of-summer blues?
Posted: Aug 28, 2010Dear Kerry, I am writing about the trouble we are having around the end of summer vacation and the beginning of school. I have 3 kids, one in elementary school, and two in middle school. ... Read more »
parenting q&A: Too tired to clean? Prioritize tasks, then try 'chore time' for the little ones
Posted: Aug 21, 2010Dear Kerry, I have two very young children (3 ½ and 18 months). My husband and I spend a whole lot of time in the evening after their bedtime, when we’re really tired, or on ... Read more »
parenting q&a: The pitfalls of praising young children
Posted: Aug 14, 2010Dear Kerry, I am a parent of young children and have read countless parenting books that often contradict one another. One of the areas in which I find myself hopelessly confused is how to utilize ... Read more »
Little girls and their pretty dresses: Teaching modesty without inducing guilt
Posted: Aug 07, 2010Dear Kerry, My little girl Frances is 4 and she loves to wear dresses, but she also loves to pull them up. I've been having a hard time wording why we keep our dresses down ... Read more »
It's my vacation too!
Posted: Jul 24, 2010Dear Kerry, My family has really been looking forward to our summer vacation, but I confess that I am kind of dreading it. Our routines are already disrupted when there’s no school and there isn’t ... Read more »
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