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Common Parenting Mistakes, or Acts of Well-Intentioned Desperation
Among the most common of parenting mistakes is not limiting screen time no matter how desperate you are to take a shower or use the bathroom. (Photo: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash) I recently came across...
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Parenting Overrated? Let Me Count the Many Cons … and One Big Pro
(Photo: dreamsjung on Foter.com / CC BY-SA) I once complained online about the daily balance parents are forced to strike between their kids’ lives and their own. A fellow parent responded succinctly:...
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Crying It Out, for Crying Out Loud, is Only Torture for Sleepless Parents
My son hit the 11-week mark yesterday. The bigger news is that he hit the 13-pound mark a few weeks ago. At that weight, our pediatrician said, the boy would be perfectly capable of sleeping through...
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Rubber Band Helps this Dad Snap Back into Loving Parental Mode
I’m not one for jewelry. I don’t wear a necklace, and I definitely don’t wear any bracelets. I don’t wear a watch, or a Fitbit; I never even wore a LiveStrong band. I keep it simple. Beauty like this...
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Parenting Fails Can Sometimes Be Wins for You and Your Kids
I’m not that great of a parent. But sometimes my bad parenting actually works out. Some of my parenting fails are actually kind of wins! I made a list of things I do wrong as a parent that actually...
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Back To School Days Brings Parent Worries Beyond Readin’, ‘Riting, New Math
This weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, and that means the season of returning back to school has begun. You’re probably knee-deep in it already, as New York City is kind of late to the game...
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Bath Time for Little Kids is a Filthy Business
I hate giving my kid a bath. To start with, baths are nasty. Women may find them relaxing, but the things that make a bath relaxing – i.e. candles; bubbles; not having a penis floating limply in front...
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Curse of When Your Kid Starts Using Swear Words
Over the weekend, my son unleashed his first swear word. The chosen curse was “bitch!” And as far as my wife and I could tell, he didn’t direct it at anyone. He just kind of said it. And it was pretty...
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Lying Comes Easy to Children, Easier to Their Parents
No matter how hard you stress the importance of honesty, kids will still lie. It’s human nature. My kid isn’t even 3 and I’ve already seen it happening. I’m not always sure that’s he truly lying about...
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Sharing Bed with Your Child Great If You Don’t Need the Sleep
So we did it. We finally got ourselves a king-size mattress. Unfortunately, we also got ourselves a kid. My son was always a good sleeper. We cried it out, he got the point, and from a few months in,...
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