Have One Child or Many, Just Don’t Plan on Getting What You Expect

June 18, 2013 By 2 Comments

Whether you choose to have one child or many, the children you end up with, and your willingness to embrace them no matter how they differ from the children you expected, will be the most important outcomes of your childbearing decisions.

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Because He Cleans the Shower Drain: A Father’s Day Tribute

June 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Sometimes I fall into the trap of believing that I already do everything anyway, that the minutiae in my head and the chores that I do on auto-pilot and the ways I most naturally interact with my kids are clearly the only minutiae and chores and interactions that matter. But they’re not.

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Instead of Judging Our Fellow Parents, How About Offering Empathy & Respect?

June 10, 2013 By 7 Comments
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Parents love to judge each other for all kinds of perceived failures. Here are some common ways in which parents judge other parents harshly—and suggestions for replacing judgment with empathy and respect.

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