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What Makes a Memorable Mom? Moms sticking up for Moms!

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:44:59 +0000

It’s a mom who doesn’t do everything right all the time. It’s feeling guilty about how she talked to her kids. It’s wishing she could just ‘get away’ sometimes. It’s wishing she parented better than her mom did. It’s praying that her children get through tough stages. It’s second-guessing if her ‘gut’ instincts are right. It’s understanding that making mistakes is [...]

Mother’s Day Photo Contest ENTER TO WIN!

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:41:34 +0000

In celebration of Mother’s Day, we’d love for you to post a photo of your Mom on The Parenting Doctor’s Facebook page. Tell us in the post what you love about her, why she is special, or how she made a difference in your life. All submissions will be entered into a drawing to win [...]

What happened to Amanda Beard, Olympic medalist at age 14?

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:01:16 +0000

She didn’t know how to deal with the way she was feeling! Most of us will never experience the thrill of winning an Olympic medal, but we all can imagine we’d be on-top-of-the-world with excitement if we did win! So why then did Amanda Beard reveal to the world in her newly released book, “In the [...]

Hunger Games – Talking to your Teens

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:03:18 +0000

Question: The Hunger Games is the ultimate in terrifying teens, it’s an abuse of power by adults, it’s the neglect of children, just to name a few of the awful parts of this film. But, if you take a second to think about how all this awfulness is brought to the big screen I [...]

10-Year-Old Girls Fight & One Dies… How can this happen in our back yard?

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:01:27 +0000

Of course kids fight and so do siblings at very young ages. But why? The answer is because they don’t know how to DEAL with the Way they FEEL! The recent ‘fight’ that ended in the death of Joanna Ramos in Long Beach, CA from Willard Elementary School could unfortunately happen anywhere. When kids feel mad, [...]

School’s Started BUT Kid’s Don’t Want to GO!

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:47:18 +0000

The age-old question parents’ deal with every year is why don’t my kids want to go back to school? There are lots of reasons why kids cling to their parents when being dropped off in kindergarten or 1st grade or just “say” they don’t want to go to middle school or even get tearful [...]

What do a sassy 7 yr. old, bossy 10 yr. old and a stubborn 16 yr. old have in common?

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:46:00 +0000

All of these equal a child who is aggressively trying to ask their parents’ questions. Questions like, what will my parents do if I give them an attitude with either my words or my expressions, like rolling my eyes when they ask me to do something? The good news is this behavior is normal, but the bad [...]

Why Mother’s Aren’t Fathers and Shouldn’t Be!

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:32:31 +0000

Mothers, have you ever wondered why the father of your children doesn’t seem to be watching them even though you’ve asked if he would? You walk into the family room and Dad’s watching the football on T.V. while your child has wondered off alone to the opposite side of the room. The next conversation may [...]

Making Mothering Memories

Dr. Ann — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:38:02 +0000

A recipe by: Ann Corwin, Ph.D. Ingredients… #1 Understanding how you were mothered. #2 Deciding how you want to mother? #3 Setting goals for your child’s scrapbook. #4Teach your child all the lessons you wish you would have learned. #5 Don’t be afraid to learn from your children. #6 Comfort them with boundaries and limits. [...]

Dr. Ann’s on thestir.cafemom.com blog!

Dr. Ann — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:10:49 +0000

Get Answers from Dr. Ann at http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler about Why the Super Nanny Doesn’t Help Parents and much, much more! The Stir is a cafémom.com blog where whats on mom’s minds is happening as described below… The Stir at Café Mom is where we like to imagine we’re sitting in a coffee shop with a bunch of our [...]