Posted on April 17, 2015
“Our awards program recognizes only top-quality products that are innovative, reliable and educational,” says Julie Kertes, General Manager of NAPPA, the National Parenting Publication Awards. “A product that bears the NAPPA seal is a product that parents can trust.” Last week we received word that The “Perfect” Parent was honored with NAPPA Gold Award for Parenting Resources/Education. It was a humbling experience, considering the criteria NAPPA uses to award its Gold, Silver and Bronze honors. More than a seal of…
Posted on April 13, 2015
Did you ever go to a class or summer camp that was not just a fun experience but one that truly changed your outlook on life? Did you ever have a travel adventure that still influences the way you see things? For me, that happened at age 8, when I visited an orphanage in India during a summer vacation with my cousins. It was the very first time that I truly understood the effect of empathy. It was the very…
Posted on April 6, 2015
Last year I purchased the coolest looking toaster I’d ever seen—the Magimix. Loaded with super-fancy features and frills, my toaster toasts both bread and bagels to perfection. Last night, Navin, my electronically savvy 24–year-old son—needing a carb boost before his workout—decided to slip in a second piece of bread while the first one was toasting. Much to his dismay, it ended in the wrong slot, right on top of the heating coil. Within seconds, we had a tiny, smelly…
Posted on March 30, 2015
Many parents have survived that dreaded call from the school alerting them to something their child did that they wouldn’t approve of. Whether it was stealing another student’s pencil, talking too much in class, or picking a fight with another child on the playground, there are moments where you just want to throw up your hands and wonder where you went wrong. While these might seem minor, there are some parents who have also received the “cheating” call. When you…
Posted on March 23, 2015
Kids will be kids. They are going to fight and push the limits. That’s what they are supposed to do. It’s how they learn and grow. Didn’t we do that to our parents? Didn’t we mentally and emotionally ambush them sometimes? That’s life. We go through the emotion commotion because we have expectations. We expect our kids to behave well all the time. But that is our shortcoming, not theirs. For their part, our kids expect only love and happiness from us….
“We’re excited that The ‘Perfect’ Parent is joining this year’s list of award-winning products,” says Julie Kertes, NAPPA General Manager.