Posted on September 13, 2017
In the past few weeks, every time I’ve turned the TV or hopped onto social media, it seems that all I’ve seen is devastation—hurricanes in Texas and Florida, a huge earthquake in Mexico. Coverage of the damage to property, both personal and public, and the havoc wreaked on families and children everywhere triggers a slew of emotions—sadness, compassion, empathy, sympathy, fear, to name just a few. While we are eager to keep up to date on current events, let’s be…
Posted on June 3, 2017
Last week, a friend sent me a link to a Twitter post by a father and author from the UK by the name of Mason Cross. In his post, he shared his 11-year- old daughter’s handwritten student feedback. This is what it said. His post got a cumulative 164,786 retweets, and 532,526 likes on social media, so his question on what his response to his daughter’s comment—“Not sure if I should ground her or buy her an ice…
Posted on May 25, 2017
(An excerpt from The Perfect Parent…) When my son was in the fourth grade, a friend shared some horror stories about her child’s experience with a certain fifth-grade teacher. Naturally, this created an impression in my mind, and alarm bells rang when I found out the following year that my son would be in this teacher’s class. Suddenly I was besieged by negative emotions and fears. But there was no other option, because there was no other class available….
Posted on May 12, 2017
As Moms, we all have to constantly be creative with how to address our children’s complaints about why they don’t have certain things others have. In this new-age era of positive psychology, child development experts strongly recommend keeping a “Gratitude Journal” as a great way to remind children to be thankful and to draw their attention to what they DO have. This helps in shifting their focus away from complaining and towards feeling grateful and GOOD about themselves. Well,…
Posted on May 1, 2017
A few weeks ago, my 26-year-old son (who helps manage our family business, which is about 5 miles from our house) stopped by to grab a quick lunch. Since he does not live at home anymore, I popped into the kitchen from my home office to spend a few treasured minutes with him. We started discussing something, and suddenly the two of us were in a verbal fender-bender, with him holding strongly onto his opinion, and me very sure about…
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