“We’re excited that The ‘Perfect’ Parent is joining this year’s list of award-winning products,” says Julie Kertes, NAPPA General Manager.Every time a baby is born, so is a mother. This Mother’s Day, thank the women who have loved, mentored, and mothered you; whether they are the ones who nurture their children here on earth, the ones who carry some if not all of their children in their hearts and the ones who yearn to conceive a child. Here’s to you.
TweetIn every single parenting talk or workshop, I say, “Your children will show you the way to communicate. Just listen and pay attention.” Here’s a great story from a TOG fan that exemplifies that: “My Vivaan is a very spirited boy. He wears his heart on his sleeve, but tends to have trouble listening to requests to wash hands for dinner, pee before leaving the house, get changed for school in the morning, and so on. He is always busy…
TweetWe are surrounded by mixed messages about money. Is it the lack of money that is the root of all evil or the love of money? When money is lacking, relationships suffer. Spouses bicker about expenditures and struggle to make ends meet. When money is in abundance, relationship may suffer, too. Long working hours and managing employees as well as finances can tax family life. As much as we love the comforts that money buys, we are often conflicted about…
TweetIn my book, The “Perfect” Parent, 5 Tools for Using Your Inner Perfection to Connect with Your Kids, I offer a time-tested tool, Take Five, where I encourage parents to take five minutes a day to do nothing with their children. For five minutes, pause every errand, every to-do task, every recurring thought, and just hang out with your child doing no-thing! Just be present with your kids, open, aware, and relaxed in each other’s company. Hold hands, stare into…
TweetI remember the excitement that I felt when both my kids spoke their first word: mama. My husband, needless to say, was not so happy because he had been practicing papa with them for a long time. Every time he complained, I reminded him that this was my gift, my reward for giving birth. Eventually, we were happy to hear many words from their little mouths, but two of the most gratifying in particular were thank you. Thank you is…
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