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Truth in Parenting
Tearing your hair out over lack of sleep, daycare decisions, homework enforcement, or what to do with the toddler tantrum? Want to feel better about your own tantrum as you try and manage it all? Read my Truth in Parenting blog for evidence-based reassurance (The Art and Science of . . . ), my own True Mom Confessions, and get a sneak peek of what my book offers with Autonomy-Supportive Parenting Diaries. Not sure where to start? Try here.
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COVID Diaries: Mom Needs a Break
Caring for them is not the same as loving them. I love them constantly and unconditionally (obviously). I do not want to care for them constantly and unconditionally. For those of you reading who are thinking, “what do you think you signed up for when you decided to have kids?” First, if you are reading this blog and asking this question, please email me – how did I find you? Second, there are a lot of parts of parenting that are impossible to realize beforehand. It is not an “informed consent” situation in many respects, but most of all, parenting in a pandemic is on no list anywhere.
Parenting In a Pandemic: A Guide, Fall Edition
Recent surveys indicating a mental health crisis due to the pandemic unfortunately support my observations and concerns, and prompted me to write a guide that offers a condensed version of what we know helps psychological health and coping.
What I Learned About Children and Parenting In A Pandemic Summer
They are living the 80s childhood of unstructured, un-adulted roaming and wandering, innovating the outdoors with whatever they already have. Bonus: It also makes them very happy.