All posts tagged "discipline"
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Valerie Williams | February 10, 2015
Parenting Is Twice As Hard When You Can No Longer Speak In Code Around Your Kids
When my kids were babies and toddlers, I got so excited over
Aimee Ogden | February 5, 2015You Can’t Teach A Child To Respect You By Not Respecting Her Privacy
I find it hard to believe that a stance like "you must ask permission anytime you want to...
Megan Zander | February 4, 2015Passive Aggressive School Sends Dress Code Violators Home Without Coats In Winter
Instead of making kids cover up, they sent kids home without coats for violating the school dress...
Cassandra Stone | December 28, 2014This Return Receipt Proves These Parents Took That Whole ‘Naughty List’ Thing To The Next Level
Anyone who’s ever suffered through the torture of working in retail knows that Black Friday is only the...
Maria Guido | December 16, 2014Mom Fakes Threatening Note From Santa To Make Her Daughter Fall In Line
We've been trying to get better behavior out of kids by threatening them with Santa for years. One...
Theresa Edwards | September 15, 2014Douchebag Dad Publicly Shames His 4-Year-Old For Doing 4-Year-Old Stuff
For the love of all things that are good and holy, can we please, please, please stop making...
Valerie Williams | August 30, 2014A ‘Stern Talk’ Is Not Enough Discipline For A Homicidal 10-Year Old
I am legitimately flabbergasted by this entire story but in particular, the part about how his parents handled...
Maria Guido | July 31, 2014First Grader Doodles On Desk, Awful Teacher Forces Her To Sit On Floor For Weeks
I always try to see a teacher's side when a news story surfaces about an alleged infraction he...
Valerie Williams | July 26, 2014My Kids Do Not Play With Tablets And It’s Not For The Reason You Might Think
My children are close in age- only 20 months apart. They do most everything together and are jolly,...
Valerie Williams | July 20, 2014Detoxing My Kids After Vacation In 8 Easy Steps
My kids are currently zoned out on the TV while I write and I sit here twitching knowing...
Maria Guido | June 12, 2014This Kid Should Not Be Removed From His Home For Twirling His Pencil ‘Like A Gun’
New Jersey's Department of Children and Families is threatening to remove a child from his home because of...
Bethany Ramos | June 6, 2014Don’t Spank Your Kid Just Because Your Parents Spanked You
There’s something that rubs me the wrong way about parents who do something “just because their parents did.”...
Maria Guido | March 5, 2014British Teacher Exhibits Collosally Bad Judgment By Taping Students’ Mouths Shut, Also Wastes Tape
What do you do when you are overwhelmed with a class full of students who won't stop giggling?...
Maria Guido | March 3, 2014The Crazy Mom Screaming In Target Doesn’t Seem So Crazy Anymore
My first child is three-years-old. I thought for sure by now I would have "the look" down. I...