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If I Hadn’t Spanked my Kids, They Might be Geniuses
Oh, wait. They are. Nevermind. You just knew I’d be all over this one, right? In case you have missed it (like, you’ve been up to your eyeballs in kids and laundry and work and haven’t read the paper or the internet this weekend), a guy named Dr. Murray Straus has just published one article, [...]
Top Five Ways to Stop a Tantrum
Kids have tantrums. They aren’t any fun, at least for the mom. They are embarrassing, socially isolating, and they can give you a splitting headache. A child throwing a tantrum is the star, director and producer of a drama orchestrated for, by, and entirely around, himself. The only reason they do it, of course, is [...]
In Support of Madlyn Primoff
Madlyn Primoff, in case you’ve been in a coma for the past few days, is the 45 year old Manhattan attorney who had had it with her daughters bickering in the car, pulled over, and shooed them out. She’s facing criminal charges of child endangerment. And she’s been banned from having contact with the children. [...]
I Excel at Allowance
There have been a bunch of posts recently in the mom-blogosphere discussing allowance and chores. As if the two were related. At all. Those (four) of you who read my blog regularly know my position on chores. It is, quite simply: YES. I wholeheartedly believe in chores. EVERYONE in the household has a job to [...]
Crotchety Old Men (Sunday Rehash)
Every parent who has been out of the house with her children has run into a Crotchety Old Man (COM). These are the retirees who are so old that they don’t remember what it was like to be a parent, let alone a kid.
The “Now, Johnny” Syndrome
The “Now, Johnny” Syndrome is affectionately named for an eight-year old who picked a fight with a plate-glass window while I was in medical school.
He was okay. He only had minor, surface lacerations. Which is how I got stuck with Johnny. If he had been more badly injured, he would have gone upstairs to surgery, where they would have sedated him FIRST THING. But, since my surgery resident was really, really busy sewing up a guy who got knifed in a fight, and then the guy who knifed the first guy, and then the guy who shot the second guy, Johnny was mine.
Corporeal Punishment? Is that a Yes/No Question?
Corporeal punishment isn’t a yes/no question. Draconian punishment, however, isn’t a question at all.
