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I am the mother of three children, ages two through nine years. I have great kids, but they often do not listen to what...

Time, Limits and Caring are what I call the holy trinity of childcare. Here, you'll learn the importance of limits, and start to get...

I recently read a post in which a mother expressed concern about her son's problem behavior in kindergarten, which included getting in trouble with...

This morning, as my husband, Henry, was talking on the phone, our youngest child Madison kept interrupting him with urgent questions like, "Daddy, where's...

If there is one word that is associated with indulgent child rearing, it is spoiled. We've all seen kids who are spoiled. There's a...

At a parent workshop, one mother had a long list of complaints about her children that included the following: "They don't help around the...

My nine-year-old stepson is a chatterbox. It seems that he likes the sound of his own voice. He is an honor roll student but...

In Lesson Two you explored why you may be indulging your kids, and practiced setting some real limits by modifying one of your child's...

Today's parents are doing a great job. Compared to earlier generations, we are emotionally closer to our kids, they confide in us more, we...