I was forewarned that parenting would become my hardest job for the next 18 years—people said, “You’ll never sleep again,” and, “Say…
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Cops
Police officers are not here to scare your child out of a tantrum or threaten to place them in cuffs for not turning in their homework.
Is it OK to Spank Your Kids?
As many as 80 percent of parents around the world spank their children. But 50 years of research now shows spanking kids does way more harm than good.
Spying on Your Kids
Monitoring children has been a hotly contested topic in recent years with the introduction of apps and software that let parents keep tabs on, well, everything their child does. Some classify this as parenting; others (like myself) look at it as an invasion of privacy that might actually do more harm than good.
The Kids Are All Right (So Stop the Mommy Guilt)
Stop stressing working moms. Your littles might actually be better than OK.
Should You Let Your Kids Play Football?
Former Dallas Cowboy Chad Hennings tells us why he believes the game of football is safer today than it has ever been.
Error of Entitlement
Jim Fay, co-author of From Innocence to Entitlement: A Love and Logic Cure for the Tragedy of Entitlement, observes that entitlement is a growing epidemic in our culture.
Blocking Out The Bottle
According to a poll of DallasChild readers, the majority of parents do occasionally consume alcohol around their kids, and most are honest with their children regarding the contents of their glasses.
Other People’s Children
I learned this lesson long ago but sometimes I forget. I am not good with other people’s children. When my…
Home Alone(!)
Back-to-school takes on a whole new meaning for me this year. Staring down a daily schedule of 1, 2 and…
Christmas in September
I love the smell of paste in the morning. I love the scrunchy sound of the lunchbox Velcro giving way…
Call Me (Just Not Right Now)
Before you dial, ask yourself: Who are you calling? If the answer is a mother, then what time are you calling? Is it naptime, dinnertime or bedtime (or, worse, whine time)?
Give Me a (Spring) Break
Unlike my carefree college days when spring break meant buying a new bikini and piling into a hotel room with six girlfriends, this seasonal tradition now revolves around spill-proof pants, DVD players and Dramamine.
Almost 13
The following are a list of goals my son set for himself not long ago: 1) Get Star Wars movies…
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