The Secret of Parenting

A friend of mine recently recommended The Secret of Parenting by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.  She was searching for parenting techniques that don’t use punishment, and this book was recommended to her. While not the Holy Grail of parenting books, it gave me some interesting new concepts to think about and another tool in my [...]

Changing Parenting Roles

This week’s topic in www.FiveMinuteLifeLessons.com was about personal hygiene.  As parents we know that it is ultimately up to us to make sure our children are clean and well groomed.  It is up to us to teach them good grooming techniques and try to instill them as habits. I have to admit that this is [...]