After we’d cleared out all that old crap at our garage sale last weekend (which I’ll write about once I’ve recovered), I was hoping that some new energy (money, say, or large gifts) would flow our way. What I got instead was another fight! Or The Same Old Fight! The details of which I will [...]
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What’s Behind Door #1? Anger! Fear! Anger! Fear!
OK, last one on the Code book, I promise. Now that we’ve addressed the over-parenting argument, let’s look at where it came from: your childhood! Ding, ding, ding–that’s right, you win! (Pull open door #1, Monty! What’s that? You just won a trip to the psychiatric ward?! Ha ha, me too! I’ll be seeing you [...]
Ah, The Joys of Overparenting!
Disclaimer of the day: I probably should have read all of David Code‘s To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First before I started writing about it. What an idea! So far, this is one of the best books I’ve discovered while writing this blog, and it’s helping me pull together a lot of ideas [...]
Me and Steve, The Six Million Dollar Bionic…Parents!
“Flight com, I can’t hold her! She’s breaking up! She’s breaking–” Remember that opening scene in The Six Million Dollar Man? Man, I do. I was just a kid, but that show had a huge impact on me. I mean, here was Steve Austin (played by Lee Majors) being rebuilt before my very eyes! And [...]
Kids Acting Out? Read This
Have your kids been acting out lately? Maybe your daughter has been picking fights at school or your son’s been wetting the bed. Well, according to David Code, author of To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First, your child’s behavior has more to do with the rough spots in your marriage rather than what’s [...]
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