When you bribe your child, you condition their behavior: do this and you’ll get that. There are the obvious bribes like “be a good boy and we’ll go for ice cream.” In this case you are conditioning their behavior with the promise of food. And then there are the not so obvious bribes, yet they…

When I talk to other moms, whether expressed or alluded to, balance tends to be part of the conversation. As we are nearing the end of the school year, not one or two, but several moms have said to me ‘I can’t wait for school to be over, it’s just easier when school is out.’…

There are times when I lose my patience with Caidin and I absolutely do not like it. In my meditation this weekend, I decided to focus on understanding this dynamic. I was reminded of the old adage, ‘If you ask for patience, you aren’t given patience; you’re given many opportunities to develop patience.’ It’s true,…

Several months back Caidin was repeatedly getting in trouble in school. Not capital ‘T’ trouble, mind you, but he was being asked to leave meeting or being spoken to by at least one teacher every day. He would get in the car and have that hangdog mopey look that I knew meant the day didn’t…

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