parenting
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How Do I Strengthen My Relationship With My Adult Children?
This is the Parental Advisory advice column, where we tackle your most pressing parenting dilemmas, one tantrum at a time. Email your kid-rearing questions to [email protected] with “Parental Advisory” in the subject line.
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How to Be a More ‘Gentle’ Parent (and What It Really Means)
When I wrote last week about considering whether it’s time to change our parenting styles as we emerge from the pandemic, one reader reached out to ask me if I’d ever heard of gentle parenting. I did not think I had, but it sure sounded nice, so I decided to dive into the topic. I…
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How to Teach Kids Not to Be ‘Too’ Honest (and Why You Should)
Little kids have this way of being brutally honest in all facets of their life (that is, when they’re not telling an obvious lie about eating all the cupcakes, even as their face is smeared with icing). Many young children prize honesty and, when they’re still too young to understand how their words might hurt,…
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10 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Becoming a Parent
Raising a child is full of surprises. No matter how many books, parenting forums, and articles you read, the truth is that nothing can completely prepare you for it. After become a parent, though, I now have the gift of hindsight, so here’s what I would say if I could go back to before my…