When a parent complains to Wendy Mogul, about his/her child's "awful teacher," she says she responds with this:
"Great! He'll learn a whole new set of coping skills dealing with her, skills he'll need on the job and in marriage."
She then adds, "Your child's teacher spends nearly as many hours during the week with your child as you do. While you are the export on your own Nora or Eli,...
Thanksgiving Day was a really big deal growing up in my house. By the time I woke up in the morning, my Mom was already busy cooking. As I walked down the stairs, I could smell the pumpkin pie baking in the oven. My mom would be busy in the kitchen, cutting up a fresh loaf of bread for stuffing while I ate my breakfast. After the stuffing was made, she...
There are times in life when you just have to wait patiently for things to change. I realize this is a difficult lesson for us to learn (myself included) since we instinctively desire to control our universe as much as possible. We see a situation that needs to change and we want change now! But what if it is someone else that needs to do the changing? How much control do...
I was standing in line to pay for my purchase at the mall when my cell phone rang. Let me digress for a moment and share that I had just found an amazing dress that fit perfectly for only 23.00! Every girlfriend knows it feels when you find a great bargain— it always puts you in...
While exercising at the gym last week, I caught a segment on the Today Show about Mompetition. What’s a Mompetition, you say? Well, I am sure you have seen this phenomenon before— you just didn’t have a name to attach to it. Have you ever seen a mom bragging about her child’s athletic prowess and another mother joining in to compete? Or have you ever heard two moms gloating...
Are you guilty of trying to fix everything around you? Come on— fess up… You want everything to be great for everyone. You want your husband to be happy and your relationship thriving, your kids to be doing great and your friends to be finding bliss in their lives. And if this is not happening, you will go OUT OF YOUR WAY to make this happen. Because, lets face it, you...
This is a reprint of a guest blog Carol Fishman Cohen wrote for Working Mother.
In the wave of reaction to Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the focus has been primarily on the kids and whether the Chinese parenting methods described could be considered child abuse. What has not been discussed is that Asian-style intensive parenting falls...
