After 12 years as a parent, this is the biggest lesson I have learned. My most important piece of parenting advice has completely transformed our home and the relationships within it.
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This one shift helped me get more done with kids underfoot. And it brought us all together in better ways.
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“Did you brush your teeth?” I asked my daughter. “Yes,” she said in a flash. But she didn’t look me in the eyes, and I knew. I asked her to open her mouth, and I could practically see her dinner crawling all across her teeth. “Why did you lie to me?” I accused. “I didn’t!”
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I said no. And then she was clenching her fists. Her eyes were squeezed so tightly I couldn’t see her eyelashes. Her shoulders were raised so high they were assaulting her ears. And from her mouth, an impressively-pitched staccato sound was escaping bit by bit. I had seen this before, and it never ended well.
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My youngest child was sick and failed to thrive for the first year of his life. It was the most challenging time of my life, as answers were elusive and progress was hard to catch. And all the while, my baby suffered. During that year, I learned an awful lot about empathy. Never before did
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Here’s the thing. I have found that as kids get older, there are fewer reasons and opportunities for snuggling and hugging and giving kisses. I mean, the opportunities are there, but they aren’t as obvious. When you have a baby, you’re constantly holding and snuggling. The baby needs you all up in his business at
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When she was little, she jumped off a car and broke her leg. She got around by scooting on her bum (and wore out the seat of her pants in the process!). Her mom put her in a wagon to walk her to school, and once at school, she had to stay in her seat
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When babies are small, there is so much physical work to be done. Feeding, changing, dressing, wiping, washing. It’s exhausting, for sure. But the flip side is that the job naturally lends itself to a sweet reward that comes in the form of quiet physical moments. The changing brings eye contact and babbling, the feeding
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The H.A.L.T. acronym helped me understand my son just needed a little attention and love during a rough shopping trip.
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