parent | momaroo Tags

Weblog » Tags » parent (all)

Michigan To Have The Country’s Toughest Child Abuse Penalties

Guest Post from Elizabeth at www.rockabyeparents.com Just over two years ago Michigan saw one of it’s worst cases of child abuse. A 4-year-old boy named Dominick Calhoun, who had accidently wet his pants, was be…
Potty Help! Potty Refusal!

Of all the frustrations in the world, potty training is one of the worst. I thought we had done well. We had our daughter trained by 2 1/2, she still had accidents a couple times a week but nothing major. We thought we…
The Freaky Things Kids Say

We all love to talk about our babies! Here's an invitation to do just that. Let's see if we can freak each other out, campfire style. I can picture it now...sitting outside at night, hearing the crickets chirp...the bre…
Parenting Mistakes When Talking To Your Teen

This is a particularly difficult subject to discuss because it’s easy for one to come off looking like a smug know-it-all when discussing it. Even just the tittle “Common Parenting Mistakes” taken the…
Lecture Gone Awry

My teenage son and his teenage boy funk drive me utterly up the wall at times. What theoretically should be the magical week of family and love and warm fuzzies was heading toward that same wall. After a satisfying dinn…
Friend or Mother to Your Child? Which Comes First?

I am 50 years young.My daughter is 28, and has three beautiful little boys. One of the things I have tried to teach her about being a parent, a mother, is to question herself. "Do I want my children to consider me a fri…
Questions That May Offend Adoptive Parents and Hurt Adoptive Children

So many times people tend to think that they can say whatever they want to when it comes to adoption. People that are normally very kind, considerate, and courteous in their day-to-day talk seem to forget what to sa…