Talking to your teen about sexual abuse? Don’t worry. Just take a deep breath and keep reading. If your kids are younger, start here. Usually, teen victims will reach out to their peers—friends who have no training, few skills and lack the maturity to properly report the abuse to the cops and get the…Continue reading Talking to teens about abuse? Check your panic at the door
I’m angry. I’m upset and I’m frustrated. And I know I am not alone. My disgust has a target: the homework packet that came home with my five-year-old kindergartener on Monday. The six-page albatross includes writing, math, drawing, story problems, coloring, and a nature walk. The whole she-bang is due Friday morning. The assignments must…Continue reading Homework in Kindergarten? NO!
Read my latest post on Technorati here. Being a parent can be downright scary. With a 24-hour news cycle and the media’s love of the scare tactic (“To Catch a Predator,” anyone?), we are constantly bombarded with messages of fear and helplessness when it comes to the safety of our kids. When I present to…Continue reading Four Ways To Protect Your Preschooler
I have built up a pretty thick skin towards institutional misogyny. Growing up Catholic, I was carefully conditioned to accept my lot: I could never be an altar boy; girls were seductive; boys were smarter; positions of power were always held by men; Eve’s sin is my burden; my rolled uniform skirt is the reason…Continue reading Why Do We Hate Our Girls?
Here’s a parenting question: Do you know what we can do right now to empower our kids, help prevent sexual abuse, hinder bullies, put criminals behind bars and foster corporate and organizational transparency? The Answer: We have to stop punishing our tattletales. A Little Background I spend most of my afternoons watching the neighborhood kids…Continue reading A Parenting Revelation: It’s Time To Stop Punishing Tattletales
A year of my life was dominated by a perfectionist’s life-and-death struggle with poop, poop prediction, and eventual poop containment. The result? Insanity.