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A Time-Out Trick

January 15, 2014 – 4:54 pm

A couple months ago time-outs became tough. Our rule used to be you had to sit in the time-out corner in the dining room for the number of minutes equivalent to your age—and if you kicked, screamed, or otherwise created drama, time-out started over. There was kicking, screaming and drama. Always. It was miserable, for […]

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Tonight.

July 31, 2013 – 11:46 pm

This picture was taken at 5:22pm. Sophie woke them up at 6pm. They immediately started crying. We whispered softly to them. Scratched their backs. Dinner was already on the table, on their plates, parmesan cheese sprinkled on top, their favorite drinks in their favorite cups. They started screaming. And then kept screaming until 6:55pm. Whenever […]

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Other People’s Refrigerator …

April 8, 2013 – 11:02 pm

tops are covered in toys confiscated for various infractions, right? Also, lately, this: “I thought, how can it be that two strangers are exchanging such intimate things? Well, most women are full to the brim, that’s all. That’s what I think. I think we are most of us ready to explode, especially when our children […]

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The Bear-Hug Timeout

February 21, 2013 – 1:56 pm

I’m typing this while sitting on the floor in James and Owen’s bedroom. Every minute or so I look up and look them in the eyes—they’re looking at me, waiting. Waiting for me to spend too long looking at my computer. Waiting for me to get up and help Sophie with something. Waiting for their […]

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Tulips “From Sophie”

September 4, 2012 – 11:58 pm

Sophie and I had a rough night tonight. One of my failings as a parent is to threaten and then not follow through. For example: “Sophie, if you scream like that one more time you lose dessert after dinner tonight.” Sophie screams. “Sophie, I mean it. If you scream one more time you lose dessert […]

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Runny Noses

April 7, 2011 – 10:46 am

This picture was taken early March but today our bathroom looks the same as Sophie has a runny nose again. In this picture she’s telling me she needs “two tissues, Mama” to blow her nose when clearly, she needs a gazillion. It’s days like these I feel like a broken record. “Sophie, only take one […]

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Sometimes Time-Outs Go Well …

March 15, 2011 – 10:13 am

And sometimes, well, they go like this: “A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.” —Judith Martin

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Why Is Spanking Legal?

March 11, 2011 – 12:27 am

I don’t make it a practice to write about controversial parenting techniques not because I don’t like controversy (I do) but because one of the most important things I’ve discovered as a parent is this: Most of the things I once judged other parents doing I have now done—and still do. Before I became a […]

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Being a Toddler Can Be Tough

February 22, 2011 – 11:35 pm

Sophie, taken January 29 “When the toddler does something and there are consequences for his action civilization begins.” —Alicia F. Lieberman

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