…as it is in these times, it goes against the grain of our instincts and that of our children. I can’t imagine what it is like for the spouses of…
As the “Back to School” ads fill the flyers, and fall is in the air, parents and teachers are preparing for the new school year. Many teachers are already spending…
…you feel guilty? For purposes of gaining insight into these difficult feelings, it is important to distinguish between shame and guilt. As I said in the previous editorial, guilt is…
…five children in my family, and at school I followed my brilliant oldest sister and my incredibly artistic next oldest sister so I always felt that I did not measure…
…find the edge of it. In the melancholy of a song, on the pages of my journal, in a piece of art, in the shade of a tree, in the…
…And as Dr. Neufeld says in his parenting DVDs, it is better to keep this uncomfortable feeling in sight. There are many temptations in wanting to avoid this feeling. There…
…was expecting me, and silently praying that I would be able to know what I needed to do, I could hear the teacher talking about ‘that parent.’ ‘That parent doesn’t…
…our own minds that I will dearly miss. It is her voice in my head sometimes in remembering her proclamation that, “The problem with alpha caretakers is you don’t say…
…in our children’s lives. This is becoming a real dilemma because it turns out that play is actually a necessary ingredient for development. It is through play that our ability…
…I didn’t fit so I had to leave parts out. But what parts should I keep? What parts should I hide? What parts were really me? Where did I belong?…