Posts by PrennaMama

Quote: Originally Posted by oceanbaby I'm not clear on why you still visit these people. Let your dh go alone, or you two can go together, but stay in a motel and meet them for dinner at a restaurant. ...

This is a hard one for me right now. I was just divorced. My ex has moved in with his girlfriend, whom he impregnated while we were married... on my birthday. She is due a year before WE had planned to have our next. I am in my...

Hello Virtues Parents! I have been gone for a long time... I am so glad to see that folks are still here, checking out Virtues Parenting. My own Steadfastness in Virtues Parenting was tested last winter, and I needed to take a break...

I would say something. If you've enough of a rapport with the mom to be in her house talking to her, and your child is upstairs playing with hers, why wouldn't you? It could be something as simple as "So, you're dd just said...

Quote: Originally Posted by ktmama <snip> However, if my dd2 didn't (for example) take her napkin to the kitchen after dinner, I would probably say, "No, I asked you to take your napkin to the kitchen"...

Quote: Originally Posted by tbone_kneegrabber OP here, one thing I'm thinking about is that we don't celebrate christmas, and I was wondering what people who don't celebrate christmas at all do? If you are Jewish...

Hope this will help some: Dh and I agreed that behavioral issues (in our view) stem from not listening. Sometimes one isn't feeling ready to listen. We have a Listening Spot... we all use it. When there is a conflict, one of us...

Quote: Originally Posted by nextcommercial LMAO! I have heard people in stores using that and it cracks me up... What happens when you get to four? Is there an "or else?". I have never been able to...

I just attended a lecture on developmental power and empowering. (I'm on a clinical psychology track). Simply put, the most power a child can feel is to point their finger at you and say "Bang!" and you fall over,...

OP, I can see your concerned and maybe just not sure of the best approach for your family/child. Would you consider taking him on a field trip to the local police department? Arrange it in advance, and they will be happy to provide...