My kids love their stuffed animals. They have a menagerie, and most of their beloved stuffies are named. There’s Rainbow, Heartsy, Thomas, Apple Sauce, and Milkshake, to name a few. Mostly, these toys cause little controversy, as one would expect from sewn fluff balls. But two recent anecdotes illustrate my role as a Jekyll and […]
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Tantrums and Knuckleheaded Parenting Ideas
I thought I was done with tantrums. I mean, my twins are nearly six, and we’ve had one year free of embarrass-mom-in-public moments. Most tantrums I barely remember, my body activating the Parenting-Amnesia reflex, the one that enables moms and dads to crawl out of bed the next morning at 5:45. There are some vague […]