As we say in our book and every time we speak, “Millions of people are raising great kids.” We had ample proof of that last weekend when we were in New York, staying with our friends Bill and Jeanne and their two great kids, Kirstin and Liam. We’ve know Bill and Jeanne since Bill and [...]
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I was always curious about not only who my children would become, but who they were at any given moment, independent of me or my “help.” That is not to say that some of the time I didn’t feel bored or stifled by the day-to-day reality of raising my children. I was fascinated by the [...]
I was listening to an NPR interview in our car the other day and the woman being interviewed was an author of a best selling book on her mothering experience. I liked much of what she was saying as she had written and blogged in a very straightforward manner about her experiences, saying things that [...]
We’ve been away from blogging and tweeting for a while as we worked on our remarks on TYC for our first public speaking event. We started by underlining sections of The Yes Child that we felt were germane to an audience of parents of fifth through ninth graders. Then we worked on our remarks to [...]
I had a call from our oldest son, Max, a week ago asking if he could “spend the night” Saturday night. Sunday was his 23rd birthday and he knew we were having his favorite meal here, but the fact that he called to ask if he could spend the night with Marcy and me just [...]
As someone trained in fine arts, I had a built in belief about the cliché of “the starving artist”. Regrettably, that “starving artist” mentality informed many of my attitudes about making a living. When Max, who is gifted in math and science announced that he was no longer interested in studying cognitive science in college, [...]
Marcy and I were discussing last night the prevalence of websites dedicated to helping parents deal with their children’s behavioral problems and those problem’s varying degrees of severity. Certainly not all “behavioral problems” are traceable to parent/child relations. In our experience, which we share in our book, the foundational supports created through loving, respectful parent/child [...]
When I was a freshman in high school, a particular shoe came into popularity. It was a Mary Jane, by Capezio, and they were made in every color of patent leather imaginable. They were the first to market with that style, and so they were unique. (Of course, this was in an era before the [...]
Three things occurred recently that have given me glad pause. 1st, my young friend Danny told me that he liked The Yes Child because it was a book about a child raising “philosophy” and not “child psychology.” My thought was, who in the hell reads about philosophy these days…or who reads books at all? But [...]
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