October 5, 2011
A couple of years ago, my friend Kristin wrote about her experience with postpartum depression: “Would you just sit still?! I don’t know why the snow is on the ground! Mommy can’t answer any more questions right now! Stop crying!” This is how the feelings of rage began. I felt overwhelmed, stressed, and tired and [...]
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June 18, 2008
When I wrote recently about germs versus chemicals, I raised the concept of short-term parenting versus long-term parenting and mentioned that I wanted to write more about it later. Let me start by explaining the concept. To me, short-term parenting means that the parenting choices you make are designed to have an immediate outcome that [...]
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