All Blog Posts Tagged 'fighting' (6)

"I hate you!"

"I want it, momma. I want it now!"

You know those moments. Every mother has faced them. Even the best behaved children sometimes does it. They are tired. They want something even though they know the answer is "no". They are angry, or frustrated, or even out of control.

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I lost it. I admit it. I kicked a trashcan and it rolled down the driveway. I ran into the house, sobbing. It wasn't a pretty picture. My teen daughter came into the laundry room. "What's wrong, mom? What happened?"

It's one of a few scenes that I am ashamed of -- knowing that the sce

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So my wife goes to Thai-Chi and Kung-Fu on Monday for 4 hours so I hang with my 7 and 8 year old. It usually turns into a group gathering with neighborhood kids and yesterday was no different except it turned into a "Bakugan" brawl! Tensions were hi as they tried to yell over each other...sweaty palms rolled ball like creatures to their doom as they each plotted their attack. With the lack of rule following, tempers swelled so I tried to help negotiate what I thought was the rules with no luck.… Continue

A Momlogic member asks this: "How can I handle my DS (age 12 - 13 in July) disrespectful mouth and behavior without smacking/beating? I've tried grounding, taking away privileges, nothing works. I'm almost to my wits end!"

Great question! Did you know that a teen's brain is still d

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It has been almost two years since I last worked in a hospital. Two years since I donned a pair of scrubs and draped a stethoscope around my neck. Two years since a decent paycheck was direct deposited into my account. And although the past two years have been priceless while watching my daughter grow, I am still often reminded of the world of medicine. Throughout most of my nursing career I was not a parent. So it was common for me to receive doubtful stares and odd glances from parents of my… Continue

Christmas was amazing. All of the kiddos came in and we had an early Christmas fiesta (taco soup, chicken quesadillas, sweets galore) and opened presents. It couldn't have been any more perfect. We laughed. We were silly. We had a lot of fun. As the week went on there were more Chr… Continue