It’s been said many times, that laughter is the best medicine. But this old proverb is more likely referring to our everyday lives and not just when we have fallen ill. It implies that in general laughter is a healthy thing for both mind and body. If that’s true, then why are … [Read more...] about Learn to Laugh Like Your Children
Parenting Kids
How to Create Trust and Respect with Just Seven Words
How many times have you asked someone a question only to find out that the person you sought an answer from had no clue how to answer, much less desire to find the answer for you? As children we learn the word “no” by the age of two. It feels very powerful to say no. It … [Read more...] about How to Create Trust and Respect with Just Seven Words
Encouraging Kids to be Different
Now that it's almost the end of the school year and report time again, I remembered how I became too fat for ballet. Looking back, I didn't really REALLY have ballerina potensial , although I was very good at the "port-de-bra" thing where you stand still and wave first the left … [Read more...] about Encouraging Kids to be Different
Give that Back!
You have probably been down this road a few times. Your child has something, the iPad, a lollipop, their favorite toy, and they act out or do something they aren’t supposed to do. What do we often do, we take away whatever it is that they have. A likely response from a child is … [Read more...] about Give that Back!
What We Learned from a Missing Frying Pan
Many years ago my favorite non-stick frying pan disappeared from its usual place in the kitchen and I could not find it for the life of me. For more than a week I looked everywhere: in the oven, in the pantry, under the island, in the cabinets, under the sink and even in the … [Read more...] about What We Learned from a Missing Frying Pan