Nightmares and Night Terrors
As children get older, the time eventually comes when they sleep through the night; however, their memory and imagination starts to develop around the same time. Their brain has more information to process, manage, and store and some of this activity will occur while they are sleeping. At around three to ...
To Spank or Not?
Since the early 1990's, literature on disciplining children has told us to never, ever to spank our children. But in real life, it's not always easy to carry out a no-spanking policy. It is a fairly easy viewpoint to defend, in theory. If you deliberately hurt your children through spanking, you ...
Realizing You ARE a Good Mom
It is hard to find that one milestone when all of a sudden you stop worrying and realize that you are a good mom. Chances are that you still have those moments of self-doubt when you question if you are up to the task. Feeling like a mom can be like sitting on an emotional ...