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There are many ideas about how to raise children. Many new parents re-call how their mom and dad parented them and make parenting decisions based on what they did or did not like about how their parents raised them. In addition to re-calling memories from their childhood, they also reach out to gain support and advice from friends and family or maybe even take a parenting class. A very popular way to gain knowledge about parenting is to read books or an article on parenting styles written by Pediatricians or Psychologists. There are many different ways to raise children, but parents can now seek out Specialists to discover the parenting styles and practices that are the most effective and that lead to a positive outcome. If you take the time to find an article on parenting styles you will find that parenting styles come in three main categories. These styles are Authoritarian, Permissive, and Democratic. Parents can be a mixture of these styles or fall in one or more categories. How a person was raised can have a lot to do with what type of parenting style they will have as parents themselves. The Authoritarian parent always tries to be … Read More…

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“Pick up your feet. We’re going to be late for school!” I hiss. What I actually want to say is, “I’m going to be late for work for the third time this week because of your dawdling!”

It is barely eight in the morning—I’m tired, I’m cranky and I’ve used up all my parental ammunition as I’ve taken away every single privilege they have and even some privileges they don’t even have.

So while on the brink of parenting burnout, now over a decade ago, I can’t even muster up the strength to use my default self-care line, “My energy batteries are low right now and I need to take five minutes alone to recharge them so I can enjoy my time with you. “ But that morning, I was beyond deep breathing! Instead, I continued to nag, and then nag some more.

Just then, this eight-year-old looks up and says, “You know, I am starting to think your batteries just aren’t the rechargeable kind. ”

In four seconds flat this child has called my superwoman bluff. Forever burned in my memory, this is the day when I began to realize that ‘Super Moms’ are no more real than the … Read More…

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