If you can remember far enough back, I wrote both part one and two of this series on Theorists of Child Development.  My first post was about Freud and my second was aboutErikson.  Today, I am going to take us closer to the end of this series and discuss Piaget.  If you are not sure [...]

When I was 13, I remember the humiliation of starting Grade 8 with hairy legs. I thought it was a crime against humanity that everyone I knew was allowed to shave except me. I spent the summer ranting and raving only to hear my mom’s explanation, “You’re hair is so pale, no one [...]

This last week I came across an ad featuring the latest headlines from OK! Magazine. Normally, I would glance at the headlines, roll my eyes and wish for a world where we are not obsessed with celebrities. They are, after all, only people who have done exceptionally well in their business. Nothing really to be [...]

If you remember a few weeks ago, I started a post on the Theorists of Child Development and by the end of a pretty long post, I had only covered Freud and some of his theories. I did hint that I was going to move on to Erik Erikson in a few weeks and [...]

Last night I took an hour to myself to watch America’s Next Top Model.  Yes, I watch it every week and only started watching it during the last “cycle”.  I say I watch it because I have an interest in fashion and it gives me some names to look into but let’s face it…there really [...]

A few weeks ago I came across a media report on the author JK Rowling who spoke openly about her own personal battle with depression and her own thoughts about committing suicide.  My initial reaction was to come down hard on the author since she is a heroine to many children and from several articles, the [...]

I don’t care how liberated a person is or how much training they have had, there is a moment in parenthood that everyone dreads, the moment when they need to answer that question, “How are babies made?” 
That question usually comes around the age of four or five, sometimes earlier, sometimes later.  I know for me, [...]

Welcome to the final post that I will be making on the topic of morals and family values.  I’m sure you are more than ready to move onto a new topic and tomorrow I will have a great recipe for you to use at home.
But back to our topic on teaching morals and family values.  [...]

If you remember, yesterday I talked about things that we are teaching our children without even realizing it.  You can read that post here.
I guess I should say that I was actually ranting but you’ll forgive me my flaws.  I am after all human and as both a human and a parent I am allowed [...]