One of the skills just about any parent gets to know pretty fast, especially in dealing with toddlers, is the art of directing attention. Take an instance where the kids are insisting they don’t need jackets, don’t need boots, and can just do as they please. With my kids, I’ve learned that if I want [...]
Now, this is one that every parent has to deal with to some degree or another – and for some it’s more of a problem than for others. What to do with a child who is waking up at night with nightmares? I’ve tried to compile some data that may be of some use to [...]
My daughter is now in to her second year at a Montessori school, which she absolutely loves. And while I’m long overdue on writing up an article on the numerous ways in which I find Montessori teaching methods to be compatible with my own beliefs and that of other Scientologists I know, I wanted [...]
If there’s something that should have been abundantly clear by now, it’s the fact that I’m 100% opposed to the practice of labeling and subsequent psychotropic drugging of children. At its core, it is the world’s most-effective marketing sham, and too many parents fall for it. The American Psychiatric Association held their annual marketing pitch [...]
There are virtually unlimited parallels between the ways that the technology of running groups can be applied to the family. I’ve written a few articles (like this and this) on the subject, as the brilliance with which L. Ron Hubbard’s administrative teachings can be used to unsnarl problems in the family never ceases to amaze. [...]
I’m a Scientologist and a parent. What does that mean? The answer sums up a lot of why I started this site in the first place. And although I’ve written over 200 articles on this site so far on the subject, I’ve never actually just summarized what it means to me to be a Scientology [...]
I wanted to share this story in honor of the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Month which begins tomorrow. Please share this with any mothers or mothers-to-be you may know. In honor of Prematurity Awareness Month, I wanted to share my story. The March of Dimes began the Prematurity Awareness Campaign in 2003 to raise awareness [...]
The very same basics that are used with adults to communicate with other adults absolutely apply to babies as well, a fantastic example of such L. Ron Hubbard singles out in a December 1954 talk on communication, where he says: “Kids, kids that come around and they say — I have noticed this with parents. [...]
Fortunately or unfortunately, my daughter is following in her father’s footsteps and is becoming an avid jumper. On some jumps, she sticks the landing – like in the image above from the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. On some other jumps…not so much. The other night, My daughter was demanding I take pictures with “Daddy’s Camera” [...]
Nearly all of my posts last summer were related to a single topic: preparing ourselves for the new arrival so that we would give our baby the best start possible. The aim was fairly simple: we wanted to have a happy baby. Now, like so many expecting parents, we went a little overboard, trying to [...]