Does Parenting Get Easier as Children Get Older? As a young mother with three children under the age of five, I often wondered if parenting would ever get any easier. When I asked moms with children older than mine if...
How to Apologize to Your Child Learning how to apologize to your child requires a paradigm shift for many parents. As children, many of us failed to receive apologies from authority figures when they wronged us. Only recently has our...
How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids Has yelling has become the new spanking? Many of us moms have taken physical punishment out of our discipline toolbox, but we’ve replaced it with yelling. To me it makes sense that because...
Advice for New Moms – 10 Things New Moms Need to Know Hey there, new mama. Let’s talk. I’ve got some advice for new moms I want to share with you. Look . . . You already know it won’t...
We Don’t Force Our Children to Hug Other Adults (Not even Grandma!) As toddlers and preschoolers my boys often refused to hug relatives they rarely saw. Sometimes our less mature family members acted offended when the boys refused hugs and...
How to Practice Attachment Parenting with Multiple Children Let me be the first to admit: Attachment parenting multiple children gets a little tricky sometimes. When my oldest was born and I discovered attachment parenting I gave it my all. I...
Is Gentle Discipline Always Gentle? Here’s a fact about gentle discipline: Gentle discipline doesn’t always look gentle. Sometimes when people imagine what gentle parenting or gentle discipline looks like they picture an earth-mother type saying sweetly to her child, “Now,...
Is Crying It Out Ever Okay For Your Baby? Few baby parenting topics are more controversial than sleep training, especially the cry-it-out method. As a mother who practiced attachment parenting with her babies, leaving my baby to cry alone was...
Easy Ways to Spend Quality Time With Your Children We all know spending quality time with our children is important. Â The quality of the time we spend with our children is more important than the quantity of time we spend...
How to Get Over Working Mom Guilt If you are a working mom you’ve probably experienced working mom guilt. Â Some moms experience it more than others. Â Some moms have felt it and made peace. Â It’s not easy keeping all of...
How To Discipline Your Child Without Spanking – 13 Alternatives to Spanking Your Child If you’ve decided not to use corporal punishment as a form of discipline you may find yourself unprepared for situations where spanking is often used. Â Many...
Does Gentle Discipline Really Work? I first read about gentle discipline when my oldest child was nearing his first birthday. Â I’d practiced attachment parenting from the beginning, but hadn’t given much thought to discipline. Â I knew from my own upbringing...
How to Deal With Parenting Anxiety If you’re a parent chances are you’ve spent more than a little time worrying about your children. Â It’s normal and it’s healthy to be concerned about the safety and well-being of our children. Â We...
5 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Family When Life Gets Busy Several years ago, after being a mostly work-at-home mom for 11 years, I took a full time job outside of the home. My already-busy life became jam-packed. Even...
Parenting Q & A: My Child Cries When I Drop Him Off At Daycare Q: Â I’ve just started working outside of the home after being a sahm (stay at home mom) with my three-year-old his whole life. Â It’s been two...
Parenting Q & A: My Kids Fight All The Time. Help! Q: Â My sons are 7 and 5. Â They argue and fight non-stop. Â The older one tries to “parent” the younger one. Â The younger one whines and gets dramatic about...
How to Stop Your Child From Whining There are few things more grating than a whining child, right? Â Sometimes around the age of 2.5-3, when a child as an arsenal of words to use, but can’t always seem to figure...
Editor’s Note:  This post was written by OSH contributor Mercedes Samudio, LCSW.  To find out more about Mercedes read her bio on the Current Contributors page. Visit Mercedes’s website The Parenting Skill and follow her on Twitter and Pinterest.  How to Get...
Editor’s Note:  In this post, Temple from Mom of Two Teen Boys shares her story about her teenage son and drug use.  How to Talk To Your Teenager About Drugs Temple’s Story Teens can be complicated. I heard someone once say ” Little...
My Husband and I Disagree on Discipline Disclaimer:  This post is written specifically for mothers who practice gentle, positive discipline.  Our Small Hours supports the use of attachment parenting and gentle, positive discipline and does not support the use of physical punishment....