“I am not your friend” I read in a recent popular post a mother wrote about what lessons she wants her children to know. Ouch. Why is society so afraid of parents being friends to their children? To me, it’s like saying “I’m not my husband’s friend, I’m his wife!” Why not both?! Being a […]
Parenting a Headstrong Child Respectfully
I have wrote previously about parenting my sensitive child respectfully. Today I wanted to write about parenting a headstrong child respectfully. When you hear about headstrong children – or strong-willed, spirited, even ‘stubborn’ or ‘difficult’ – it’s often negative. My daughter is at a different space in the social and emotional spectrum. Before she could […]