Parenting

• Teaching Kids About Money (Part II) – Raising Money Savvy Kids in American Society

  You have to develop a system that conveys to kids the important principles of finances. It goes without saying that you have to practice what you preach, because as we know, kids follow what they see you do more so than what you say.

• Teaching Kids About Money (Part I) – Allowance 101

  Whether you are conscious of it or not, your children will learn from what they see you do, more so than what you say. When it comes to money issues such as financial responsibility and budgeting, where and when do we expect kids to learn these critical life lessons?

• Foundations of Love

  One of the most common complaints mothers have is the new and growing distance often present once a child enters the relationship. A relationship that was fun, loving and close now is filled with distance. It is so easy to conceive a child, and so hard to provide strong and lasting care. I think it is even harder to stay in love.

• Sleeping Arrangements

  As hard as it may be to imagine, there exists a rather basic parenting issue that regularly generates even more controversy than circumcision or the disposable-versus-cloth diapers-debate: whether or not to have your child sleep in the same bed as you and your partner.

• Are You Feeling Depleted?

  The hardest job in the world gets done day after day for twenty years or more. And its all the more demanding the more kids you have, or if any of your children have special needs like a challenging temperament, disability, or health problem.

• Sex After Children

  Our baby just had her first birthday, and my husband and I are getting along OK, but the problem is hes really frustrated that we almost never make love because I usually feel too tired and touched-out when we finally get to bed.

• What Dad Can Do for Mom

  Out of our marriage and experience with many couples with children, heres a Top Ten list (in no particular order) addressed to a father; hopefully some of these suggestions will fit your relationship…

• Dealing with Insomnia

  It’s common for a mom to be lying awake in bed while her baby or toddler is snoozing blissfully. Unfortunately, low quantity and poor quality (= depth) of sleep erode a mother’s health and well-being, and give her a strong shove down the slippery slope toward depression.