For me, the greatest source of frustration was trying to work with a willful child when there was something else I wanted - say, to get the child to ….

It's probably good for your body and brain to get moving occasionally..

I realize that people fly with small children all the time, and that babies are easier in some ways because all they do is sit/lie around anyway, but….

I'm sure there are people who can toggle quickly from all-in caregiving to structured socializing, but I can't think of any offhand..

If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it..

If you take the time to listen to an upset child's story with empathy, and guide the child toward figuring out the root of the problem, then the resu….

If you are being shuffled around, then you should feel shuffled around..

Being highly invested and preoccupied by an emotionally consuming mission tends to steal resources from other aspects of your emotional life..

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger ris….

When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it could be a matter of th….

Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things..

All of us assign different values to things, and not all of those values are going to line up with others'..

Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the man's job to propose and b….

I think a person who arranges the event and orders the food also picks up the check - even the birthday person, even when people at the table insist ….

Your parents' views are, by current standards, out there. Getting in their faces about it would be needlessly disrespectful, but there's no reason fo….

Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to ch….

It takes awareness that it's not only not a bad thing to let others do things their own way, it is in fact an improvement. It makes life richer and m….

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows..

Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something..

You can't make someone agree with you, not even when you're 100 percent sure you're right..

We all make deals with ourselves when it comes to the difficult people in our lives..