The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous..

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen..

We never get to see that our kid is capable of solving problems on her own. We never start to build up the faith that they can actually do it..

You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people….

When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a poor ….

If we're sitting at dinner and there's no conversation going on because everybody's got their head someplace else in their iPhone, that's a family pr….

Kids are overprogrammed these days..

People still look askance at a kid in the supermarket who's pitching a fit and think the parent is not sufficiently in control or not being sufficien….

School is very demanding these days..