Family Life & Culture
The Bedtime Mistake That’s Making Nights Harder
You Are Not Alone Last week, a mom sat across from me and sighed, “I don’t understand. We have the bath, the books, the lullabies — all the ‘right things.’ So why does bedtime still feel like a hostage negotiation with a tiny dictator who refuses to sleep?” She wasn’t alone. In fact, if bedtime […]
Why Time-Outs Are Creating the Very Behavior You Fear
Why Time-Outs Are Creating the Very Behavior You Fear There’s a moment I’ll never forget from my practice. A mom — smart, loving, completely exhausted — sat across from me and said, “I don’t understand. I do everything by the book. Time-outs, consequences, staying calm. But my son is worse. He hits more. He screams […]
The Question That Transformed My Picky Eater Overnight
The Question That Transformed My Picky Eater Overnight I’ll never forget the evening with Emma, a mom whose five-year-old had eaten nothing but chicken nuggets and crackers for six months. She was exhausted, tearful, and convinced she’d somehow failed at this fundamental parenting thing. “I’ve tried everything,” she whispered. “Hiding vegetables, bribing with dessert, making […]
The Secret Language of Sibling Rivalry
The Secret Language of Sibling Rivalry I was sitting with a mom once—let’s call her Sarah—who looked like she hadn’t slept in weeks. She told me, with tears in her eyes, that she couldn’t understand how two children she’d raised in the exact same home, with the exact same love, could be at each other’s […]
The Technology Rule That Saved Our Family Time
The Technology Rule That Saved Our Family Time Last Tuesday, I watched a dad in my office break down in tears. Not because of some major crisis — his kids were healthy, his marriage solid. He cried because he couldn’t remember the last time his 10-year-old daughter had looked him in the eye during a […]
The Generational Shift Nobody Prepared Us For
The Generational Shift Nobody Prepared Us For Last week, a father sat across from me in my office, shaking his head with this exhausted half-smile I’ve come to know well. “My parents raised five kids without breaking a sweat,” he said. “They didn’t worry about emotional regulation or screen time limits. They just… parented. And […]