Month: June 2014

Excerpt from Life is Too Short: "If You Give a Kid a Cookie, He'll Want a Lego"

[The following is an excerpt from Life is Too Short for One Hair Color. See purchase links below] “While I was reading Parenting with Love and Logic, my seven-year-old pored over his Lego magazine.  “Hey,” he shouted, “this Lego is only eighty dollars.” Really? “Only eight dollars,” I repeated.  Understanding but undeterred, minutes later he shouted …

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The other day my children were, let’s just say, not getting along in the most ideal fashion. And it was only the first week of summer. During yet another meltdown over something vitally important like, why does she have to order sprinkles on her ice cream JUST LIKE ME, or, Why can’t I sit in the …

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