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From the monthly archives: January 2008

Should You Help a Parent Struggling with Discipline?

by Trula on January 8, 2008 · No Comments

One thing that worked with me when I was sensitive to criticism about my parenting was when the other person had ‘proof’ to back up what they were saying. Like when I used to spank (I haven’t hit my children in 9 years, yay!) folks saying, “Oh hitting your kids is wrong” just made no [...]

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Did Your Own Mother Put You In Harm’s Way?

by Trula on January 5, 2008 · No Comments

My mother had me in bizarre situations that resulted in bad things happening to me as a child…without going into all the details, given the circumstances and her education and work (master’s degree in social work and years of doing social work with children) I wondered when I became an adult how on earth she [...]

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How to Deal With An Alpha Mom

by Trula on January 3, 2008 · 2 Comments

When making friends with other mothers it’s important to understand that people carry their personality issues with them into motherhood. Becoming a mother does not usually lesson an aggressive personality. On the contrary, it may actually increase how aggression manifests in someone with this personality. For the purposes of this post, I define an Alpha [...]

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