by Carla Naumburg | Dec 2, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
I’m really good at the bad mother talk. Any of you (fathers included) who have spent any time at all hanging out with other parents or inside your own brain likely know what I’m talking about. Sometimes it’s the sarcastic, self-deprecating, but mildly humble-brag (as...
by Carla Naumburg | Nov 18, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
As part of the research I’ve been doing for the parenting book I’m currently writing, I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of your opinions over the past several weeks. While most of you have lots of useful advice and reasonable suggestions, the truth is that...
by Carla Naumburg | Nov 12, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
“Don’t eat that pea. DO NOT EAT THAT PEA. That is MY PEA and you are NOT allowed to eat it…. YOU ATE THE PEA!!” That’s what was going on in my house last night. My daughters and I were sitting on the kitchen floor, digging leftover steamed peas, broccoli, and...
by Carla Naumburg | Nov 12, 2013 | Kveller.com
Two years ago, I wrote these words in a post for Kveller: “We’re trying something new this year. Instead of giving gifts, we’re going to focus on experiences that honor Hanukkah for what it is, and don’t try to make it into something it’s not.” Last year, I wrote a...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 29, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
In my last post, I wrote about why parenting when you were under-parented can be so hard. It’s harder because those of us who grew up in chaotic homes may want to raise our children in drastically different ways, which means we’re basically reinventing parenthood as...
