An age-by-age guide to teaching your child to share

By Jen Lumanlan | July 25, 2018

  Toddler 1: “Nooooooo, it’s mine!” Toddler 2: “I want it!” How many parents have ever heard that scenario? (I’d be surprised if any of you haven’t.) And how many parents are sick of hearing it? (I’d be surprised if any of you who have more than one child aren’t…)   Young children find sharing…

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Why isn’t my child grateful?

By Jen Lumanlan | June 28, 2018

  Ever been in any of these scenarios? “I took my children on a fantastic vacation to Disney World.  My youngest ate it up but my five-year-old pouted the whole time.  The lines were too long; the weather was too hot; the food sucked.  Why can’t he appreciate the sacrifices we make for him?  It’s…

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How to stop preschooler tantrums

By Jen Lumanlan | June 22, 2018

  We’ve all been there. Your preschooler wakes up in a foul mood (don’t we all, every once in a while?), and starts crying before she even gets out of bed.  Nothing you do can make it right: she doesn’t want the same thing she has for breakfast every morning; she can’t choose something she…

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How to get a toddler to brush teeth!

By Jen Lumanlan | June 9, 2018

One of the most-often asked questions in parenting groups that I’m in is “My child WILL NOT let me brush his/her teeth. How can I get through this?”   Oh my goodness; I feel your pain.   We went through this too when my daughter was about 15 months old, and it persisted for several…

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Don’t homeschool because you’re afraid of school shootings

By Jen Lumanlan | May 4, 2018

Dramatic responses are understandable after traumatic events because want to distance ourselves from the pain, and ‘make sure it never happens again.’ I saw a lot of articles in the weeks immediately after the Florida school shooting discussing how parents were considering homeschooling because they were afraid; another recent spate of articles note that there…

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I'm featured on the How to Get Away with Parenting podcast!

By Jen Lumanlan | December 30, 2016

  Malaika Dower, who hosts the podcast How To Get Away With Parenting, found my podcast recently on iTunes and reached out to see if she could interview me.

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