Monthly Archives: April 2012

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s self-criticism.  (That’s undoubtedly somebody else’s line, but it fits.) In my last post, I wondered about what obvious-to-others thing I’m doing wrong as I raise my son.  I fret a lot about being … Continue reading →

Some time ago I was chatting at a picnic with a new acquaintance who complained that her son – 9 or 10 years old – never listened to her.  While we talked the boy repeatedly visited the cookie table, in … Continue reading →