All posts tagged "Parenting"

  • Driving me crazy: coming to terms with your teen behind the wheel

    What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done as a parent? For me, it’s adapting to being a passenger or observer to my daughter behind the wheel of a car, nervous about her driving on roads alongside people...

    • Posted September 28, 2012
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  • YOLO

    Sitting together on the couch in our living room, my thirteen-year-old daughter turned to me and with that puppy dog look in her eyes, began “Mom….” and then paused. I knew that she was trying to conjure...

    • Posted August 30, 2012
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  • Are we there yet? Tips for planning a family road trip

    Last summer my husband and I chose to have a long drive with our two daughters, then aged twelve and nineteen. It was one of the most memorable and awesome summer vacations we had ever experienced as...

    • Posted July 31, 2012
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  • Schools’ role in restoring calm

    When it comes to restoring calm, what role do the adults in a child’s school play? Especially when the conflict occurs on school property? And what role does the parent play? Should he or she have the...

    • Posted May 31, 2012
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  • Make your bed!

    You wonder why something that requires as little physical effort as lifting, shaking and smoothing out a duvet cover would warrant as much nagging effort on your part every morning.Yet each day you play out the same...

    • Posted May 1, 2012
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  • Bubble wrapping mom

    Ok. I admit to bubble wrapping my kids. But in my defense, I also work really hard at considering how much of me saying “no” is fueled by separation anxiety versus what makes logical sense.When I was...

    • Posted March 1, 2012
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  • Keeping boredom under control

      Small children hate the routine of having to wake up early to go to school day after day.  Thanks to summer vacation, they can now take it easy and sleep as long as they want, spend...

    • Posted June 28, 2010
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  • The perfect slumber party

    Summer is here and the school year is coming to an end for many foreigners in Japan, resulting in many vacations and trips home. Let the teens have one last night of fun with their pals by...

    • Posted May 30, 2009
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  • Parenting essentials

    Check out these parent must-haves to put your little one to rest or take for a safe, comfortable stroll.  The new Italian Aprica “Cookie” Lighter. New reclining high seat.   With baggage tray. Retail price   ¥49,350...

    • Posted May 30, 2009
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  • My kids won’t eat veggies!

    Does the picture of the boy remind you of a familiar scenario at home? Children deserve to benefit from the nutrients veggies give. Yet being a busy working mom to 3 kids ages 8, 11 and 13,...

    • Posted April 29, 2009
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  • Parent care when you can’t be there

    Expat families in Japan often balance long hours in the world’s most demanding workplace with family lives complicated by the needs of school-age children. Families with ageing parents overseas bear an added weight of worry and the...

    • Posted November 4, 2008
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