TechnoBoy and I were talking about happiness the other day, and he made an interesting comment to the effect of, “If I were born a prince, then my life would be perfect.” I disagreed, explaining that while there are advantages to being a prince such as being wealthy, having people who will clean your room [...]

Heh. 2 days in a row I’m posting something in reference to Robert Hruzek’s Middlezone Musings. Robert has a monthly group writing project called What I Learned From (WILF)… The current theme is WILF A Mountaintop Experience. I was intrigued by this topic, and I actually have thoughts on it. Many many years ago I [...]

(Editorial note: I’d like to welcome Sarah Scrafford as Earnest Parenting’s very first guest author! I’m very impressed with Sarah’s article and I have thoughts on it! Do you? If so, see you in the comments.) Do Interfering Parents Raise Successful Children? Being a parent is one of the best feelings in the world; the [...]

I’ve written before about the Love and Logic books and how I have tried to implement the strategies in my own parenting. Have you read any of the books yet? You should try it…you may like it! A strategy that I’ve got down cold is the questioning to resolve conflict technique. I’ve talked my way [...]