Ordering a child to, “Say you’re sorry!” is instructing them to lie if they are not ...
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Marriage Maintenance
Marriage is to be enjoyed, not endured. For the past 20 years, The Parenting Place has ...
Teachable Moments
When kids do things that are naughty or they make mistakes, then we often feel cross ...
Holiday Fun?
The school holidays are upon us, and for many families, that means communal living or travel ...
The Anger Rules
Gidday, I’m John Cowan from the Parenting Place and I’d like to suggest some rules for ...
Healthy Boundaries
Being married means sharing – your love, your thoughts, your body, your life. When you are ...
Eric and Peety
This is worth a watch. It is a beautiful story on several levels – the opportunity ...
Kids Are Expensive!
Today, everything kids seem to want costs plenty. Everything they wear costs money – and then they ...
Grandparent Myths
We all know the population is ageing, and that the baby boomer generation makes up a ...
The Whitewater-Rafting Years
Some years ago some lunatics offered to take me white-water rafting. Testosterone poisoning afflicts males in ...