Tag: emotional intelligence
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Teaching Our Kids to Appreciate the Ordinary
Get Pregnant Fast Updated: Dec. 20, 2023 Originally Published: June 8, 2023 Today was, by most standards, just another ordinary day. We all experience countless days like this—filled with nothing particularly remarkable, no grand celebrations or monumental achievements. Yet, it’s these seemingly mundane moments that actually compose the majority of our lives. The fleeting highs…
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9 Insights Gained from 9 Years of Raising Boys
Get Pregnant Fast Growing up surrounded by girls, I never truly understood boys. My childhood was spent with my sister and our single mother, so the house was filled with feminine energy. While I had a few male friends over the years, my closest companion has always been my husband, whom I met in our…
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Why I’ve Changed My Perspective on Mama’s Boys
Get Pregnant Fast Updated: July 31, 2016 Originally Published: March 4, 2005 As a mother of three energetic boys, I’ve come to embrace the term “Mama’s Boys” with warmth and affection. Once, I viewed this label through a critical lens, associating it with weakness and dependence. I believed that Mama’s Boys were overly soft, submissive,…
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3 Phrases to Avoid in an Argument
Get Pregnant Fast Sometimes, what begins as a trivial disagreement—like whose turn it is to handle the dishes—can escalate into a full-blown conflict that leaves both parties feeling hurt and confused. It’s all too easy to lose track of the original issue when emotions run high. My friend Sarah often reminds me, “It’s not just…
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The Surprising Secret to Managing Tantrums: Embrace Them
Get Pregnant Fast We’ve all experienced it. You’re racing against the clock to get to the store, school, or home to prepare dinner when suddenly your child erupts over something seemingly trivial, like the wrong song playing on the radio or, in the case of my three-year-old, an empty snack mug with no unbroken crackers.…
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How to Nurture a Child with a Sensitive Heart
Get Pregnant Fast As parents, our ultimate goal is to raise kind, compassionate individuals who contribute positively to the world. We hope to nurture little humans who will grow up to do great things. However, some children are naturally more sensitive, which can present unique challenges in parenting. Drawing from my experiences as an educator…
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Sometimes Being a Good Mom Means Embracing the ‘Meanest Mom in the World’ Role
Get Pregnant Fast As the sun poured into a charming beach house in North Carolina back in 1990, I found myself staring at my mother, lost in the pages of her paperback novel. “Mom?” I called out, but she remained engrossed in her book. “Mom!” I exclaimed again, desperation creeping into my voice. Finally, she…
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5 Ways My 20-Something Sister Has Helped Me Embrace Life at 40
Get Pregnant Fast When my younger sister Sarah, a vibrant 23-year-old, shared pictures of us at our father’s birthday bash on Instagram, I felt a familiar wave of anxiety. Her youthful glow and luscious hair stood in stark contrast to my own reflection in those high-definition snaps—crow’s feet, thinning hair, and dark circles that no…