Parenting

Tug of War: The Rights and Wrongs of Parenting

\My family and I are sitting down together for dinner. I’ve cooked something decent and middle-of-the-road, like pork chops with mashed potatoes and carrots. My husband loads up his own plate while

Monster Within

Sometimes I’m a much meaner mom than I want to be, or even thought I could be. When my coping mechanisms are out of order and my son defies a request one

The Spiral

Being a mom means holding it together. Being a woman means holding it together. I am usually good at holding it together. People have told me that I seem like a bastion of

Parental Control

Nobody warned me that being a parent is really hard for a control freak. But then, only some people very close to me would see me as controlling. The archetypal control freak is