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Consistent Love Instead of Commands: The Key to Good Parenting Does this sound familiar? You hear a parent speaking harshly to their child from a distance, and the closer you get to the family, the friendlier the voice becomes. A “Stop whining already!” suddenly turns into a loving “Yes, sweetheart, we're almost there.” I have never taken this kind of parental street theatre seriously. This effort to present oneself in the best possible light as soon as a stranger comes withi

When Is the Right Time to Have a Second Child? In my opinion, you can plan to have a child, but you'll never really get the timing right anyway. Yes, yes, such a banal answer … I know, I've heard it somewhere before … but it's true! Three conversations with three different people about the exact same subject all led to one unanimous opinion. And it wasn't mine! The subject was having a second child, and after openly sharing my plans and how much I wanted another baby, all I g