Denise Schipani / 24 Comments / Ask the Mean Mom, discipline, family life, parenting controversies /
If you’re wondering, based on the title of this post: No, no I do not. To be 100% honest, there was one time I gave my older boy something a little bit more than a tiny tap. I did not hurt him, but I know I scared him. And worse: I scared myself. I didn’t […]
Denise Schipani / 8 Comments / Ask the Mean Mom, discipline /
First, happy new year. And second, thanks to my Facebook Mean Moms Rule subscribers, who answered my “what should I blog about next/what do you guys want to talk about” post the other day. So many great ideas! I’ve decided to start by addressing this: What happen when you and the adult person you’re raising […]
Denise Schipani / 46 Comments / Ask the Mean Mom, play /
This’ll be short, because it’s a short story that’s left me, on the how-do-I-feel spectrum, adrift between puzzled and spitting mad, and I’m interested in opinions. The other night, at our friends’ house for pizza, my friend, Sally, mentioned that her daughter, Phoebe, who is five, was just invited to one of her pals’ birthday […]
Denise Schipani / 14 Comments / Ask the Mean Mom, helicopter parenting, parenting, parenting controversies / " Free-Range Kids, Ask the Mean Mom, helicopter parenting, Lenore Skenazy, Meagan Francis, Nancy Grace, The Happiest Mom /
Questions and answers. Who doesn’t love ’em? Just the other day, when the four of us were driving home from a family event, our boys slipped into fierce, rapid-fire question mode. My husband found it exhausting (though certainly better than breaking up fights!), but I like it, even when it’s tiring: I like answering their […]
Denise Schipani / 7 Comments / Ask the Mean Mom, book launch / " Free-Range Kids, Amazon, Daily Worth, Mean Moms Rule, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, Where Parents Talk /
It’s been a busy month. In case you have not noticed, my book was released last month (no! what’s that you say!?), and since then I’ve been consumed, for at least part of each day physically, and all of each day mentally and emotionally, investing in its (hopeful) success. It kicked off with the first-annual […]