Denise Schipani / 11 Comments / helicopter parenting, parenting controversies / Janice D'Arcy, Washington Post, Washingtonpost.com /
In my last post, I answered a question from a reader who wanted to know how we could, as parents, quit being an overprotective helicopter parent (which I espouse! Land that ‘copter, please!), but still keep our kids safe from ever-present danger. My answer was that danger may be ever-present, but not the kind of […]
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 / 12 Comments / babycare, Mommy Wars, parenting controversies, parenting in the media / "New Rules", attachment parenting, Bill Maher, Dr. William Sears, HBO, Kate Pickert, Marth Sears, Real Time, The Baby Book, Time magazine /
Note: I will answer the questions posed in the comments section of last week’s Ask the Mean Mom post, but I’ve also been asked by a subscriber and some others what my “take” is on the by-now-infamous Time Magazine cover, here: I didn’t want to comment, really. Certainly, I didn’t want to comment just on […]
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 […]