by Susan Law Corpany | Nov 22, 2006 | for Love
Do we keep our children from doing their best when we give them false praise and encouragement for half-hearted efforts? Recently I was called away from a Scrabble-like word game that I enjoy playing on the computer. My score on this game is usually between 800 and...
by Kathy Green | Oct 18, 2006 | Circle of Sisters, for Love
John Schmoe from Idaho writes: Do you ever answer questions from men? I've been married for nearly three years to a great woman, but it seems that she puts her mother before me. They are always on the phone together, my wife goes to her house at least three times a...
by Susan Law Corpany | Sep 23, 2006 | for Good, for Love
I have been struggling this month to figure out what to write about. I've had a couple of ideas and false starts, but nothing has clicked. I don't know how to explain it, but when I sit down to write a column, there is a feeling I get if I'm not on track with the...
by Susan Law Corpany | Aug 6, 2006 | for Love
August 1981 I never should have looked around at the ladies in our child-birthing class and picked out the statistical three who looked to me like they would end up having their babies by C-section. When I got my just deserts, I explained to an elderly friend that I...
by Susan Law Corpany | Jul 20, 2006 | for Love
Many years ago I lost a little niece to SIDS. I explained her death to my eight-year-old son as matter-of-factly as I could. “The baby just quit breathing while she was taking a nap and she died. They call it ‘Crib Death.'” “She wasn't...
by Susan Law Corpany | Jun 27, 2006 | for Love
Have you ever sat in a parenting class or lesson and felt like a complete failure? I have a friend who told me once, “If I had only had my oldest child, I would have thought I was the world's best parent. She got good grades and obeyed the rules. She went to...
