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PRmom: Where's the Manual?

http://prmom.wordpress.com/

I admit it. After what What to Expect in the First Year, the only other parenting book I’ve picked up has been From Diapers to Dating (which I highly recommend). My kids are now 9 and 6, and I guess I’ve been winging it. Who has time to wade through it all? Besides, whenever I pick up a parenting book now, I just feel guilty about all of the ways I’ve probably already screwed them up.

So it’s pretty ironic that I now spend my days reading child development research. As public relations director for FPG Child Development Institute, I translate research into something that I hope others will find interesting.Hence the blog–it’s my attempt to take what I’m reading and hearing from researchers and share the highlights. It’s a blend of my experiences raising two children, stories I hear from my friends, and what research might have to do with it all.

Added on: Jun 17th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Tracy Zimmerman
Listed in: Mom & Family Education
Tags: education children parenting mom child development

Recent Posts

Caving on Cell Phones

Posted on Thursday October 30th, 2008 at 15:29 in parenting

Oh, the stupid things that my friends and I used to say before having kids. Things like . . . “Even though you traveled more than 1,000 miles to come to my wedding, you must leave your baby with a sitter you’ve never met before.” and . . . “W...
Maybe they really do listen

Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 10:05 in parenting, drugs, smoking, drinking, high risk behaviors

If I were president . . . this was the prompt for my 5th grader’s morning writing assignment in school. If I were president . . . I would let kids after taking a test to prove they knew the candidates and what they stood for to be allowed to vote....
Mommy . . . can I get in bed with you?

Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 13:39 in parenting, sleep, nightmare, attachment parenting, co-sleeping

Mommy . . . can I get in bed with you? Can we cuddle? I love and hate these words. My 6 year-old probably comes in a once or twice a week in the wee, wee hours of the morning, walking all the way around the bed to my side, tapping gently next to me a...
Is “Unschooling” About the Parent or the Child?

Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 15:44 in parenting, unschooling, child development, kindergarten, child care

I never felt part of the mommy wars. If anything, I was jealous of my stay-home mom friends. But alas, I married a teacher—need I say more? So my children began child care early and, today they are both in elementary school. (They do get a bonus th...
Who’s to Blame When Kids Make Mistakes?

Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 21:21 in parenting, teen pregnancy, palin

All of the news coverage of Sarah Palin’s daughter’s teen pregnancy is making me cringe. First, in the interest of full disclosure—I am mostly (though not always) a liberal Democrat. But I’m looking this through a very different lens right...
One of Life’s Mysteries

Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 08:23 in parenting, wake-up

Can someone please explain this to me? All summer long, my 6-year-old hopped out of bed in the wee hours of the morning ready to start to his day. Now school has started. The alarm is set for 7 AM. He sleeps until it goes off (and sometimes th...