Page 4 - Perfect Parents, Perfect Children, and Other Fairy Tales

Table of Contents

Perfect Parents Don’t exist.................................................................1
Listening...............................................................................4
Disasters...........................................................................7

Speak Kindly of Your Children to Others.......................................9
Bagging the Binkie.............................................................................13
Being a Self-Starter...........................................................................15
In Case You Every Feel Worthless.....................................................19
What Are You Going to Do?.............................................................22
Driver Training..................................................................................25

Gentleman Manners...........................................................................27
Batting a Thousand............................................................................29
Answering the Phone........................................................................32
Tantrums....................................................................................34
My Children Are My World................................................................37
Caring Means.....................................................................................41
If You Want to See Your Grandchildren.............................................43
Putting Your Best Foot Forward......................................................47

One Small Comment Can Change a Life........................................49
Spending Money on Your Kids........................................................53
My Child Won’t Sit Quietly!.............................................................55
Family Glue.......................................................................................59
Always Happy to be the Bad Guy......................................................61
I’m Doing Okay..................................................................................64

The Many Lessons in a One-Sided Conversation................................66
One Rotten Apple...............................................................................69
Laundry.................................................................................72
Trust.............................................................................................75
Independence...........................................................................79
I Am Watching You!............................................................................81
Five Minute Jobs................................................................................83
Work is Fun... When You Are a Toddler.............................................87

Kindness..........................................................................90