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How To Win Any Negotiation With Your Child

EconDad · April 10, 2018 ·

Here’s the situation: You need your child to do something important -- finish her homework, clean his room, get dressed, mow the lawn, write thank-you notes, lie down for bed, whatever.  You kindly ask your child to help out, and you get a strong “No” or “Not right now.”  You … [Read more...] about How To Win Any Negotiation With Your Child

Filed Under: EconDad (Geeky), Family, Most Popular

Love You, Support You, Teach You

EconDad · December 1, 2016 ·

In our house, we teach three basic responsibilities that we, as parents, have to our kids: Love you Support you Teach you Ultimately, parenting really boils down to these three simple roles. First, we must Love our children with all of our hearts. No matter who … [Read more...] about Love You, Support You, Teach You

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Missing the Kids’ Concert

EconDad · December 1, 2016 ·

Here I am, sitting in the DC airport, just 5 minutes from when the kids' winter piano recital is supposed to begin.  I've been traveling Monday to Thursday this week, and haven't seen them except for 5 minutes of FaceTime last night.  Feeling like a pretty crappy dad right … [Read more...] about Missing the Kids’ Concert

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Lost in the Moment

EconDad · October 31, 2016 ·

I had a moment last weekend where time faded away, where I was completely lost in the moment.  My son and I were running together through the woods, autumn New England leaves under our feet, dancing across the rough wooded terrain, talking and laughing and smiling the whole … [Read more...] about Lost in the Moment

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“I Don’t Want To Die”

EconDad · October 1, 2016 ·

I had a troubling night last night, talking with my 7-year-old son about death.  He couldn't fall asleep and couldn't get dying out of his head.  Here were some of his comments (with full-on tears, of course): "I'm scared of dying" "I can't fall asleep because I'm scared … [Read more...] about “I Don’t Want To Die”

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