Move over, Mr. Teddy: Why kids take weird objects to bed
Six-year-old Andrew Vetter can’t fall asleep without a bevy of his favorite things situated on his bunk bed. Legos, a soccer medal, action figure guys, a keychain light and even rocks he collected outside fill a makeshift toy chest. “We instituted a rule that the kids couldn’t take anything hard to bed with them, so Andrew negotiated with me and convinced me to let him put all that stuff in a Kleenex box and leave it at the top of the mattress,” said mom Barb Vetter, a member
"Quit badmouthing each other in front of the kids!"
By Warren Matson, LCPC “Often parents bad mouth one another in front of the kids,” reader Joseph D. writes. “Can you help parents see how this puts children in an awkward position?” Communication—it seems that so many issues in relationships and families are a result of it. Bad communication, that is. Often, communication is lacking due to conflict avoidance. Other times, we communicate, but in a way that is critical, judgmental, or just downright mean. When we add children t
