I don’t know how to “play date.” My friends either don’t have kids or have them in full-time daycare. My son is home with me part time. We go to the zoo, the science center, the playground. I see those other moms, the well-organized ones who stay home full-time and operate a home, no doubt, like a military camp. Their clothes are always folded and clean, their dishes always put up, their children always dressed in neatly pressed designer jumpers. They congregate in buggy-pushing gaggles and laugh carelessly as they tuck their chin-length dishwater blond hair behind their delicate ears …read more

Children who had been placed in child care during early childhood were more likely to exhibit aggression and disobedience regardless of the quality of the center-based care they received.
I’ve always been a believer that at least one parent should be able to stay at home with children until they begin kindergarten.  I know this isn’t always possible, but studies are showing more and more that it’s in the best interest of the children and their wellbeing.

Anthony and Alice Walker along with their three children – Anthony Jr, 12, Naleila, 6, and Alyssa, 17 months, plus Marcus, a nephew who lives with them full-time will be the focus of tonights Super Nanny episode.
The Walkers no only parent their children but they also run a daycare business based in their home. Mom’s personality and attitude has rubbed off on the kids, and they’re doing whatever they feel like. Unsure of how to regain control she resorts to chasing them around the house trying to mete out discipline. Anthony Jr is a master of backchat, and Naleila and …read more