I was a cross country runner back in the day and this totally would have pissed me off and motivated me to go the whole way. But at least you changed the training tactics afterwards. When I was in high school, the men's team coach was a crazy person. He would purposefully keep the women's team far away at meets…

FF4 Moon Whale?

I didn't say to use it all the time. Also, it teaches children that they aren't always owed an explanation for everything they don't like. Sometimes they just have to do it.

Poor Kylie. It's terrible that a lifetime of prejudice has made her feel so hurt. And as a parent, what her Mom had to say — oomph. Right in the feels. She's being supportive but I know it must hurt a lot to have the name you have chosen — probably painstakingly and sentimentally — and known your baby by for so many…

Somewhere around there, yes, three or four years old. It's so weird how children respond differently to different disciplines. My brother didn't ever need that at all, he was obedient and quiet as a church mouse.

Definitely, definitely too harsh. :(

Yeah, that does seem a little harsh. If your kid is an angel, you still make the punishment fit the crime. Crappy grade on tests get the removal of television (or whatever might have caused a lapse in studying — and if it wasn't a lapse in studying, there's no need for discipline, there's a need for a tutor) for a…

I think yelling (or spanking — and by spanking I mean a light swat on the bottom just once which shouldn't even sting) is at it's most effective when it is only used in times of immediate danger. If you yell all the time, it loses it's power. If you only yell when something is really wrong, like the kid has picked up…

I think you have to do what works best for your child, but I've been told that you need to make the punishment fit the crime. For example: your kid goes too close to the street on the tricycle for the second time after he's been warned, you don't take away his crayons, you take away his tricycle.

Funny story — I went through a really bad tantrum stage where I would throw my body on the floor and scream bloody murder for attention or to get my way. My mother would just step over me to continue whatever her business was as though I wasn't there (now as a parent, I realize how much control this takes). Sometimes…

I agree that rational discussion is great, but it also has its place. Sometimes "because I said so" in a firm, calm voice is a perfectly acceptable response, no other explanation required. Not everything needs to be explained to kids every time. My mother also used "I don't have to explain myself to you" to great…

My baby is only eight months old, but for me: 1) yes, we do (7:00 pm bedtime, y'all) 2) definitely not, same old us and 3) I can't say, but we try to talk about things other than the baby to keep that part of our lives active.

My baby is only eight months old, but for me: 1) yes, we do (7:00 pm bedtime, y'all) 2) definitely not, same old us and 3) I can't say, but we try to talk about things other than the baby to keep that part of our lives active.

I've been told that transgender people typically know that they are in the wrong gender from an early age. Or at least, they know something isn't right from an early age, fighting through many layers of denial, suppression, or confusion.

This just shows me how much the 60's are back in style again. All of these could show up on the shelves tomorrow and sell.

I haven't even seen the second season yet (still binge-watching the first) and I already see him as a villain. Every time I see Fitz and Olivia I can't help but think this is a purposefully toxic, incredibly unhealthy relationship that's not meant to be romantic. When Olivia says "I want devastating, painful love" as…

I've done some work out on Pine Ridge and I see what you mean. I have no Indian heritage, so I have no inside perspective at all, but even what I've seen as an outsider is eye-opening. If I ever talk about it, people are shocked and don't believe me.

I'm really fascinated by environmental effects on cognitive behavior. Sounds humans can't hear, but still affect them, causing anything from hallucinations to inexplicable fear. Cold spots and drafts caused by air circulation, even the placebo effect of "priming" by the mere suggestion that a place is haunted. An odd…

I love ones like these, they seem so much more plausible than visible ghosts to me. I know that disembodied, omnipresent evil is no more logical than corporeal hauntings, but it does seem a lot more believable. At least to me.

That one was the worst for me too because it seems the most predatory and plausible. Actual creepy people are way creepier than ghosts to me.