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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Hey Mom and Dad: What's the Best Approach for Raising Kids?

Hands on or hands off?

Welcome to "Hey, Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked parents the week before on Patch Facebook pages from around the area. This week we looked at a hugely popular parenting blog that appeared on a Patch site outside of San Francisco. You can find it here. The blog has gone viral and has touched a nerve with a lot parents.  In a nutshell, the blog centers on two different parenting techniques — one in which the parents hold their children closely and protects them from harm. The other allows the children to make mistakes and sometimes get hurt in the process.  Here's what a few of our …

Suzanne Matthies

3:15 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

Do we have to choose between coddling and tough love? How about being flexible and open to the notion that each child and each moment is different. How about blending safety and opportunity. How about being the best role model you can be.   more ›

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Hey, Mom and Dad: What's The Best Parenting Advice Your Parents Gave You?

Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.

Welcome to "Hey, Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked parents the week before on Patch Facebook pages from around the area. By this point, most of us have realized that parenting is much harder and more complicated than it may have seemed when we were children. There are countless schools of thought on parenting, everyone has their own opinions and the list of do's and don't's grows by the minute. That leads us to this week's question: Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section. Linda Saflarski Walsh: Make sure to enforce family time. They may not…

a neighbor

8:27 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Dont give up on your children. Stick it out no matter what the problem. Do not put them in the street when they are having problems. The message you send is I give up on you and all that does is tell them to give up too. Dumping troubles kids in the street and on the public system damages the kids the most but all of us as a community. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT LIFE YOU MADE A DECISION TO PUT …   more ›

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