You're bracing for the next meltdown before it's even started. By the 10th "no," the constant whining, the moment they throw your own words back at you, you're not thinking about scripts or positive parenting anymore. You're thinking, “Is this ever going to get easier?? Is my child always going...

It was the last evening of our 5-day summer trip to the beach. We were out shopping for a souvenir, something small to remember it by. We ended up in a tiny gift shop at the top of a lighthouse, the kind of shop where you have to turn sideways to get down the aisle. My husband had escorted our ...