Award-winning column encouraging parents to tackle the hard stuff. by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero
Fredericksburg Parent & Family Magazine
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Daughter Snubs Old Friends
by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero Read More ASK MOM advice in Fredericksburg Parent & Family Magazine THE PROBLEM: Lately I’ve been alarmed at my daughter’s behavior toward three girls she’s been friends with for years. They are all now in fifth grade, and one of the more ‘popular’ girls in the class has started including my daughter in her group. It’s a tight-knit group, and apparently ‘too sophisticated’ for my daughter’s old friends, at least, that’s what my daughter says. It makes me so mad to hear her talk like that! I hate to see how much she is hurting her old friends, and I have to say, I’m surprised my daughter is acting like such a snob.
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 Mom Friend Too Judgmental
by Mary Follin and Kristi Crosson Read More ASK MOM advice in Fredericksburg Parent & Family Magazine THE PROBLEM: It’s always been hard for me to make mom friends, and I finally got one. At first, I felt like we were kindred spirits. We worry about the same things and have the same sense of humor. But then, I began noticing that she always talks about other moms at the school and especially about their kids. Stuff like, “I can’t believe so-and-so tells her kid to call me by my first name,” and “Did you notice how so-and-so always wears yoga pants so everybody can see how skinny she is?” I’m not really into talking about other people like that, and it makes me uncomfortable. But I don’t want to lose a friend now that I finally found one. |
ABOUT MARY FOLLINMary is the author of TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ and ETHYR, winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award and the Gertrude Warner Book Award. She is mom to two grown sons and enjoys sharing her more seasoned perspective with parents of younger children.
ABOUT Erika GuerreroErika Guerrero is a freelance hair and makeup artist, Erika K. Beauty, single-mama to one amazing boy, and author of She’s Not Shaken, a blog offering hope and encouragement to women in all walks of life.
ABOUT Suzanne JohnsonSuzanne Johnson, mother of five children and grandmother of six, is an illustrator, book cover designer, and author of the Realms of Edenocht series.
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