Last month, my husband and I escaped the Northeast in the middle of a snowstorm—one of those “why do we live here again?” kind of storms—and boarded a cruise to the Bahamas.  Some sun. A bit more warmth. No shovels. We already felt victorious. Now here’s the twist: on a whim, I placed a little […]

Have you ever seen a child throw a temper tantrum? Chances are, yes—more than once! It usually happens over something the child wants but doesn’t get. “But I want it!” the child shrieks, while the parent calmly insists, “You don’t need it.” Children have trouble understanding the difference between a want and a need. To […]