Don’t try to be your child’s friend. Here’s why.
A piece of advice to all you parents reading this: Don’t try to be your child’s friend. Don’t get me wrong. You can be kind, you can be chummy, you can (and should) have fun with your kids — but you are not their friend.
I say this as a mom and a pediatrician who has seen way too many parents muck things up by trying to be a friend to their …
Don’t try to be your child’s friend. Here’s why.






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