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 …

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