LJ Herman is a former editor at Love What Matters and lives in Colorado. LJ is a concert, ticket and technology enthusiast. He has seen the Dave Mathews Band over one hundred times and counting.

LJ Herman is a former editor at Love What Matters and lives in Colorado. LJ is a concert, ticket and technology enthusiast. He has seen the Dave Mathews Band over one hundred times and counting.
Any effort toward being 100 percent consistent with boundaries, limits, and routines will seriously improve children’s behavior.
“It’s so beautiful he’s not afraid to show emotions like this, and I’m hoping more men can let go and do the same.”
“A well-meaning friend recently said to me, ‘I don’t know how you do everything you do all alone. Your husband is gone so much, you are like a single mom!’ My dear, sweet friend, I love you, and I know you were trying to compliment me. But, no, my life is nothing like that of a single mom.”
“THIS is the dark side of parenting they don’t tell you about in books.”
“The agent kept talking about her goosebumps while the man hugged the woman and asked for her name.”
“You don’t want to hate people. You don’t. I think babies are beautiful. I think kids are awesome, but you can’t help the jealousy. The envy. The resentment.”
“I hope these photos are shared and embraced for all of us mothers who didn’t get the ‘ideal’ birth, who thought that our bodies were broken, who didn’t get to see our child take his or her first breath.”
“I was bitter, I was losing hope. The home I carefully built and nurtured was destroyed in a burning blaze of rage, violence, and fear. Then, I received a photo in my inbox of a smiling little girl with long eyelashes. I was in love the second I saw her.”
“Watching a child I loved assume joy was too far gone for her to grasp, I knew exactly what to do.”
“Kids who feel strongly connected to their parents are more eager to cooperate with them, so it’s worth the effort to enhance that bond. It also just feels great.”