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5 Ways You Are Ruining Your Child’s Life Without Even Realizing It

There are five parenting traps that many well-intentioned modern parents fall into without even knowing it.

Parents, It’s Your #1 Job to Get in Your Kids’ Way at All Times. Kids Do Not Deserve Privacy.

I am an assistant principal in a middle school (grades 6-8). When I have to search a student's cell phone, I often get sick to my stomach at what I find. It gets worse and worse every year.

WATCH: Mom Gives Birth to Family’s 1st Boy in 50 Years

"I just knew I was having a girl."

Jillian Benfield

Jillian Benfield is a former TV News Anchor/Reporter, turned military wife and work from home mom. When she was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child, she learned her son had Down syndrome. Now she’s trying to figure out how to juggle a wonderfully sassy toddler and a baby with special needs. She writes at News Anchor To Homemaker.  Jillian’s work has been featured on ABC News, The TODAY Show and Yahoo News. Follow along with her parenting adventures on Facebook!

Dear Daughter, Marry the Man You Can Suffer With

"Don’t settle. Don’t settle for someone who is comfortable. Take healthy risks in love. Choosing your father was the most dangerous decision of my life."

Dear Kids, I’m Not Sorry Your Brother Has Special Needs

When I first received the Down syndrome diagnosis for your brother, the first coherent thought I had was, “Poor him”, which quickly turned to “poor you.” I exited the present and started living in your futures.

I Carry Him

"When he’s reached his limit, I’m close to my own. But when I carry him, he somehow carries me, too."