Gift-Shaming - A Way to Get What You Want?

So this week's column addresses the thorny issue of gift-giving and the new holidays that come with parenthood. It seems redundant to say it, but yet again, when we become parents we have to renegotiate many aspects of our relationship. The only way to do this healthfully is to use careful communication skills. I encourage this new mom not to use shame as her tool to ask for what she wants on Mother's Day. Read the whole story here.