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Teaching Kids Civility In An Unkind World -
James P Krehbiel (1,395)     James P Krehbiel    Without a doubt, we live in a crazy world. Have you observed a driver holding a cigarette in one hand and using a cell phone while weaving down the highway? Have you ever had someone cut in front of you while waiting in line? How about letting the door slam on you when you are entering a... ( added 1 year 111 days ago.) |
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Teen Clothing Exposed - A Grim Tale -
Mary Fagan (582)   Mary Fagan Fashion industry moguls, having studied parenting trends, discovered that adults have stopped reading fairy tales to children. Danger looms as these magical weavers take advantage of lessons not learned from this mild, yet fairly effective, indirect teaching tool. As a result, a whole lot... ( added 1 year 295 days ago.) |
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Barbie Tales - Run, Barbie, Run! -
Lisa Barker (508)   Lisa Barker When my toddler walks by with a naked Barbie doll, her hair drenched and dripping, I know Barbie has been skinny-dipping in the toilet. Call it a mother’s instinct. No matter what the circumstances are, moms have a way of putting two and two together and coming up with the exact scenario. Too... ( added 1 year 358 days ago.) |
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The ABC's Of Parenting -
Jennifer Rogers (36)   Jennifer Rogers Humorous Advice for Parents A lways keep 911 and poison control on your speed dial (this includes cell phones) just in case your child swallows something that cannot be safely passed in the toilet or in a diaper. B e brave. You never know what slimy critters your children will try... ( added 2 years 3 days ago.) |
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A Running Diary of The First Day of School-A Parent’s Perspective -
Laura Trahan (30,735)    Laura Trahan My husband and I dropped off our firstborn son today for his first day of kindergarten. Since my mind has been racing non-stop over the last 24 hours, I decided to keep a running diary of how my life turned upside down in what seemed to be a blink of an eye. The Night Before The First Day ... ( added 2 years 6 days ago.) |
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Bath Time Magic For Kids -
Lindsay Small (499) Bath time is the perfect opportunity for parents and children to really get to know each other and spend quality time together. How you view “bath time" is up to you. Many parents choose to treat it as a chore and dread the evenings – as do their children. In many homes, bath time is about... ( added 2 years 8 days ago.) |
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Parenting Tips – Exposing the Lies Behind Popular Child-Raising Myths -
Danny Davids (13,953)   Danny Davids Ever have something happen that’s so unexpected you don’t know how to respond? I had one of those types of experiences this week. I was walking in a public place during the lunch hour, and four children came out of a fast-food restaurant. They were headed directly towards me, and I kept waiting... ( added 2 years 27 days ago.) |
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Science for Preschoolers: Simple Activities To Get Your Child Thinking Scientifically -
Laura Trahan (30,735) Laura Trahan It is almost back-to-school time and you just realized that you never even mentioned the word science this entire summer. Or maybe you are a preschool mom and looking for some new ideas. Or maybe, you are like me and don’t have a scientific bone in your body. Whatever the reason, we all need... ( added 2 years 29 days ago.) |
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Obesity in Children: How To Help Your Child Without Hurting Their Self-Esteem -
Laura Trahan (30,735) Laura Trahan Obesity in children has been a major topic on news stations everywhere lately. Before I taught school, I actually thought that the topic was exaggerated a little. Then I started to take notice. It has been sad to me to see the amount of kids who are overweight or obese. I know how the kids... ( added 2 years 145 days ago.) |
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Free Tips for Dads – Give Your Daughter a Birthday Gift She’ll Cherish Forever -
Danny Davids (13,953) Danny Davids As the father of two daughters, now both adults, I’ve had at least a few opportunities to present my share of birthday gifts with my wife. Some of them were winners, and some were…well, just gifts. And I won’t comment on the gifts of cash or gift cards (although they were... ( added 2 years 156 days ago.) |
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Child Safety Tips: Was There Ever An Age of Innocence? -
Laura Trahan (30,735) Laura Trahan Within a span of two days, I was given a view as to how children in this day and age are a constant worry. How do you explain to preschoolers how dangerous it is for them to be a normal preschooler? Let me go back and explain the last two days of my life. Day one started out as a great bonding... ( added 2 years 163 days ago.) |
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Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, The Celebrity Mom Myth, Part 2 -
Jean Horst (1,050)  Jean Horst Should regular people try to copy Celebrities? I apologize if it seems like I'm picking on Angelina, Britney, Madonna, Kate Moss and all the rest by singling them out just because they are celebrities. The problem isn't that they are famous - the problem is that we are bombarded with their... ( added 2 years 182 days ago.) |
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Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears & Madonna - The Celebrity Mom Myth Part 1 -
Jean Horst (1,050) Jean Horst I'm so sick of reading about celebrity moms. So sick of it, that I can't stop. I'll admit to being a little obsessed with the details of the lives of Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Madonna, Denise Richardson, et al and their children. I read all the details about their parenting decisions, what... ( added 2 years 200 days ago.) |
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A Mother’s Delight: When A Daughter Melts A Mom’s Heart -
Laura Trahan (30,735) Laura Trahan There are not many times in my life that I am not butting heads with my daughter. "Those shoes do not match and are not tennis shoes, you can not wear them to school," I will say. "I want to wear my slippers!! They are soft," my Hannah will retort in the whiny voice that sends all moms over the... ( added 22 days 11 hours ago.) |
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Avoiding Power Struggles With Your Children -
 - Kathy Slattengren (212)  Kathy Slattengren It's easy to get into power struggles with your children. However, once you learn what triggers power struggles, you can avoid them. Let's look at how to do this using a couple of examples. In the first situation, five year old Jacob has asked his mom if he can have a cookie. She's told him... ( added 68 days 12 hours ago.) |
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A Day in the Life of a Mother© -
- Arlene Wright-Correll (5,193)   Arlene Wright-Correll Mother's Day is coming up on us fast and at 73 & 75 years old we still have one mother who will be 95 this year. Reflecting upon my personal 73 years of which 51 of them included motherhood I started to think about a day in my life today. These days I still get up about 5 or 6 a.m. opening up the... ( added 104 days 15 hours ago.) |
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A Bitter Sweet Note -
Mary Fagan (582) Mary Fagan Parents of music students everywhere! Listen up! I have found a surefire way to enhance the quality and quantity of band practice without the typical threatening and nagging once required to make you feel like you’re getting your money out of purchasing that instrument that your child swore... ( added 117 days 11 hours ago.) |
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Youth Is Wasted On The Young -
- Mr. Keith (1,860)  Mr. Keith I am ready for another birthday and my age is kind of in limbo somewhere between being young and being old . I used to not even think about age unless it was to buy beer. Now I don't consume beer because I refuse to drink my calories. My children think I am old but I do not consider myself as... ( added 121 days 4 hours ago.) |
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Tearing Down the Walls of Racism -
William Hollihan (4) In his intro to Tahar Ben Jelloun's book Racism Explained to My Daughter, Bill Cosby states, "It is disheartening to see that children are still shaped by racism-racism that these children learn from parents, relatives, and friends in lessons reinforced by the media and society at large." I... ( added 143 days 10 hours ago.) |
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“Sleep walking” Will Not Protect Our Kids -
Judi Lake (2,258)  Judi Lake “I’m sorry Mrs. Lake, but your extension for homebound tutoring has been denied. Your child is perfectly alright to attend school and we expect her in her classroom first thing tomorrow morning." “May I ask who decided this?" “I did. Your request is denied ." “Why? Do you know... ( added 162 days 18 hours ago.) |
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Grandma is 40, Mama is 27, son is 14 -
- Patricia Barbee (116)  Patricia Barbee America, when are we going to stop being politically correct and tell these young people that abstinence does work? "Daughter/son do NOT do it!!!!" This week I was watching the local news and a public school was featured as one of the best in the state. The students were going to a statewide... ( added 179 days 7 hours ago.) |
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Asperger Teen on an Mission to the Moon -
Joy De Vries (29)  Joy De Vries Recently my 12 year old son with Asperger Syndrome read an article in a scientific magazine which stated the American astronauts were going back to the moon in the year 2020. After reading the article carefully he came to me and told me he was going to be a part of that mission to return to the... ( added 191 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Raising a Full-Figured Child -
Mary Fagan (582) Mary Fagan “Mom, can you drop off a few things at the Salvation Army for me?" asked my daughter not long after Christmas. “When I put my new stuff away, I cleaned out clothes I don’t wear anymore." It sounded like a reasonable and venerable act. That was before I carried the three HUGE plastic garbage... ( added 201 days 13 hours ago.) |
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Activities To Do With Your Sick Child While At Home -
Stephany Springer (12,791)  Stephany Springer I am going into day two of having my kids home from school because of illness. I have to admit I am beginning to go a little insane. It seems endless stress between trying to juggle my normal daily duties as well as keep the demanding child entertained so that we both survive the day. Here... ( added 205 days 1 hour ago.) |
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Vignettes of a Model Mom -
Steve Radford (935)  Steve Radford "You need to straddle the bag, your left foot aimed at second and your right foot toward home plate. Then you take the throw from the catcher and apply the tag. Simple!" Having arrived home from baseball practice, an excited nine year old boy stood in his mom's bedroom, demonstrating the... ( added 254 days 4 hours ago.) |
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