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Carnival of Family Life: St. Patrick’s Day Edition

By JHS 473 days ago from http://www.jhsiess.com

Welcome to the very special St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Carnival of Family Life! The luck o’ the Irish is certainly with us because there are a wide variety of excellent articles amassed here for your reading pleasure! No blarney — just fact! Enjoy them all! Visit the contributors' sites and be sure to leave them a comme

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Vegetarian Soup Recipes and Low Fat Soup Recipes - One Parent's Experience

By neenmachine 507 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Every parents goal is to encourage their children to have healthier eating habits. Delicious vegetarian soup recipes and low fat soup recipes is one way to sneak more vegetables into a child's diet.

However, sometimes the best intentions backfire and other times there are surprising results. Read about

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Cell Phones for Kids

By neenmachine 513 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Many parents wonder whether cell phones for kids is a good idea. I have examined the topic of cell phones for kids before on this site and after testing out a family cell phone plan for a few months, I am ready to report back with what I have learned about cell phones for kids. Overall, I think it is a good idea and a wonderful

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20 Steps Towards Internet Safety for Kids

By neenmachine 492 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Internet safety is a big concerns of parents today. As children's exposure to the internet grows, it becomes harder for parents to monitor their kids online activities. The key to internet safety is education. Parents need to teach kids skills to use the internet properly. Like anything else children need to learn right from w

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You can Use the iPod Touch as a PDA

By neenmachine 512 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Being a Mac user and a parent, I have had a hard time finding a PDA that sync's easily with Apple's iCal and Contacts. Given my children's busy schedules I am desperately in need of some electronic help. When the iPod Touch was first introduced by Apple it did not have the capability to enter new calendar events, basically i

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Talking To Your Child About Adoption

By joannegreco 515 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

When you adopt a child at an older age, they come to you knowing they were adopted. But when you adopt an infant, you are the one who they get that information from. Most research suggests that a child who was adopted will  benefit from knowing early on and as they get older they will be able to understand more. Adoption sho

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The Math Geeks And Me

By AnneGlamore 610 days ago from http://www.mytinykingdom.com

Long division with decimals? It's easier if you copy Beyonce and sing, "To the left to the left" as you move the decimal point. Or do you move it to the right? I got really confused, and wrote a lighthearted piece about 6th grade arithmetic ho

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My Tiny Kingdom » Fighting Over Soulja Boy (With Video!)

By AnneGlamore 593 days ago from http://www.mytinykingdom.com

Anne Glamore and her son fight over the steps to the Soulja Boy dance. After reviewing the Soulja Boy Tell 'Em Instructional video to go over the moves, Anne is gratified to learn that the Crank Dat Soulja Boy dance does in fact have a "lean wid it" step in between steps two and four. She and Drew practice the dance while Finn films an

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Unschooling Voices: Index of Editions

By joannegreco 536 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

Unschooling Voices (unschooling carnival) is a monthly collection of writings (mainly from blogs) on the topic of unschooling. What is unschooling? It's a form of homeschooling that is done with out formal lessons or the use of a curriculim.

This page serves as as index to all the editions and gives all the details you'll

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Blog 365 for a Better Parenting Blog | A Mom's Life at NeenMachine.com

By neenmachine 550 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Blogging about parenting advice is a difficult business. After all parenting young children leaves precious little time for the business of blogging. Even if you are not a parent, if you blog part time, chances are that you have a full time commitment elsewhere. Finding the motivation to blog everyday is tough.
Blog 365 is a network of blo

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Parenting Tip: Reuse Holiday Cards for Kids Craft Projects

By neenmachine 549 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Here's a little parenting tip that works for me - it is good for the environment and keeps the kids busy for hours. It may even save you a few dollars next holiday season.
The parenting tip that I am talking about is reusing your holiday cards.
Instead of throwing away the holiday cards, cut off the backs (with all the writing and person

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Babies, Hormones, and Life | My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings

By blm03 582 days ago from http://mythoughtsideasandramblings.com

Even wonder what a woman's body goes through when she is pregnant? Well, it does not end just because they had the baby. This is my story of what happened after the birth of both my children and what other mothers out there are going through. The hormonal balance that happens after birth is one of those things that nobody tells you about

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Believe in Yourself for Success with Mom's Home Based Business

By neenmachine 518 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Working from home is challenge many moms face. Parenting is usually the main focus for moms and as a result moms don't treat their home businesses as serious endeavors. While time might be scarce for moms, attitude does not need to suffer. Moms need to believe that they can be successful in th

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It’s Natural, But It’s Rated “R”

By AnneGlamore 611 days ago from http://www.mytinykingdom.com

You think babies are hard-- all that diapering and baby food and equipment. But think back-- do you remember when you learned how babies were made? Do you realize, that as a parent, you're going to have to give "the talk" unless the stoner down

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Happy New Year Carnival of Family Life | Mixed Metaphor.net

By JennH 558 days ago from http://www.mixedmetaphor.net

The Happy New Year Edition of the Carnival of Family Life will be hosted at Mixed Metaphor.net on Monday, July 31, 2007. Submit a post by December 29, 2007 at midnight to have it included. This is my first time hosting a blog carnival, so please help me make it a great success! We will ring in 2008 with a festive theme and wonderful Carniv

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Magna Carta - Sold! to the Highest Bidder : A Mom’s Life at NeenMachine.com

By neenmachine 562 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

The only privately owned copy of the Magna Carta was sold at auction today for 21.32 million dollars. Dating back to the year 1297 and bearing the wax seal of King Edward I, this is the only original copy of the Magna Carta located in the United States. Fortunately the new owner, David Rubenstein, plans to loan the document to the National A

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Hanna Montana's Costume Change Trick on Tape

By neenmachine 543 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Someone caught Miley Cyrus' (better known as Hanna Montana's) costume change trick on tape. And you can see it here. My kids are crazy for Hanna Montana, so they found it quite entertaining and I became one cool parent for finding the video before they did. I am sure other celebrities use similar Houdini-ish tactics to trick their audiences

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“Mom, we were in an accident”

By JHS 538 days ago from http://www.jhsiess.com

“Mom, we were in an accident” are the words every parent dreads. I heard them on the phone this past week. This is my entry for Blog Your Blessings Sunday, so you know that all turned out well. But sometimes it takes a scary moment for us to realize just how grateful we should be every moment of every day. We get so busy that we forget to b

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Carnival of Family Life ~~ Christmas Edition | Colloquium

By JHS 558 days ago from http://www.jhsiess.com

The Carnival of Family Life ~~ Christmas Edition is live! Come check out all the WONDERFUL entries this week. There is a wide variety covering an expansive breadth of topics. Come check out the many posts included and leave a comment at the author's site letting them know how much you enjoyed their contribution! Next week the Carnival will

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Thirteen Memorable (for the Parents) Visits with Santa Claus | Colloquium

By JHS 562 days ago from http://www.jhsiess.com

I received these in an e-mail and laughed so hard, I just had to share them. For parents of older children, these photos will bring memories of similar experiences. For those of you with little ones, they might be painful reminders of very recent incidents! Let them serve as a cautionary tale for those of you contemplating parenthood! Enjoy

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I can lie no more

By 2monkees 576 days ago from http://www.slacker-moms-r-us.com

Here is a hysterical post by a mom at Slacker-moms-r-us talking about having to tell her nine year old little girl about the big "Santa Secret". It includes a link to a you tube clip in which two kids find their mom's "Santa Helper" lingerie. I think all of us parents can relate to the dreaded question from our kids about Santa. This

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How to Host a Garden Snail Race

By Court 593 days ago from http://www.thingamababy.com

I saw this post and thought that a snail race would be a really fun activity for kids. This post takes you through every single step you will need to go through to have a race with snails.

The writer of this post pulled out all the stops by creating a .pdf file that has snail racing numbers! It also teaches you how to catch snails and wher

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Happy New Year's Carnival of Family Life | Mixed Metaphor.net

By JennH 550 days ago from http://www.mixedmetaphor.net

The New Year's party has begun at Mixed Metaphor.net with the New Year Edition of the Carnival of Family Life! There are MANY wonderful articles included in this edition, so stop by, have some champagne & read some great writing from a wide variety of authors!

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Easy / Economical Ways to Hang Art (yours or your kids'!)

By seabird 581 days ago from http://www.seabirdchronicles.com

A quick and easy way to hang any kind of art: yours or your children’s! You could also hang Christmas lights or other decorations this way. We bought a bunch of assorted picture hooks and poster strips and all we did was peel the sticker off the back, press the hook/strip against the wall for a few seconds to secure it, then hang the picture!

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Rewarding (Bribing) Children To Learn

By joannegreco 527 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

I'm not a fan of bribing children to learn. Even before we removed our children from school, I hated what message rewarding them with pizza parties, candy and money (yes, money), was sending to them. These "rewards" were held out in front the students like a dangling carrot, with the promise that it could be theirs if they l

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Bringing up the rear, we have Emily

By IDoThings 586 days ago from http://www.cardiogirl.net

This is such a wonderful and touching story of a mother's relationship with the youngest of her three daughters. After reading this, you really feel like you understand this very special bond between mother and daughter. Only a mother could write this story, but only a writer could imbue it with so much warmth, insight, and emotion. A very s

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Helicopter Parenting

By Barbie 516 days ago from http://justenjoythejourney.blogspot.com

Really good article on something called helicopter parenting. Helicopter parenting is those parents that are always around trying to controll everything around the kids life. I had never hear of helicopter parenting until today but can say I know many helicopter parents as a fact my neighbors could be the poster parents for hel

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Computer savvy kids: good or bad?

By DougH 532 days ago from http://www.dadbloggers.com

I saw a statistic recently that 70% of 4-year-old children have been on a computer. I’m happy they have exposure to the computer at such an early age. On the other hand, there's the feeling that we're letting our kids drift too close to the big black hole known as the computer and internet. It's pull is difficult (if not impossible) to res

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The Girl In The Window | My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings

By blm03 334 days ago from http://mythoughtsideasandramblings.com

Just before noon on July 13, 2005, a Plant City police car pulled up outside that shattered window. Two officers went into the house — and one stumbled back out.

Clutching his stomach, the rookie retched in the weeds.

Plant City Detective Mark Holste had been on the force for 18 years when he and his young partner were se

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Telling It Like It Is: Are Parents Helping Or Enabling Their Adult Children?

By tiddlytwinks 605 days ago from http://www.tellinitlikeitis.net

The primary job of a parent is to prepare their children for how the world really works. We teach and train our children from childhood the knowledge and skills necessary to become independent adults, self-sufficient and upstanding members of societ

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How Can I Make Internet Safety Practical?

By neenmachine 489 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Internet Safety is a big issue for parents. Here a are some of the steps that I take to ensure a safe online experience for my kids. It is often all about limits and restrictions. As parents we must make rules about when, where (location of the computer), and for how long the kids can use the internet. In addition we also need

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Oh My God: Girl Scouts And Religion

By joannegreco 528 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

A situation regarding the expression "oh my god" came up during a girl scout camp that my daughter was attending. It opened up lots of discussions for my daughters about topics such as freedom of speech and religion. My daughters have always enjoyed Girl Scouts and I was disapointed when this issue came up. In the end, I thin

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Parenting Tip for Toddler | Parenting Tips at NeenMachine.com

By neenmachine 385 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Got a picky eater? What parent doesn't? Here are some ideas for parenting toddler when it comes to mealtime. It may be difficult to get your child to try new foods but patience and persistence on your part will pay off. Just be consistent and present your toddler with the new food on a regular basis. Enlist the help of the res

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How To Teach Your Children About Money And Money Management

By tiddlytwinks 593 days ago from http://www.tellinitlikeitis.net

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, if your children think that money grows on trees, it’s your own fault. Yes, I mean you, the parents. Oh sure, the media bombards us, and our children, with enticing commercials and ads with the “must-have” latest and greatest clothes, shoes, toys and gadgets.

The question remains, Who is responsibl

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PopCap Games at PopCap.com

By neenmachine 504 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

PopCap games at PopCap.com provides hours of free online gaming that challenges the mind and reduces stress. This one isn't only for the kids but also for the parents. Research has shown that giving your mind a break from the daily grind is good for your health. PopCap games include such famous titles as Bejewelled, Chuzzle, B

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Big Day at the ROTUS Ranch « ROTUS

By ROTUS 567 days ago from http://rotus.wordpress.com

A grab bag of subjects crammed into a single post. Consumerism,blogging tips, netiquette, parenting, salaciousness, nudity (not really but that is the #1 key word of all time), contests, prizes. This post has got it all. Marvelously compressed into a few paragraphs, ROTUS's philosophy of blogging and life.

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Disney DVD Giveaway | Parenting Tips at NeenMachine.com

By neenmachine 430 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Here is your chance to win a free Disney DVD! The just released Classic Caballero Collection features two movies - The Three Caballeros and Saludos Amigos. This Disney DVD takes a look at Latin American culture and stars Disney favorites - Goofy and Donald Duck.
Parenting Tips at NeenMachine.com is proud to be giving away thr

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Carnival of Family Life: Spring is Just Around the Corner Edition

By JHS 496 days ago from http://www.jhsiess.com

The wind is howling, rattling the windows and doors of the house. It has been raining on and off all night. More rain is predicted. It is bitterly cold outside, but warm and toasty here inside with the fire crackling. It’s a perfect day to sit back, relax under a blanket with a tasty hot drink, dream about spring flowers and w

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Teach your Kids about Money

By daducha 546 days ago from http://mompopson.blogspot.com

Start talking about money to your kids once he/she starts asking questions about it. Once your kid started to ask you questions such as how much money do you have? From where do you get your money? And why is his/her allowance is smaller/bigger than his friends? Or other questions that are related to money, then it is time that you talk to hi

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Parenting Tips for Toddlers: Bathroom Battles

By neenmachine 394 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Once a toddler is toilet trained, a whole new set of issues erupts. Let's face it, diapers are convenient - finding a clean bathroom on the fly, isn't. But kids don't get this and are not always cooperative when they are told to "go". Would you be? Luckily for moms and parents, there are ways to deal with this issue and ga

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Telling It Like It Is: ~Raising Independent Children-Not Moochers~

By tiddlytwinks 605 days ago from http://www.tellinitlikeitis.net

Are your kids a sponge or are you a sucker? Close to 14 million adult children are still living at home. There are simple steps both parents and their kids need to take to make their lives more productive, fulfilling and successful. Over-indulgence

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The Long Good-Bye | Colloquium

By JHS 599 days ago from http://www.jhsiess.com

Until you have watched a parent or other loved one slowly disappear as a result of Alzheimer's disease, you cannot understand how devastating and grief-inducing the process is. The author describes her mother's slow descent into oblivion and how she grieved the loss inch by inch until her parent's death was a relief -- and there were no t

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Homeschooling And Socialization

By joannegreco 537 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

I have to laugh when someone, after finding out our kids don't go to school, asks about socialization. I'll never understand what one has to do with the other. Are they saying that when their children are not in school (like weekends or summer breaks) they're isolated from other children? Wow, I feel sorry for them. How sad

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Deschooling For Parents

By joannegreco 537 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

In order for unschooling to work for us, I had to go through my own deschooling process, which was more deep rooted and tangled up than my kids deschooling was for them. Because I went to school longer than they had, and knowing the public school system from both as a student and as a parent, it was harder for me to look at edu

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The Name Game: What to Name Your Baby

By creativeblister 537 days ago from http://kymly.multiply.com

If adults can be unkind to others, so too can CHILDREN. There goes bullying, pulling pants, giving others a wedgie, and of course, who can forget: name calling!

“binky stinky”
“bart the fart”
“hey A.S.S. (allan s. stine)”

Choosing your baby’s name is as crucial as choosing the time to have a baby: it must be timely, you

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Sheep in need of a shepherd

By seabird 571 days ago from http://www.seabirdchronicles.com

There were supposed to be four sheep and a cow in the nativity part of the children’s Christmas program on Sunday. It was time for the four sheep and cow to go onstage. I began herding. You’d think that between four sheep, we could get at least one to 1) act somewhat mellow and sheep-like and 2) hang out calmly with the shepherds 3) in pr

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A Roto-Rooter Christmas

By seabird 556 days ago from http://www.seabirdchronicles.com

We celebrated the gift-giving part of Christmas a few days early this year to accommodate everyone’s schedules. For four days we had six adults sharing one bathroom. That should give you a clue as to the meaning of this post’s title...

Jonathan spent Christmas morning driving around town hunting a retail establishment that was 1) open and

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Welcome To Our Exceptional Kids Blog!

By Shezz 433 days ago from http://ourexceptionalkids.com

Hi and welcome to our blog. This blog is created by two mothers for all mothers. Our names are Rachel and Sheryl and between the two of us we have five lovely boys and we both have one boy each that has behavioral issues.

We decided to create this blog and our website at http://www.ourexceptionalkids.com in order to help o

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Travel Packing Tips

By neenmachine 501 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Traveling with a family is a complicated process. With some solid travel packing tips parents will find their job to be a bit easier. Since I became a parent, I have taken fewer trips than before kids. But my experiences have resulted in a written list of travel packing tips that I pull out whenever we vacation. Aruni at Entrep

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Days Before Doorknob

By AnneGlamore 610 days ago from http://www.mytinykingdom.com

Anne Glamore thought she'd seen it all-- the stitches, the fighting, the stinky feet. Being the lone vagina in a house full of peckers has certainly been an adjustment, but she thought she could handle anything, until the boys invented the Doorkno

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CEOmum - Parenting is a Full Time Job: Where is My Beard?

By Dee 471 days ago from http://ceomum.blogspot.com

Boys identify with their fathers so if dad has a beard it could very well be that son will want a beard too. The problem is that schools today especially private schools have dress codes which rule out beards and mandate shaving. This whole process starting with the first shave can be funny, tedious or downright annoying. In s

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Is a Bugaboo Stroller worth the money?

By tuler 545 days ago from http://bugabooworld.com

It's no lie that Bugaboo strollers are expensive. But are they worth it? You see celebrities and other folks flaunting them at the mall and other places and you wonder, did they buy that as a status symbol, or because it's a great stroller? This article goes into detail why they are worth it.

Here's a tidbit from the article:

I ow

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Talking To A Homeschooled/Unschooled Child

By joannegreco 530 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

There was a discussion, on one of my unschooling e-mail groups, about how extended family members seem to have a hard time talking to a child when they can't talk about school. It's like the only questions anybody can think of to ask a kid is "what grade are you in?", "what's your favorite subject?" and "how are you doi

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Parenting Help

By neenmachine 385 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

With so many resources available to parents, I was wondering where most people turn for parenting help - especially when it comes to babies. I know what worked for me - there are several dog eared copies of parenting books on my shelf. But weeding out good parenting advice from all the rest is hard for new moms. So here is my s

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Sex on the Bus

By 2monkees 576 days ago from http://site.ananyastudio.com

This is a post from a mom struggling to come to grips with the need to introduce the dreaded topic of sex education to her 10 year old. Despite many signs that the child is ready, this mom has just not been able to approach the topic of sex in a clear, coherent way. This mom does not want to repeat the sex education that she got from her mo

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Adoption and Breastfeeding

By joannegreco 525 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

Much to many people's surprise, it is possible to breastfeed a child that was adopted. More and more women are choosing this as a way to promote bonding and to have the shared experience with their baby. Here, three members of our adoption forums share their experiences. Visit our adoption blog to join our forums or share your

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Eureka! It’s a whole new world…

By nurinmz 557 days ago from http://nurinmz.com

That’s how it’s like for my kids when they first found the ‘window’. Once they discovered that behind those long clothing on the walls are windows; the eyes to the world outside, they’ll begin to seek ‘opportunities’ simply to get a little bird’s eye view especially from the bedroom’s window that’s easily reachable from the bed. They’ll even

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10 Adoption Profile Tips

By joannegreco 525 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

One of our members, Lori Dowd of Best Light Adoption Profile Reviews shares these useful tips.

So what makes a profile work? I gathered anecdotal research from birthparents and adoption counselors. While each birthparent comes with a viewpoint as unique as a fingerprint, here are some commonalities I found in what attracts a

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Is Raising A Child Like Running A Business?

By rappinhood 568 days ago from http://overhearddaily.com

These days it's not unusual for couples to start a family in their forties. They may not have the energy of 25-year-olds, but they do have something that may be even more valuable - life experience. In particular, they can use the skills they have learned in managing their careers to make an equal success of the parenting proc

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What Is, And Isn't Unschooling

By joannegreco 535 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

Unschooling isn't so much a method, as it is a way of looking at learning. It's seeing the learning in everything. To me, it's much more than just dropping the curriculum, although that's an excellent place to start.

It's changing the way you view learning and education.

It isn't leaving your children to find their

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Hooked on Phonics

By neenmachine 496 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

Hooked on Phonics is my favorite learn to read system. As a parent of four children I have tried so many different approaches to reading. My third child was not interested in reading at all. While he is still not any avid reader, the Hooked on Phonics system at least helped him to learn how to read. I am now using the Hooked on

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Parents: Pack a Meal That Won't Upset Junior's Tummy! | Joyful Digesting

By FiberBoy 474 days ago from http://www.joyfuldigesting.com

I have some great advice for parents trying to manage their child’s heartburn.

When your child is at school, you have little to no control over what he or she is eating. All too often, school cafeterias churn out nutritionally-empty, calorie-dense, high-fat, fried foods. Not only does this set children on the path to obesity

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Peg Perego Car Seat Adapter Tip - Bugaboo World

By tuler 565 days ago from http://bugabooworld.com

Do you plan on owning a Bugaboo? What is a Bugaboo you ask? It's a really killer stroller that allows you to add different attachments so that the stroller grows right along with your child.

So, if you don't know what a Bugaboo is, you should read this. But if you plan on buying one, you should also read this since this will save yo

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Parenting Teens

By jurnei 581 days ago from http://notarypublic-mobile.blogspot.com

OK....so this is random, and I did not intend to get into parenting issues as part of this site. Doesn't fit. BUT, this is a great idea :-)

For those having problems getting a response from their household younglings, this is a nifty way to get their attention. It's bright and colorful, constantly moves, electronic - it seems to match ma

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My Five Best Homeschooling Tips

By joannegreco 531 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

I've been a a homeschooling (actually unschooling) mama since 2004 and there's never been a moment that I regret it or question if we made the right choice. I've learned some things along the way and I find myself constantly questioning my own thoughts on education, real learning and the school system. With that in mind, he

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Vancouver Family Fun Is Looking For Writers

By rodtempleton 451 days ago from http://www.vancouverfamilyfun.com

When I started VFF back in January, I had a simple idea - post about where to take the kids in Vancouver. Well, in a region of almost two million people, and no shortage of stuff to do, it's too much for just one blogger. So, we're looking for two or three associate editors to cover different regions of the Lower Mainland.

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How to deal with toddler temper tantrums

By lessca 559 days ago from http://www.just4families.com

One of the hardest situations that can face a parent is the toddler that throws tantrums, more so when it is in the middle of a supermarket. This article looks at the issue of toddlers and why they throw tantrums. The article also looks at a variety of methods to try to reduce the frequency and size of these tantrums with the longer term hope

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Win U Go Grl Trading Cards! | Parenting Tips at NeenMachine.com

By neenmachine 442 days ago from http://neenmachine.com

U Go Grl Trading cards are all the rage among tween age girls these days. Parents love U Go Grl Trading cards too because they contain uplifting messages that boost a girl's self confidence and self image.

It is wonderful to find a product that actually empowers tween girls.

It just so happens that I am hosting a contes

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Tags: contests fun girls giveaways parenting self confidence self image toys trading cards tween girls tweens u go grl u go grl trading cards


Boy wraps snake around his neck…Mom having panic attacks while watching

By daducha 575 days ago from http://mompopson.blogspot.com

Below are pictures of my son wrapping a yellow python around his neck and if you look at the picture you will see that he is definitely having a good time. What is wrong with him? Doesn’t he know that I am having panic attacks watching him do it?
My son, like most boys his age is fond of wild animals. They seem to develop this love of wild c

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5 Alternatives to Mother's Day - Strollerderby

By Redsydarling 440 days ago from http://www.babble.com

Mother's Day isn't for a few more weeks, but I'm already dreading it. And I'm not the only one. Say for some reason you don't care for Mother's Day. Maybe you don't have any kids. Maybe you think it's just a meaningless overcommercialized holiday. Maybe you don't have the time, money, or inclination to worry about

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Budget Baby: 5 Frugal Living Ideas that Stink - Strollerderby

By Redsydarling 438 days ago from http://www.babble.com

More than anything, the housing market tumble is excellent fodder for nervous nights and hand-wringing days. Even if your family didn't buy your dream palace in Northern California or Florida, the anxiety has a way of trickling down (Reagan was right after all.)

What better way to relax and enjoy your $4 cup of coffee than

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Living By Learning: Avoid One-Use Wonders This Holiday Season!

By livingbylearning 587 days ago from http://onlivingbylearning.blogspot.com

This holiday season don't waste your money on "hot" toys for kids that will sit unused after one use. Living By Learning reviews some of the popular toys this season that are sure to be one-use wonders. It also offers a list of holiday gifts that your kids will still be using next year. There are even a few popular items that truly are

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Toys that will give Bragging Rights to your Kids

By daducha 587 days ago from http://mompopson.blogspot.com

These toys will give your kids the right to brag. But before you rush to the nearest toy store in your neighborhood, think again. These toys are not available at your regular toy store, you can only find them in the highest-end retailers such as Hammacher Schlemmer, Sharper Image, Neiman Marcus, and FAO Schwarz. And if you have to ask how muc

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