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Why Spanking Your Child Is Bad

Most parents spank their children all the time without thinking twice about it. The common perception is that spanking is harmless and is necessary for disciplining children. Rarely, do parents stop and think...

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Advantages and disadvantages of being an only child.

Being an only child can be either good or bad, depending on how you perceive it and how you are brought up by your parents. The advantages could be that you get the undivided love and attention of your...

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My parents used to hit me as a child, but did that mean they were bad parents?

My parents (especially my father) would sometimes hit me as a child.  It is never a good feeling is it?  I would feel awful and its not just the physical pain of it - emotionally too, you feel so down and...

6 comments    family parenting parents
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Sibling Rivalry - How Parents Should Deal With It

Sibling rivalry has existed since time immemorial.  If you have a family with multiple children, you have sibling rivalries - they are an unavoidable fact.  The term "sibling" of course refers to children...

4 comments    children parents justice
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How To Prepare Your Kids For The New Baby

It is an exciting time for parents when its time to welcome a new baby into the home. However, very little thought is given by parents to how their existing children would react to having a new baby join...

2 comments    children parenting baby
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When you feel uncomfortable with people disciplining their children in public, should you say something?

Well, you definitely can say something if you feel uncomfortable about their way of disciplining their children - nothing stopping you from doing that. However, people have different views about how to...

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The Israel-Palestine conflict - the tragedy of it all and who's to blame

The conflict in Gaza has been grabbing TV headlines for what seems like an eternity now. The images have been heartrending and very disturbing. The way the conflict has affected children and women has been...

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How can I help a lonely teenager meet new friends?

This is a situation I can identify with. Growing up, my dad had the kind of job that took him all over the place and we had to tag along. While it was fun seeing different places, et al, it was quite...

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How do I raise my baby as a genius?

It may not be totally true that geniuses are born and cannot be made. I remember seeing the series "My Brilliant Brain" on National Geographic. It talked about how kids can be trained to become geniuses. This...

3 comments    life advice family
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