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72Discipline: Corporal Punishment - Yes or No?
I confess, I was never always against the idea of corporal punishment. At one stage, I even believed that if you "spare the rod", you "spoil the child". My only defense lies in the fact that I believed it...
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91A Fourth Grade Curriculum
Now that my daughter has started fourth grade, it's my job to keep up with what she is learning and to help her stay on track. I can't attend classes with her, but I can find out what she is supposed to be...
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69The Cult of the Wooden Spoon
I was sitting at my computer the other day and daydreaming, trying to decide on another topic to write about. Nothing was coming to me, and there was no doubt about the source of my frustration, Emily. For...
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72Discipline Without Punishment
Reduce punishment for happier kids (and a happier you!) Disclaimer: Please understand, the following method is only one way to utilize discipline. Punishment does work and I am not against using it....
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54Discipline Matters
In this modern world, parenting styles have become so varied that new parents could hardly contemplate of what style they should apply on rearing their children. Some self-help books say that children should...
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60A Playpen does not a bad parent make
I read an article this afternoon, written by a dad pondering why playpens no longer seem to exist (http://www.slate.com/id/2224431/?GT1=38001) and the idea that he's run across that playpens are bad...
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52Child-rearing
Child-rearing Parenting is said to be the oldest profession. But it is not as simple a procedure. There is no single formula for good parenting because many factors come into the picture. But there are...
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75Not Everyone Wants Kids
...not everyone wants kids. I certainly don't. Everytime I see someone dragging around a whining crying baby, oozing snot from every orifice I have to wonder, "Ewe, who the hell wanted that thing?" I've been...
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72How do you decide to be a stay-at-home mom or a working mom?
I gave up my job to look after our son. Financially it was tough, but I know for our family it was the right thing to do. I took my little boy everywhere with me and as a result he was my right hand man. Now...
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69Our Mothers' Backs
My daughter and I are watching Moribito, a Japanese animated series about a woman warrior charged with protecting a prince of the royal blood from the Mikado's assassins. Balsa, the warrior, and Chagum, the...
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