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from wikipedia: Jean-Jacques Rousseau,   Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704(1704)1788(1788))50

Emile, the perfect child

  Whenever I have doubts about my parenting skills, I open up a page from a book called Emile, read few paragraphs and then think about what I just red. This reminds me that parenting is an endless argument,...

0 comments    education parenting childhood
basnightkenneth profile image77

When Is Enough Too Much?

This is a question that plagues me today and everyday: "Is there healing for my angry children?" To hear their stories, the circumstances fueling their anger, and what's led to our present situations will...

0 comments    advice family relationships
nearndearcaprcrn profile image72

How to be a great mom and still have personal time for yourself.

Once we start having children, they become our main priority in life. As mother's we want to do everything in our power to provide them with the best. Second place with anything will not do for our children....

4 comments    advice children how
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A note to my child

In a few years, when the time is right, I will share this with my children.  Many of these thoughts are not my own; they've been expressed more eloquently and fittingly by great minds of our time, and of...

6 comments    parenting independence
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Six Steps For Raising A Happy, Healthy Child

It is every mother's dream to raise a healthy, well rounded child. This is no mean feat and how does one make this dream a reality? It is a scientific fact that babies learn more in their first year than at...

3 comments    parenting advice parenting tips
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Glojeanne's Musings on Life, Home and Family

What can you learn about people whom you have never met through a computer screen? Recently I was on an LDS dating site just to get my feet wet again. I am recently divorced after a 15 year marriage of sorts...

0 comments    gardening home improvement
From left, Spirit, a PMU rescue; Charmed, my first; and Steel a k a Curious George60

Owning horses

From left, Spirit, a PMU rescue; Charmed, my first; and Steel a k a Curious George I’ve wanted a horse for as long as I can remember. My first memory was John F. Kennedy’s funeral. That happened when my...

6 comments    pets horse rescue
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A 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...

0 comments    family home children
Reduce punishment for happier kids (and a happier you!)69

Discipline 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....

2 comments    love advice family
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Child-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...

0 comments    children parents child
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