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Remember that feeling when you were a kid of winter finally being over? Time to play outside…and not come in until dinnertime only to go back out once again until you were dragged in by your mom. I remember playing games like Spud and Capture the Flag with the neighbors ALL day. I remember running [...]
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We all know how mean kids can be. They can be downright degrading and make other kids feel like dirt. We try to teach our kids not to tease and to treat others the way they would want to be treated themselves. But, can teasing be a good thing if we are the ones doing [...]
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Did you leave your child at the park alone on May 22nd for ’Take your children to the park and leave them there day’? If you read Free-Range Kids you know what I am referring to. Lenore Skenazy came up with a concept of leaving your kids (ages 7 and up) in the park to play [...]
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You may know one or you may be one. By “one” I mean a mom who is afraid to take their child anywhere. You know, those moms who won’t take their child out in public because they might “act up”. I was recently talking to a mom who won’t take their almost two year old [...]
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This morning as I stopped for my regular morning coffee I noticed in the car beside me a child, probably not more than 12 to 15 months old, strapped in her car seat. I took a second look because I then realized there was no one else in the car, only the child. I made [...]
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We are constantly reminded of how we are “living in a different time”. We remind ourselves about how when we were kids we were able to roam our neighborhoods and play outside without a worry. We tell ourselves that things were much safer back then. But, was it really? Were the dangers still out there [...]
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The question back when I was a kid was whether or not to allow your child to have a TV in their bedroom. I was one of them that did have the TV in my room. Although, who had cable back then so there wasn’t much I could really watch other than an occasional episode [...]
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Are parents too caught up in the desire for their kid to be “popular”? Of course parents want the best for their children but in what way? I see it all the time. Parents wrapped around the fingers of their kids. The need to make sure they have the latest clothes, toys, and electronics. Parents [...]
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As a child I remember their being some things that parents were encouraged to know before leaving their kids at a friend’s house. The question of dogs may have come up and parents were (and still are) encouraged to always ask if there are guns in a house before leaving their kids to play. My [...]
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I am going to start off by saying I completely understand if you disagree with me here. I am all about opinions, so be honest, I am. My four year old attended a birthday party not too long ago. She had a total blast. It was at one of those bouncy places where the kids [...]
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