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The Thing with Quality Time


It?s funny how people seem to think that they have spent quality time with their kids after work by bringing them out to the mall for a lifeless and meaningless stroll only to come home with nothing more than a whole bunch of stuff that they (or the kids) don?t need. In fact, time has been wasted because kids don?t NEED you to bring them out to the shopping mall to waste time. They want and NEED to be with you.

?Gimme? Proof Your Kids: How To Keep Your Child?s Materialism In Check


It?s the first day of the summer holiday. Five year-old Stephanie is shopping with you at Wal-Mart and picks out three stuffed animals that she saw in the movie Madagascar. ?Oh Mom please! I want to bring Alex and Gloria and Melman to Kinder Gym with me!? she says and stomps off in disgust when you tell her she has to choose only one.

Let?s Google and Yahoo Our Kids? Education


I love Google and Yahoo. With Google and Yahoo I can search the Internet on any subject that interests me, at any time day or night, in the comfort of my home. I was thinking how much fun it is to learn new things with Google or Yahoo, compared to the boredom or learning torture that public schools put millions of kids through every day.

How You Can Help Your Child To Be An Avid Reader


Reading is the most efficient and economical way to help anyoneto acquire information, knowledge, skills and improve on oneself. And it is most wonderful to help your child to be agreat reader as young as possible.

Parenting---Roots and Wings


I?m sure many of you have heard that old Hallmark card adage that goes something like this: Parents give their children two great gifts---one is roots, the other is wings. This is what I address in this article.

Labor of Love


The small, lilac colored hexagonal box, with Winnie the Pooh on the lid, brings to mind healthy babies and happy times. But not all babies are born healthy and not all deliveries are happy occasions. This box, and it?s matching clothe folder, contains mementos of a child that the parents could only spend hours, not years, with. It will be the only mementos the parents will ever have.

Parents --- Homeschooling Can Take a Lot Less Time Than You Think


The time you will need to teach your children the essentials ? reading, writing, and arithmetic ? is much less than you think. Let me quote author and former public-school teacher John Gatto from his wonderful book, Dumbing Us Down:

Why Me?


Why Me?

Parents - Create An Emotionally Healthy Connection With Your Child


?I could have helped you if I would have known, I?m your mother. I protect you against everybody in this world. I never thought to protect you from yourself.? This was a headline in a local newspaper. Her daughter had committed suicide the night before. The mother involved must be going crazy with grief as she thought she knew her child so well. But sometimes we don?t and sometimes we get caught off guard by believing that we do.

The Graceful Art of Defrazzling - For Mothers


"I wipe my baby's chin with my college diploma and wonder, 'How did I ever get here?'"

Defrazzle with Hug Therapy


?Hugging is healthy: it helps the body's immunity system, it keeps you healthier, it cures depression, it reduces stress, it induces sleep, it's invigorating, it's rejuvenating, it has no unpleasant side effects, and hugging is nothing less than a miracle drug?

Defrazzle with a Hearty Guffaw


?The best blush to use is laughter: It put roses in your cheeks and in your soul.?

Delightful Defrazzlers


I will cherish this moment. I will not let it slip away like sand between my fingers.

Fun Things to Do with Your Kids this Summer


10 Fun Things You Can Do With Your Children this Summer that Won?t Break the Bank

The Theme from MASH - Suicide is Not Painless


The Theme from MASH

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