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The Stay at Home Mom is a Profession
I started rethinking about this when I watched my daughter try to tackle her new life as a working mom. I had forgotten how tough that task of being a mom could be even without adding the full-time job. Since jobs are… -
Helping Children Cope with the Aurora Tragedy
I read an article in the New York Daily News this week and thought some of the tips from two Aurora psychologists with expertise treating children were certainly worth passing on to parents of young children. With a c… -
The Number Of Overweight Children In The US Has Tripled In Last Two Decades
With obesity at near epidemic proportions among our young people, you'd think physical education would be at the top of schools' priority lists. But you would be wrong. Only six percent of schools in the United States o… -
Moms Do You Believe in the Five-Second Rule?
Have you ever heard of the five-second rule, where you can pick up food that has fallen on the floor within five seconds and eat it without risk of illness? Do you follow it? I do after living in Bangkok and eating at e… -
Hot Sauce as Punishment for Children?
"Hot Saucing" (a.k.a. "Hot Tongue") involves burning a child's tongue with Tabasco or a similar hot sauce as a punishment for unacceptable behavior. It is generally used when the child's misbehavior is related to the us… -
Handwriting Skills May Help Learning Skills
I just watched an interesting segment on the CBS Morning Show about the importance of learning penmanship. After a long period of neglect in education probably due to the increased attention given to keyboarding, attenti… -
Abortion & Media: “No Easy Decision” From MTV
MTV is airing a new program called “No Easy Decision” that features a former cast member who decides whether or not to have an abortion. The program is drawing national attention because abortion is not u… -
Should the US Education System Learn from Asia?
I just read on the CNN website about the results of a global education survey that shows "U.S. high school students come in a dispiriting 26th out of 65 places worldwide in combined scores for math, science and reading… -
Can Babies Eat Curry?
Sheila and Ally in Kuala Lumpurहां (hāṁ)...yes... Because my youngest daughter Ally was born in Malaysia some of her first solid foods were curries! After telling the stories of her young childhood in Kuala Lumpur I fe… -
Potty Traning and Getting Personal With Mobile Marketing
For small children, there are few life changes bigger than learning how to use the toilet. It's a time when both tots and their parents can be in need of a little positive reinforcement and a morale boost.Kimberly-Cla…

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