contributed via Creative Reporter by michelle Perry, mother of 4 beautiful children and the wife (of 9 years) of one very lucky man. I remember thinking I would never make it. I knew I would, but I...
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More often than not, downtime with my husband means talking about our finances, our respective work, our plans for the future, our son and/or our soon-to-be born child. With all those concerns, we...
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My son has always been very strong-willed. He knows what he wants and what he does not want, and insists on it. He readily plays with other kids. When another child tries to get something from him, he...
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[photo source: srpublications] The mother of a 7-year old boy in Florida accepted $600 from her neighbor. It was meant to hush her up after she found out that the said neighbor molested her son. After...
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[source: gizmodo] "Why is it that all those potty training toilets for our sons are of the sit-down variety?" , laments Gizmodo. Peter Potty is a flushable toddler urinal which trains boys...
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by Melissa Petri on March 29, 2006
"Very smart children may seem advanced in many ways, but a new study shows they actually lag behind other kids in development of the 'thinking' part of the brain," says Malcom...
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[source: MSNBC] A 2-month old baby from Pakistani is currently in critical condition after an operation to take out two fetuses inside her. Apparently, she was the first fetus-in-fetu case in...
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Craft activities are goal oriented. It engages cognitive skills and problem solving. It develops thinking, relating and coordinating skills. In addition, if done at home with your child, you can use...
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Pregnant women are encouraged to eat well and stay healthy. Obviously, weight gain is to be expected. But, there is such a thing as gaining too less or too much weight. Pregnancy is not the time to...
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by Ziana, a freelance writer via Creative-Reporter Like all first time moms-to-be, I often walk down endless aisles of baby products, confused about which brand to buy and unsure if my baby will...
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It seems like long ago when you last got ready to go out. All you had to take care of was yourself. Get dressed, make sure you have your wallet & keys and you are all set to go. However,......
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In this day and age, moms are not the only ones who are expected to care for their children. Dads are -- rightly so -- getting more and more involved. A father matters. He can give a child a sense......
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As adults, we all know how important it is to budget our money. So, apart from instilling the value of education to our kids, we should also teach them basic spending and saving habits to ensure that...
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For the whole day, my son has been running around dressed like, he says, a knight (see picture). With a stick, he has been running around the house pretending to gallop around in his imaginary horse....
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Gone are the days when women were the nurturer of the family and home while the men work outside the home and bring home the bacon. Nowadays, more and more women have joined the workforce and are...
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[photo source: ocregister] A father parked his car and got in the metro, forgetting his 7 1/2 month old baby daughter in the car, as reported by CNN. Thank God, several commuters noticed the baby...
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While my first trimester saw me losing my appetite because of nausea and the second trimester had me finally enjoying food again, I'm finding that well into my third trimester now, I'm...
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This has been making the e-mail rounds for a few months now. POSITION: mother JOB DESCRIPTION: Long-term team players needed for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates...
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"Ma, is that you?" I sometimes say to myself. It seemed just like a thought in my head, a memory from my childhood. But, NO. It was actually me doing or saying things which reminded me so...
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My husband says a daily prayer of thanks that our kids don't have feet small enough to fit in Robeez shoes. Somehow these cute, buttery-soft works of leathery goodness went undetected by me until...
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Sexual abuse and exploitation of children can cause permanent phsyical and psychological harm. What exactly counts as sexual exploitation of children? The possession, manufacture and distribution of...
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I've seen parents at the end of their rope, as their kids seem to be deaf to their pleas to behave. On the other hand, I have witnessed how some kids seem ready to follow their parents'...
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Today, March 20, is the official start of Spring. Isn't it exciting? Soon, we can start to frolick under the sun. I can't wait until I can drag my boys to our favorite place near the river....
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People have been speculating why Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their adoptive kids have been in France. It seems obvious that Jolie plans to stay there until, at least, she gives birth. But, WHY?!...
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