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Your Job as a Role Model

A certain educator was once asked at what point should a parent begin to prepare for child raising. "How old are you?" the educator inquired. "Twenty-three." "You should begin twenty-three years ago." What is the message? The single most important th...

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Paternity Testing - Are You Raising Someone Else's Child?

Paternity Testing - Are You Raising Someone Else's Child? by: Peter McFraser The dawn of the DNA test Back in the 1700s, the best way to determine paternity was by a good hard look and the child, followed by a good hard look at the father. ...

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The Courage to Be a Loving Parent

The Courage to Be a Loving Parent by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Most of us really don’t like it when someone is angry at us. We don’t like it when people go into resistance to helping us when we need help, instead of caring about us. We don’t l...

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The Pregnancy Glow and Other Myths of Motherhood

The Pregnancy Glow and Other Myths of Motherhood by: Barbara A. Eastom Bates It happened during the ninth month of my first pregnancy. I was going through a department store check-out lane where a teenage girl was ringing up my purchases. She lo...

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Mommie Moments – Taking Time For Yourself

Mommie Moments – Taking Time For Yourself by: Heather J. Tait Being a parent is a role that requires a large majority of our attention and time. Whether you have one child or fourteen children, you are more than likely aware that personal time...

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What Divorce Parenting Practices is Best Appropriate for Toddlers

Toddlers, toddlers, toddlers! Very young, seems don't understand what is happening yet their development may be affected by parental divorce. During the first three years of life, children grow quickly and become mobile, learn language, begin to...

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Ending Child Labor

Your Nike shoes that cost you 150 dollar and your 70 dollar pair of Levi Strauss jeans were most likely made by a young person from the age of 5-14 living in Indonesia, Honduras, China or Haiti. They are forced to work with no benefits, low wages, lo...

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Child Support Enforcement and Federal Criminal Law

Child Support Enforcement and Federal Criminal Law by: Jean Mahserjian Child support enforcement is a growing area of family law. Once child support has been ordered by a Court, or agreed upon by two parents, it is not always smooth sailing. Alt...

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Why You Should Buy A Baby Sleeping Bag

There are numerous benefits of baby sleeping bags. In this article we are going to focus on the benefits of making use of a infant sleeping bag from birth. Establishing Schedules As just about every parent appreciates, creating routines is very imp...

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Should We Apologize To Our Children

An apology is a sign of strength, not weakness. Sometimes we may believe that if we apologize to our children we weaken ourselves and the rules we are trying to keep. We may also believe it will make our children think their behavior was okay. It is ...

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