Parenting
Making a Boo Boo Bunny
Nothing is more traumatic to little children than bumps and bruises. My daughter loves comfort articles and snuggle time when she’s got boo-boos. When the injury requires ice, though, I had trouble getting her to use a standard ice pack. My mother gave me a boo-boo bunny, and I have never had trouble getting my [...]
K9 Internet Protection
It was early morning, and I was on my way out the door to work. I remembered I had promised to find a recipe for banana bread I had made…a recipe I pulled off the internet. So I sat down at my computer and typed “banana bread” into the search, forgetting to put the quotes [...]
Getting Kids to Pick Up: The Saturday Basket
Picking Up Can Be A Hassle
I know of no young children, who when given the task of picking up their toys, will not try to get out of it. The sad truth is that without some sort of strategy to corral toys, they would quickly take over all living space. Some parents cope with this [...]
Getting To Clean without Nagging
I believe that part of my job as a parent is to fit my daughter for life. That entails many things, and specifically includes picking up after herself and cleaning.
Unfortunately, my daughter, aged 5, does not see this as a valuable skill. And any request to clean up would quickly deteriorate into a battle of [...]
Are the Latest Toys The Best for Kids?
Photo by http://flickr.com/photos/kikisdad/I have been trying to simplify our family life for some time, helping my daughter see through the advertising. I have seen that she prefers the simple to the commercial.
I was watching my child play the other day with something that came in the mail. It wasn’t the toy that held her interest, [...]
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