Not personal but my mom had a rough pregnancy with me. She developed internal bleeding and was in labor for a long while before they finally...
It's definitely an enormous responsibility that you're committing yourself to for at least eighteen years, and not to be entered into lightly. I...
Kids are often parroting their parents, like you see when kids hurl racial slurs that they're too young to understand and got from talk at home....
Well various influences in society at present don't exactly send positive reinforcement messages to our children. Which is why it's important for...
A lot of it is peer pressure. Kids----and people in general----have a herd mentality where if they see one person doing something, they want to...
I always advocate being straightforward and matter-of-fact with your kids. A lot of the time, they respond better when they understand why not to...
In a perfect world, children would have two parents. But the children's well-being has to be paramount, and sometimes unfortunately they're...
I don't think it's appropriate for babies to have ear piercings and earrings. Why don't you let them decide if that's something they want when...
Conventional wisdom says classical music helps with babies' mental development, even inside the womb. I'd say keep it mellow and low volume. You...
Getting them mixed up can be an issue when they are very young. Different mannerisms and different personalities will emerge with development.
Consistency is extremely important in child mental and emotional development. Also I don't believe in excessively "babying" your children in...
Pets can be helpful in teaching kids responsibility, but it requires careful supervision, both to ensure the kids are not being abusive toward the...
I don't see the point, to be honest, in telling children nonsense about "the stork delivered your baby sister" or whatever. One doesn't have to...
I don't believe in parents pressuring teachers to give children a passing grade just to be doing it if the child doesn't earn it. It's putting...
There is no credible way to determine the sex of your baby beforehand by outside means outside of some kind of Gattaca-style genetic engineering....
Oh yea, in Cinderella the stepsisters get their eyes pecked out by birds and either the wicked stepmother or the queen from Snow White (not sure...
The original Little Mermaid also has a tragic ending. It's definitely not "love conquers all". But the Grimms and other fairy tales were usually...
Like the song "Cats in the Cradle", about an absentee father who can never make time for his son, and then when he's older and lonely and wants to...
The original Grimm's Fairy Tales were collections of local folklore the brothers had gathered in their travels and research, and they were aimed...
Read the original, unabridged versions of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Pretty dark and twisted and definitely not kid-friendly.
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