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On Prom

by Louise October 19th, 2009| Teen Perspective, Teens
O prom, prom, wherefore art thou prom? Who knows what made prom such a huge aspect of growing up, but it is what it is, and I can't see a change happening in the status quo any time soon.

Many teens expect more from prom that just a night of dancing;
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New Clothes: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. October 16th, 2009| Elementary, Teen Perspective, Teens
Well, it's that time of year again!  Time to go out and buy new, warmer clothes!  As a teenage boy, I am gonna give you my advice on this time of year!

Now, I'm kind of odd for a teen when it comes to shopping.  I am really frugal!  I won't
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Everyday Can Be ‘Labor’ Day

by Joe Lawrence October 14th, 2009| Pregnancy
I put off writing this article to the last minute because I was hoping this article would be written by a daddy.  My baby was due today, and my wife has been ready to deliver this baby for over a week now.  However, the little one is very stubborn and not
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Name Your Tune

by Michele October 12th, 2009| Preschool
At the end of the summer I stumbled across Name Your Tune.  It seemed like an interesting idea, a cd of children's songs with your child's (or children's) names placed into the lyrics.  With my children between the ages of eight and thirteen, it seemed more appropriate to have a
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Etiquette for Children

by Gumer Liston October 8th, 2009| Elementary, Helpful Hints
Are you happy with the way your children behave in private and in public? We all want our children to behave properly and make good impressions. We want them to be admired by people they meet, we want them to be taken as good examples for other children. Developing good
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Sibling Rivalry

by Ronald A. Rowe October 6th, 2009| Elementary
It happens to every set of siblings.  Even in the closest of families, kids fight.  They bicker, they pick at each other.  The only sure way to avoid sibling rivalry is to raise an only child.  But since that may be a less than ideal suggestion, there are steps that
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Raising Super Kids

by Gumer Liston October 1st, 2009| Elementary, Infants/Toddlers, Preschool
It is natural for parents to want their children to excel, to be the best, to be above other children in almost everything, to grow up into exemplary citizens who achieve so much in life. That's an open secret that most of us have in our hearts, which is why
Obama

More School?

by Ronald A. Rowe September 29th, 2009| Elementary
"President Obama" and "school" have been coupled together in a number of news headlines this month.  First, he gave a perfectly harmless, but peculiarly ill-timed, speech to school children about non-controversial topics, such as "staying in school".  Then, some knucklehead teacher in New Jersey decided to have her class sing
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An Interesting Way to Get Kids to Look at Religion

by Joe Lawrence September 24th, 2009| Preschool
Danny White with AnointedFighter.com has decided to take the best of two worlds, martial arts and religion, and combined them into a very unique system called ChristJitsu.  The lessons and life principles of the Christian faith now have the excitement and recognition system of the martial arts world.

ChristJitsu plays on the
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Middle School Dances: The Teen’s View

by Jacob P. September 22nd, 2009| Teen Perspective, Teens
Tonight, I am going to my middle school's first dance of the year, and I'm so excited.  Earlier, I was talking with my mom, and we were talking about what I would consider the dos and don'ts (mainly don'ts) for parents of middle schoolers going to dances, and I decided

The Child’s View on Parenting

by Ronald A. Rowe September 17th, 2009| Elementary
Parenting is the greatest job in the world, no doubt about it.  As we the parents blog and talk and debate about parenting, what do the kids think?  Isn't a vital part of parenting listening and responding to our children?  Or is that just my cheesy rationale for letting my
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Autumn Birthday Parties

by Louise September 15th, 2009| Elementary
Do you have a child with a birthday that falls in the autumn? Here are some party ideas that work wonderfully in the autumn for many ages:

Pumpkin picking and decorating: Get a few parents to help you carpool the children to a nearby farm. Then, let them each pick out
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