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It takes a village to raise a family; advice and tips to make the most of yours.
How to Thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person
When you think of the most successful person you know, what qualities do they embody? It’s likely you’re wowed by their ingenuity and creative problem-solving skills. Or maybe you’re impressed by their emotional intelligence and ninja-like ability to connect with people.
By Jaramie Kinsey5 years ago in Families
Tooth Fairy Hotline
So as a parent sometimes you must think fast on your feet. It was September of 2013 and my daughter had pulled her very first tooth. Not lost, pulled and there is a difference. It sort of stands as a rite of passage for getting more mature and growing up to pull one’s own tooth. My wife and I sang her praises as she was indeed “a big girl now.” After all she did not even cry which again is a monumental feat for a seven-year-old. We were in my Uncles Dental office when she pulled it out, which was the perfect place really. After applying a little gauze, she was proudly going to every patient and employee presenting her tiny perfect little white baby canine to the world. It was a big moment for her, and everyone she showed asked her the same question, “How much is the tooth fairy going to bring you!”
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Families
"When the world let me down, Your Blessings is the only hope..."
As a finance manager, I recollect the exercises my mom instructed me when I was youthful and utilized them consistently. I was brought up in a functioning family with working guardians. While my dad worked, my mom settled on choices for me and my sister. My mom profoundly affected my life. I'm composing this post to respect her lessons that assistance me consistently, in all sorts of challenges.
By prashant sapkota5 years ago in Families
Mom Was Right
My mom spoke in colloquialisms. Considerable wisdom lies in southern sayings, though those insights are often lost on our northern brethren. But we’ll forgive our Yankee friends for many of these maxims are steeped in lore from days of yore. If you said “that hound won’t hunt” to someone who hails from north of the Mason-Dixon Line, they’d likely think you were adopting a rescue dog.
By Race McKee5 years ago in Families
5 life lessons that should be taught to a child early.
I am sure i am correct to say that our childhood days were one of the most precious days when we could have been taught about financial literacy and some other crucial life lessons. Instead of this, quite a number of us were given all we wanted, and even most times our thoughts were being done for us. We played little or no part in our growth and preparation for the life ahead. It is of truth this wasn't in any way our faults and we couldn't have known somethings all by ourselves, we needed to be taught what it is we need to do and how to go about doing those things when they eventually show up, and when we talk about show up, it isn't necessarily at the moment when we were being taught.
By Olalekan Adeeko5 years ago in Families
Real Life Self Care
Self care is just as important if not more important when you become a mum. Happy mum, happy baby. Taking time for ourselves is vital to helping our children grow. So in an effort to share and spread the love we asked a real life mum some self care questions. Huge thank you to Michelle from Kent, United Kingdom for answering the first self care questionnaire for us. This is real life self care from a real mum.
By Mumma Bloom5 years ago in Families
“A Mother’s Apology”
Every morning the alarm would go off between five or six depending on sports schedules. I’d hear Mom rustling around the house in her robe and slippers, getting ready to wake my sister and I for school. It wasn’t an easy task as I never was one to willingly rise to the sun during those years. I had built a reputation in my family and I was almost convinced that they drew straws to determine who was to get me up. There was a good chance someone was gonna end up kicked, hit, or maybe even bit for disturbing my teenage slumber.
By Charleen Richey5 years ago in Families
Psychology: why the more parents push their children the lazier they get? In fact, it triggers the "overload effect"
I have also heard of a way to quit the game addiction, that is, the child is locked in a room, must play enough time every day, the result is not long, many children can not stand, and even said never want to play the game again, this is actually the use of the "limit effect".
By lenny martin5 years ago in Families
Children love to chew fingernails is the body lack of what?
When it comes to children chewing fingernails, the mother of the bun has endless worries. She told reporters that her daughter is 6 years old this year, looking at the upcoming elementary school, but all day and night as long as there is nothing, always see the child in chewing nails, if there are barbs on the fingers, will also bite and tear off, so that the hands often have wounds.
By Francesca_Jenkinsta5 years ago in Families
Ten Quotes From My Caribbean Mom That Might Change Your Life
I don't know if I was particularly close to my mom as a child, but somewhere in between my late teens and early twenties, she became one of my best friends. When I lived stateside, we'd sit with a bottle of wine and talk about any and everything. Our bond has only gotten stronger as I've become a mother despite the fact that I live in the Caribbean and she still lives in New York. It's almost ironic that both me and my sister have chosen to live/ raise families in our cultural home of Trinidad and Tobago—the place my mom fled in hopes of forging a better future for us in America.
By Melissa Matthews5 years ago in Families
