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Children: Our most valuable natural resource.
Dealing with Change
Change can be difficult to deal with no matter what age you are. No one really likes change. We get stuck in our routines. We get stuck in our habits. We basically work hard to get ourselves into a comfortable rut, and then we just stay there.
By Samantha Reid9 years ago in Families
Curing the Chaos
Considering sickness when you have children, can often create chaos. Especially when their system is already compromised. In our case, it's due to CF. In other cases, it could be anything. As everyone knows, the flu has seemed to create an epidemic. Lives have been lost, mostly in children.
By Brittany Bates9 years ago in Families
Our Adoption Story
Three years ago, my wife and I decided to start a family. It was the right time for both of us, and we wanted a child. Since we're a lesbian couple, we can't just have a child like most conventional couples. We turned to adoption. However, this isn't your typical happy adoption story. This is the side no one really likes to talk about.
By Linda Belcher9 years ago in Families
Hatchimals
For those of you that may not know what these cute things are, Hatchimals are adorable children's toys that when activated they hatch and and a mysterious animal comes out. I never really thought anything about this toy until one day my son saw a commercial for them and told me that he wanted one. Eventually I brought this to his dad's attention (seeing that he spends more time in stores than me, I figured he can go buy it), but for all the times that he has gone shopping, he never came in the house with the Hatchimal.
By Mis Understood9 years ago in Families
Teaching Children Resilience: 4 Strategies to Develop a Growth Mindset
"I'm rubbish at spellings... I never get them right." These words have been bouncing around in my head today after my six-year-old blurted it out during her morning practice. I know she can do it, and she does very often do well in her tests. But all too often I see her becoming frustrated and angry at herself for not being able to get them right as quickly as she would like.
By Daisy Willand9 years ago in Families
How Does Child Abuse Happen?
Child abuse, how it happens, how to recognize it, and how to stop it, has always been an area of interest for me. I was abused mentally, physically, and sexually as a small child. I was saved from the horrors in my life, but not before I was old enough for it to permanently scar me. My abuse has effected my entire life; it has affected how I am with people, my ability to have long term relationships, and worse than that, I have had nightmares since I was a kid.
By Merilynn Bezzic9 years ago in Families
The Pied Pippa
I am cursed with the knowledge that I have a friendship limit. By this I don’t mean that I can only have so many friends, but rather I acknowledge that there is a side to me that only true friends will put up with. This side of my personality inevitably rears its ugly head when people have known me for a certain length of time. It’s when the crazy comes out, it can take years, it could be hours of time spent together. It merely lies in wait, waiting for some flash of recognition, a hint of zane in the other person and then BAM, she’s here. The real me. The girl who doesn’t censor her speech, swears too much, unloads geekery, sends too many Buzzfeed links, reads YA fiction, and puts on the delightful voice of Sally Sourbottom. I have seriously been punched for putting on that voice.
By Philippa Robinson9 years ago in Families
