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Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Spring: A time to hit refresh and revaluate your life: 2 of 34
Spring is a time of newness and growth, a time for cleaning out the cobwebs and making everything fresh again. So often we do this with our homes and gardens, but spring is also a very good time to take an inventory of ourselves, and check the progress we've made toward becoming that person we'd each like to be; to "clean the... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Poems for children: 32 of 229
Prim and ProperIt was a warm and sunny day and Prim was feeling good.She took a walk along a path that led her through a wood.She felt the sun upon her cheek; it filtered through the trees. She heard the songs of many birds carried on the breeze.She breathed the clean, fresh air that day and everything seemed new.It made her... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies To smack or not to smack a child: 9 of 41
To smack or not to smack, that is the question. It may be nobler in the mind to not spank, but sometimes a kid needs a good swat! The first consequence a parent should use, ideally, would be a time-out or the taking away of some privelege of the child. Sometimes, however, a time-out just doesn't cut it. Sometimes a kid needs ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: What "being in love" means to me: 15 of 58
Have you ever noticed how the majority of phrases we use to describe love involve various states of insanity? I'm "madly" in love, or "I'm crazy about him." It is not a coincidence. Love can make us nuts. It often does. But what about "being in love?" What does that mean? The feeling of "being in love" at the start of a good ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Potential parents: Wrong reasons to have a baby: 11 of 41
The wrong reasons to have a baby...hmmmmm. With the number of teen pregnancies, abandoned babies, and abused and neglected children these days, it's a wonderful question. The answer is love. It is the simple answer. It is also the most complicated answer. Many young people are trying to get pregnant, mistakenly believing that... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Tips to help mothers stay organized: 12 of 44
The tightrope. That's what it's like to be an organized mom. You need a great sense of balance, because one wrong step can throw off the whole show! There is no magic trick to being organized when you have children. It takes thought, patience, and mental flexibility. It also takes a "roll-with-the-punches" attitude, because s... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Gossip & News Celebrities busted for DUIs: 10 of 36
Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Nick Nolte the list of celebrity DUIs seems endless. Celebrities seem to have idyllic lives. The question, then, is why do they engage is such potentially destructive behaviors? Psychology offers possible insights. Perhaps risk-taking behaviors help them to feel "alive." Perhaps such behaviors are... More..
Health & Fitness > Childhood Disorders Identifying attention deficit disorder (ADD): 5 of 15
Being a parent is challenging enough. Being the parent of a child with Attention Deficit Disorder can be downright rough. So, when does a "little bundle of energy" cross the line from being normal to having a diagnosable disorder? How can a parent tell if his/her child has ADD, and isn't "just being a kid?" Experts in child p... More..
Health & Fitness > Alternative Exercise A guide to backyard games that incorporate exercise: 11 of 30
Since childhood, summer has always been my favorite time of year. My friends and I would count down the remaining school days, fervently planning the ways in which we would spend our summer, cramming in more fun than each day could possibly hold. That was the magic of summer vacation-no more pencils, no more books, you know t... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Are "nanny cams" a violation of babysitters' rights?: 37 of 75
Someone once said, "You shouldn't do anything that you wouldn't want plastered on the front page of the newspaper for all to see." If people monitored their behavior in this way, nanny cams would not be necessary. If one is doing what one is supposed to be doing, then why would one object to being taped? If there isn't anythi... More..