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Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) If children behave badly, who's to blame: Parents or child?: 8 of 84

Parents need to step up to the plate when it comes to setting boundaries. There needs to be some ground rules for children to follow, so that they are not made up as you go. Imagine how frustrating it would be for a child if you try to teach them a game, with no specific rules as a guideline, and then changing them as you go...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Life's journey: 65 of 290

Everything crashes in, hard. Fast. I am overwhelmed by how powerful it is. The force so strong, knocks me off my feet, and washes over me. I am helpless. I don't try to fight it. I let it carry me. I have simply just given up, and what ever happens. Happens. I stop. Something faint in the distance is calling. I listen. I can...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 267 of 828

It's hard to imagine the difference that one day could make. One single day, that could change a life forever. What you don't think about is how much is at stake. A relationship, or your own well being. It's hard to imagine when you are paralyzed by fear. The same fear that shows any sign of weakness. What you don't think ab...
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Numerology: Do certain sequences of numbers mean something: 2 of 5

11:11.... What is it? April 3rd, 2003 I'm all alone in this world of mine I am weak and I am strong from time to time Nowhere to go, no place but here Now I must face my deepest fear It started back in my childhood... even then I never understood, how life seems to go by so fast, and never knowing which day is my last. April...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Motherhood: 39 of 60

Misunderstood (dedicated to my mother) I never understood the sacrifices you made, I never understood why I didn't get my own way. I never understood that a mother's love has boundaries, when all I wanted was for you to see things the way that I see. I never understood that no means no, I would get down on my knees and beg y...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Repentance: 10 of 14

Numb Feel Fast asleep, my body numb. Can't move, can't speak, can't undo what's been done. What's happened has happened, just let it be. The past is in the past, but holds a part of me. Numb the pain, the inside anger. Numb the sirens, red lights of danger. Numb your spirit, let the fire die. Numb your emotions, there's no n...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Spiritual: 495 of 596

The light is shining. So bright that I squint my eyes. My heart tells me to follow the light, and leave the dark behind. I walk through the gates, behind me a graveyard shadowed black. Toward the light, my destiny, not ever looking back. The cold has left my skin, the fear of death has gone. For I'm alive again,I've found my...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Baby Developmental Stages Should parents allow their babies to cry themselves to sleep?: 13 of 15

There is nothing wrong with letting baby cry for a few minutes at a time. It is letting baby cry, but using a controlled technique. When my daughter was a newborn, I began this technique from day one. I guarantee you results, but it requires a lot of patience and commitment. I needed my husband to support me on this, as many...