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Author :: Mark Brandenburg  |
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| Article Title :: Marriage, Divorce, and Kids |
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| Are men to blame for the divorce problem in this country?It’s been said that one of the reasons for the high rate of
divorce in this country is the manner in which men choose
their wives. Specifically, they choose their wives in a fashion
similar to how they choose their next car.They get the best-looking one available, and hope there’s
not much maintenance down the road.While this may occasionally be true, there are also
practices that married couples need to follow to
avoid adding to a divorce rate hovering around 50%.
These practices are important for the success of your
marriage, and they’re also essential for the well-being of
your children.In (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Mark Brandenburg |
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| Article Title :: Spare the Child, Ditch the Rod |
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| Spare the rod, spoil the child!This philosophy's been around a long time.In fact, a study done by Zero to Three, a
nonprofit child-development group, found that 61
percent of the adults who responded, condone
spanking as a regular form of punishment. The
percentage of parents who actually use spanking is
believed to be much higher.And when my five year old son's behavior went
beyond annoying a few days ago, I felt inclined to
join the majority, and swat him to "teach him a
lesson."Most parents reach this point with their kids. You
feel as though you can't take any more of what your
kids are dishing out. It usually happens when
you're tired, stressed, and overdo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Mark Brandenburg |
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| Article Title :: Dads, Give them Household Chores |
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| You have a chore to do around the house, and your
kids want to help out. You know it might be nice
for them to help, but you're feeling a bit impatient.
And you know it might turn into a two hour project,
with a big mess to clean up. A mess that could be
avoided if you did it yourself.We've all been there, haven't we?It can be so much easier to do the household chores and
projects without the assistance from your little friends.
After all, who's got the time in today's world to make a
project longer than it needs to be?You do.Why is it important to include your kids in household tasks?Once in a while, there’s some research that unveils
something so i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Mark Brandenburg |
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| Article Title :: Raising Strong Daughters |
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| When my daughter was born, I must admit there was
a distinctly different feeling to it. Part of me
was thrilled, but part of me was unsure of how to
deal with a gender I still couldn’t quite understand.When my son was born, there was a clear sense that
this was territory that I knew: there will be
wrestling, playing ball together, playing with
cars and, he has a penis! There was a sense of
security from all of this and a deep sense of
knowing.Raising a daughter creates different issues for
many fathers; it is even more challenging
considering the cultural landscape that exists
today.To better understand these issues, it is helpful
to explore the expectations of gi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Frank McGinty |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Failure? It May Not Be All It Seems! |
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| I'll never forget my first lesson in a glider.I'd been interested in gliding, or soaring as it's known in
the USA, for some time - and now the big day had arrived.As I approached the airfield the words of some 'friends'
came back to haunt me. 'Going up in a sailplane without an
engine? You must be mad! How these things stay up there in
empty space is beyond me!'After a lesson or two on the principles of flight, it was
time to take to the air. And I needn't have worried about
'empty space' . . .If ever there was a case of things not being as they seemed,
this was it.Empty space? You must be joking!Five minutes in a glider (or sailplane) teaches yo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: "But everyone else gets to do it!" |
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| Q. We are getting to the stage with our kids where they are becoming teen-agers and are asking for more and more privileges. When we believe we need to say ``no,'' our daughter says, ``But everyone else gets to do it. Why can't I?'' We get stuck. We don't want to be too strict or too lenient. How do we handle this stage?A. That's a really good question, because many parents get baffled by the everyone-else-gets-to-do-it-why-can't-I maneuver.My own parents' answer to my ``David gets to do it. Why can't I?'' was this: ``If David stood on his head in the middle of the street in his underwear at 3 in the morning, would you?'' I probably would have. And I never did figure out wha (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: The Trust Issue |
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| Q. How do we decide what our teens should be able to do? How do they earn trust and responsibility?A. Good questions. One way is to determine how much trust the teen-ager has earned.To use a banking metaphor, if the teen-ager has made enough deposits in the ``trust bank,'' then he or she has earned the privilege of making a few withdrawals - that is, the teen has earned more responsibility and freedom.Another way is what I call the ``enough rope to grow yourself'' approach. Teen-agers need room to grow, so that they and their parents can learn what they can handle.Parents can follow this approach up by using what I call the six criteria for managing adolescents (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Caitlyn Carrington |
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| Article Title :: Two Means Trouble |
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| You have two kids who are 14 months apart. How cute, they look alot alike...are they twins? One is taller and more mature than the other, so that can't be.Two can be a blessing, yet can also be trouble at times. I will be writing a series of "sibling" articles in the future about raising my 9 1/2 year old girl and almost 11 year old boy. I will be sharing with you the joys and the whoas, and hope that I can help others understand their kids more and why they do and say the things that they do.Meet Cassandra....she is 9 1/2 going on 11. She is tallest in her class, more mature and very bright. She always makes straight A's and finishes her homework in record time. She loves t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Caitlyn Carrington |
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| Article Title :: What's Mine Is Mine |
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| You are at the grocery store with your daughter and she pulls out her hard-earned fifty cents and begins to buy a candy. Your son is at home with his soon to be step-Dad and fifty cents is jingling in your pocket... so you buy the same candy in a "boy" flavor to prevent any arguments when you get home.At the Carrington house, we work on the "you earn it... you get it" system. That goes for t.v., play and video game time. We supply the kids with a base $5.00 pay and then they earn extra money for doing other things around the house and helping cook. If they are very good they and make good good grades, they receive a $2.00 bonus.Cassie and Arthur have their own rooms and thei (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Ronald Springer |
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| Article Title :: MORAL ARMOR'S Irrational Parenting, Part III |
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| Not Letting Them Think.We all implicitly know that anything questioning the process of cognition itself will be met with massive irritation, making us want to respond with “Don’t question my capacity to think.” Their moronic reasoning to show how logic is derived, provokes the thought, “Don’t try to tell me how to think.” Forcing their opinions down your throat earns the response, “Don’t tell me what to think.” Some parents show no respect for personal boundaries long after childhood, straightening your clothes, your hair, invading your privacy—incessantly buzzing around you like a mosquito. This belittlement implies incompetent dependency—a fundamental insult (read full article) |
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