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Hurricane Ike And The Tooth Fairy Fiasco - Laura Trahan
My cute son has been holding on to one of his front teeth for a few weeks. When it comes to loosing teeth, he is the biggest wimp. Often times, he will almost pass out or throw up from the ordeal. It is an awful and embarrassing site. Well his front tooth has been loose hanging for an obscene... Submitted 3 years 147 days ago.

The Sins of The Parent: Why Do We Hide Our Sins? - Laura Trahan
I was recently honored to read some written work that completely moved me in such a way I am still pondering the words. The pieces had to do with sins of the past and it was one of the most honest written articles I have read in a long time. It got me to thinking, why do we hide our sinful pasts?... Submitted 3 years 154 days ago.

A Mother’s Delight: When A Daughter Melts A Mom’s Heart - Laura Trahan
There are not many times in my life that I am not butting heads with my daughter. "Those shoes do not match and are not tennis shoes, you can not wear them to school," I will say. "I want to wear my slippers!! They are soft," my Hannah will retort in the whiny voice that sends all moms over the... Submitted 3 years 197 days ago.

Avoiding Power Struggles With Your Children - - Kathy Slattengren
It's easy to get into power struggles with your children. However, once you learn what triggers power struggles, you can avoid them. Let's look at how to do this using a couple of examples. In the first situation, five year old Jacob has asked his mom if he can have a cookie. She's told him... Submitted 3 years 243 days ago.

A Day in the Life of a Mother© - - Arlene Wright-Correll
Mother's Day is coming up on us fast and at 73 & 75 years old we still have one mother who will be 95 this year. Reflecting upon my personal 73 years of which 51 of them included motherhood I started to think about a day in my life today. These days I still get up about 5 or 6 a.m. opening up the... Submitted 3 years 279 days ago.

A Bitter Sweet Note - Mary Fagan
Parents of music students everywhere! Listen up! I have found a surefire way to enhance the quality and quantity of band practice without the typical threatening and nagging once required to make you feel like you’re getting your money out of purchasing that instrument that your child swore... Submitted 3 years 292 days ago.

Grandma is 40, Mama is 27, son is 14 - - Patricia Barbee
America, when are we going to stop being politically correct and tell these young people that abstinence does work? "Daughter/son do NOT do it!!!!" This week I was watching the local news and a public school was featured as one of the best in the state. The students were going to a statewide... Submitted 3 years 353 days ago.

Asperger Teen on an Mission to the Moon - Joy De Vries
Recently my 12 year old son with Asperger Syndrome read an article in a scientific magazine which stated the American astronauts were going back to the moon in the year 2020. After reading the article carefully he came to me and told me he was going to be a part of that mission to return to the... Submitted 4 years ago.

Raising a Full-Figured Child - Mary Fagan
“Mom, can you drop off a few things at the Salvation Army for me?" asked my daughter not long after Christmas. “When I put my new stuff away, I cleaned out clothes I don’t wear anymore." It sounded like a reasonable and venerable act. That was before I carried the three HUGE plastic garbage... Submitted 4 years 11 days ago.

Activities To Do With Your Sick Child While At Home - Stephany Springer
I am going into day two of having my kids home from school because of illness. I have to admit I am beginning to go a little insane. It seems endless stress between trying to juggle my normal daily duties as well as keep the demanding child entertained so that we both survive the day. ... Submitted 4 years 14 days ago.

Vignettes of a Model Mom - - Steve Radford
"You need to straddle the bag, your left foot aimed at second and your right foot toward home plate. Then you take the throw from the catcher and apply the tag. Simple!" Having arrived home from baseball practice, an excited nine year old boy stood in his mom's bedroom, demonstrating the... Submitted 4 years 63 days ago.

A Mom's Days of Derangement - - Jackie Papandrew
I have teenagers living in my house. If you are at all familiar with this irrational and often irritating species (homo smartaleckus), you are offering me your condolences right now. You also know that these creatures are embarrassed by the very existence of their parents. This is a perfectly... Submitted 4 years 92 days ago.

High School Reunion Finale - Lisa Barker
I did a bit of sleuthing (some call it stalking) the night before the reunion and looked up as many photos of old classmates as I could find online. And I learned that twenty years REALLY ages people. Not that anyone looked very old but I would have never recognized most on the street. Good... Submitted 4 years 218 days ago.

High School Reunion Countdown - Lisa Barker
By the time this column is printed I will have already gone to my twentieth reunion, I will have survived the paralysis that will set in mere moments before we pull up to the old high school. For the umpteenth time I will discreetly hitch up my skirt hoping that my pantyhose don’t twang off... Submitted 4 years 218 days ago.

Maintaining a Sense of Self While Being a Stay-At-Home Mom - James P Krehbiel
Many mothers who are stay-at-home parents lose their sense of self in the process of caretaking for their children. A woman’s natural instinct to “protect her flock" may come into direct conflict with developing a strong self-identity. Often, mother’s “lose themselves" by giving their power... Submitted 4 years 246 days ago.

Cliché Revival: Diplomatic Teaching Tool - Mary Fagan
Pre-ramble - We, as parents in the paternal state, in order to form our children into more perfect offspring, establish our justice, insure domestic tranquility, produce no regrets, promote their general welfare and secure blessings for them as our posterity, do ordain and establish that we... Submitted 4 years 263 days ago.

How to Manage Guilt so It Doesn’t Manage You - Amber Rosenberg
You've been there - you know the feeling. It's that nagging sense that you've done something wrong, unfair or otherwise inadequate and you can't stop beating yourself up about it. It may be part of all our lives but guilt doesn't have to run anyone's life. When was the last time you felt... Submitted 4 years 271 days ago.

About Teens and Cutting - Mark Gregston
The Phenomenon of Teens Cutting Themselves What's this All About? Kids and Cutting Fifteen years ago, a young lady who was living with us came to the dining room table with her face all cut up, bleeding, looking shameful and embarrassed, and catching me completely off guard as I wondered "what in... Submitted 4 years 273 days ago.

A Look at Adoption, - Mark Gregston
People need to consider some things before they adopt, especially in regard to the issues that many adopted kids have in the teenager years. Am I against adoption? No. But I do know that out of 2,500 kids that have lived with us at Heartlight (our residential counseling center for teens)... Submitted 4 years 274 days ago.

Discipline or Punishment? What really works? - Tracy Tresidder
In order to better understand the difference between discipline, and punishment lets evaluate them. Discipline Disciplining is about teaching your teen right from wrong in a positive way with a definite emphasis on nurturing, and guidance. When disciplining a teen, you are relating to... Submitted 4 years 345 days ago.

A Parent's Role in Teen Drama - Mary Fagan
Never was there a story of more woe. Until the next bad grade, pimple, flyaway hair, wrong kind of jeans, snotty comment, “dirty" look, or dropped spoon in the cafeteria. These typical examples of teen tragedy, comedies of errors played out in adolescence, prepare young people for their... Submitted 4 years 361 days ago.

A Mother's Day Story: or Is Good Character Taught or Caught? - Fran Larson
Actually, I think Good Character and thoughtful deeds are both caught and taught. These two verbs are inseparable. Our children are watching what we do, so in essence, we are teaching them without explaining constantly. We all know that but sometimes we tend to forget. Even very young children... Submitted 5 years 88 days ago.

Sleepless Mom in California - Lisa Barker
My youngest daughter requires a feeding tube to eat. This is a recent development in her health and has left my husband and I sleep deprived as if we are caring for a newborn. Oh, how I have forgotten what fun it is to live without sleep! Whose idea was it to put hemorrhoid cream in a... Submitted 5 years 181 days ago.

Science Activity Ideas for Little Kids - Lindsay Small
Turn your environment into a magical world of scientific exploration and let your child develop his senses, his concentration and his vocabulary while having lots of (messy) fun. It just takes a little imagination and time to turn your kitchen or bath into a learning experience for your littlest... Submitted 5 years 183 days ago.

Mommisms - Moms Say The Darndest Things - Lisa Barker
Mommisms are things your mother said a million times until one day they popped out of your mouth while you were ranting at your kids. For example: + If you fall and break your neck, I’ll kill you! + This is the worst looking pigsty I have ever seen… + If you think (fill in the blank)... Submitted 5 years 195 days ago.