Tag: parenting
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"Hitting is easy, parenting is hard."
“My parents spanked me because they needed to feel like they had control over the situation.”
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Critical Thinkers vs List People
From a Reddit discussion about parents realizing their kids aren’t that bright: “One group is like your first two kids, critical thinkers, self empowered types. Show them the concept, talk about the goal and they’ll pick up the pieces and run with it. … Group 2 I call the list people. The didn’t want to hear about […]
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How to Raise Independent-Minded Daughters
“My father valued my brain, and let me see that he valued it.”
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A Young Mother's Child's Guilt as an Adult
“Anyone who loves you will not ask that you sacrifice all your hopes and dreams so that they can exist.”
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Dating a Single Mom is Entering a Family
“Once again, I’m dating you and your kid.”
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Chuck E. Cheese and Shattered Dreams
“As soon as I stepped out of the kitchen door as Chuck E. all of the playing and screaming stopped. The room fell silent, save for the occasional bleep-bloop of a video game. I was surrounded by a sea of startled, wide-eyed faces.Then they rushed me. All Hell broke loose. “Chuck Eeeeeee, Chuck Eeeeee!” I […]
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Best Parenting Ever
“When I was little, my brother and I were bickering in the car. My mother told us if I didn’t stop pestering him, she was going to pull over and make me get out and walk the rest of the way home. Usually the threat of punishment was enough to make me not only stop […]