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Introducing Scrapbook Blogger

It is no laughing matter the way the scrapbooking industry and grown in every single way. From new methods of scrapbooking to new innovative products just for scrapbookers, it continues to change every single day. And now there is a whole new concept. If you are a scrapbooker, you might truly find this to be right up your alley. Introducing www.scrapbookblogger.com. What do they do there? They make photo books from your blog or blog posts. Sounds cool right? This innovative idea was started by Ashley Cuttino, a lawyer, scrapbooker, blogger and mom who thought it would make a cool … Continue reading →

Rich Parent Problems

“My other car is a Lamborghini. Just like this one.” That’s one bumper sticker you’ll never see on my vehicle. After all, it’d look pretty silly on the back of my bike. Just as I don’t have time to turn turkey bones into chandeliers, I simply don’t have the income to drop $50,000 to have my kid attend a fancy schmancy kindergarten. However, this is not a problem for some of the world’s most affluent parents. Forking over 50 grand so their child can be surrounded by other rich kids and learn Mandarin in a highly-integrated community equipped with the … Continue reading →

How Emotional Abuse Steals Your Sense of Security

At the most basic level, emotional abuse robs you of your sense of security and value. In an attempt to bring order out of chaos, even the regularity of abuse can be substituted for a sense of what is normal. One of the deepest needs of children is for consistency, including the certain knowledge that they are unconditionally accepted and valued by those who love them. Small children crave the repetitive, constant nature of certain stories in which the same words or phrases are used over and over again. Children know what to expect, anticipate with delight the coming use … Continue reading →

Is Safe Always Better?

A few years ago my 9-year-old cousin fell out of a tree and broke his arm. Turns out the reason he was climbing the tree was because my aunt felt it was too dangerous for him to bike over to a local park to meet up with a bunch of his buddies. Rather, she felt it would be safer for him to play in their backyard where she could keep an eye on him. About 45 minutes after she made the call to have him stay home she was dialing 911. Irony. Oh, what a bitter pill to swallow… especially … Continue reading →

The Big Tube Slide

Yesterday my family and I went to a new-to-me park. My wife and son had been there previously with an aunt a nephew. The last time they went they were treated to a bustling park full of children and parents and activity. Part of this was because it was in the hot months of summer, and this particular park has a water feature. Wading pools and spraying water always draw lots of attention in the heat. Amazing times were apparently had during that day I wasn’t there. I heard about it for a couple of days from my son. He … Continue reading →

Rescuers Find Missing Autistic Boy by Playing Music

An eight year old boy who has autism left his school playground. In order to lure the child out from wherever he was hiding, rescuers played the boy’s favorite song, (which happened to be by Ozzy Osbourne). Fortunately, the boy appeared to be fine. An online survey done by The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) asked questions of over 800 parents who had at least one child who had autism. Half of the parents reported that their child has, at one time or another, wandered off or eloped. Out of this group of parents, over 50% of them said that their … Continue reading →

The Office Bully: It Doesn’t Stop in the Classroom

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Although the term “bully” immediately sets off an image of a kid in the school playground holding court with his or her power, bullying actually continues well into life and surprisingly even exists in the nursing home environment. It seems, once a bully, always a bully. Although much is written on bullying in the playground, the office environment is a haven for bullies. As just as everyone knows in the playground who the bully is and who the victim or victims are and are afraid to speak out, this phenomenon also occurs in the office. Let’s look at the case … Continue reading →

School Scare

Optional title: First Grade Fear For me, not my kid. I am thrilled that my 6-year-old has fully embraced being a full-time first grader. However, the 7.5-hour school day does yield a litany of potential hazards. For example, last week, one of my daughter’s classmates fell from the school’s monkey bars and broke her arm… in two places. Then, a couple of days ago, another kid from her class had to go to the ER after she was hit square in the eye with a wood chip, which was thrown at her by some other student on the playground. Life’s … Continue reading →

Calling All Procrastinators – Read This Now, Not Later

“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow….”. Why is it that so many of us put things off until tomorrow? Is it because we fear that we will not have anything to do tomorrow, so we postpone something that we could have done today so that we will have something to do tomorrow? Probably not, because no matter who you are, there is always plenty to do on any given day. Procrastination is a potential pitfall for anyone, and those of us that work at home are especially susceptible because we do not have nosy office mates or bosses looking over … Continue reading →

Weirdest Place Your Kid Has Gone Potty

I promise; this will be my last potty-themed blog (for a while anyway). In my previous post I shared my young daughter’s fear of going potty in public restrooms that feature automatic-flushing toilets. What I neglected to reveal in that blog is the myriad of non-traditional places that she’s gone number one, on the occasions when she absolutely wouldn’t relieve herself on “strange” potties. Let’s see… she’s gone in the tall grass that borders a rural highway in Wisconsin, in an opening between rocks at a secluded beach in Hawaii, in a dirt hole I dug in the far corner … Continue reading →