For unknown reasons, Continental gave away all of our assigned seating on our first flight out of Denver. The only two seats together that they could give us were in the last row of the airplane. So Jacob and I sat in the last row and played Uno and checkers. As anyone who has watched […]
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Remember what I said about getting behind children in line in security? Well, I was wrong. On our way to the British Virgin Islands last week our six year old, Jacob, caught the attention of the TSA security agents. In his Scooby Doo backpack he was carrying, in addition to the normal treasures, a metal box
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As many of you know, I’m waiting impatiently to find out what color hair and what eyes Caleb will have. In trying to figure it out I’ve discovered that eye color and hair color is not the simple "Bb" vs "bb" they taught us in elementary school science. Now they think eye color is primarily
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Children become attached to a blankie or a toy for much the same reason that most of us don’t want to own or touch anything belonging to a murderer. Somehow, we (and the children) believe that there’s an essence that belongs to people or things that can rub off. At least that’s what scientists are
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I sit around and wonder what to do with my life. What’s my purpose in life? And then I read about someone like Irena Sendler. This amazing woman saved the lives of 2500 children! Can you imagine? She helped 2500 Jewish children in Poland find homes with Catholic families so they would escape the concentration
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TV! This latest study found that watching TV lowers melatonin levels which can create all sorts of nasty side effects in children. This study (as others) linked TV watching in kids to: autism obesity trouble sleeping eye problems lower melatonin levels early puberty In adults, "the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease increases with each extra
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Pursuing wealth may not be good for your kids says Pyschology Today: the pursuit of status and material wealth by high-earning families (say, $120,000 and above) tends to leave skid marks on the kids, but in ways you might not have expected. Affluent suburban high schoolers not only smoke more, drink more and use more
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New York Magazine’s How Not to Talk to Your Kids is scary! According to the author (and many studies) when we tell kids they are smart, they are more likely to care about looking smart and will only pick tasks they are sure to succeed in. If we tell them they did really well because
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Infants Wheeze Less in Homes with Multiple Dogs. If that’s true, then Caleb is set.  He’s got two big furry companions who shed everywhere and follow us around everywhere – including the middle of the night feeding.
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Having just spent three days in the hospital with my own 5 month old son, this article hit a nerve, Russian Shock at Gagged Babies. The babies were gagged with plaster and tape because their crying was disturbing the nurses. A woman who happened to be in the hospital with her own children heard the
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