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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Are you one of these parents?

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The other day shopping somewhere, we were entertained by a parent and child.  The kid, if you can call her that was about 12 years old, as t...
Monday, August 1, 2011

Stray dog adopts our neighborhood

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Reports of dog sightings have been filtering in to our house. At sun up we are awakened by howling, I spot a coyote sized dog with a distinc...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Summer Camp Tomorrow

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Sunday we drop our boy scout off to go to camp for a week.  I remember when our oldest boy went off to camp, we worried about little things...
Monday, July 4, 2011

The new monitor arrived

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Surprise, when I picked up the new monitor my son hurriedly volunteered to unpack and set it up in the office; of course this meant his moni...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Problem Solved, (no more monitor!) no more games!

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A few weeks back I was lamenting over how much time my son was spending in front of his computer, well guess what? my monitor for my home of...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

"It's the first day of summer"

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Today is the longest day of the year and many children are free from school until after Labor Day, "yipeee". I always feel for th...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire, ever heard that one? of course you have. How do you teach your kids not to lie?  It's tough when they see the...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Boy Scout Summer Camp

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Summer Camp for us has been a chance to get away ourselves. Several years now, we have coordinated a week away at the same time our boys are...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Some things kids like to do (10) you can add your favorites to the list

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This is aimed at camping but you can modify these ideas for fun at home 1. Get wet and go splashing. If you cannot find a good swimmin...
Monday, June 6, 2011

Update the weekend computer usage

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At first I thought, it was the same thing, more hours of games because when I walked by I could see what looked like a Roman Coliseum on the...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Childrens games to play in the car or at home, make play a learning experience, make learning part of playing. For more games, see pages on right side bar.

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Copy and print the map and state list above (the map will probably need to be saved as an image first) Play a match the name to the ...
Monday, May 30, 2011

My 13 year old is stuck in front of a monitor

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My 13 year old is stuck in front of a monitor.  In my mind I keep going back and forth with this issue.  On one hand I think he should be ou...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Dealing With Children Fascinated With Fire (lighting matches, etc.)

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When I was first thinking about an article on fire building and children I thought back to different experiences I have endured during my...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Do schools do the job we want them to do?

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Since I just added some polls to this blog about number of children it got me remembering our struggles at school. (no connection) Specific...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Is public transportation good for our children?

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While my kids grow up, some of my biggest worry's have been their friends and where they hang out. Years ago one of my sons used the bus...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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Put ink to paper, putting my thoughts in words is opening a window to my soul, somethings are better kept locked up, not open to judgement a...
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Wednesday, April 1, 1970

Why don't more parents kill their children!

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Supposedly children represent a little bit of ourselves, even the ugly ones are beautiful and precious to their parents most  ( xxxx some) o...
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