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Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

January 29th, 2007

The easy way out…

“The easy way is not always the best way.”
Anonymous
And that might be the best lesson you can teach your children. I can still remember one of the smartest kids in Britt’s college class failed a course because he decided to take the easy way out and hand in someone else’s term paper. How dumb […]

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January 18th, 2007

Giving…

“Giving is the highest expression of our power”
Vivian Green
How do your children feel about giving of themselves?
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January 13th, 2007

Today’s Quote - About Those Pre-Teen Years (January 13th)

In many respects, the preteen years mimic adolescence, but without one essential ingredient: hormones.
Author: Balter, Lawrence
I wonder what my mom would say were my better years. I’m not quite sure that I want to ask her!!
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October 19th, 2006

Parenting Thought of the Day

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.”
Rosaleen Dickson
And yes, it won’t always be easy, but then suddenly […]

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September 29th, 2006

About Pre-Teens

“At this age [9–12], in contrast to adolescence, girls still want to know their parents and hear what they think. You are the influential ones if you want to be. Girls, now, want to hear your point of view and find out how you got to be what you are and what you are doing. […]

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September 26th, 2006

The Ego of Teens

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
Bruce Barton
It’s up to you as the parent to plant that seed inside your child at a young age and then by the time they are twenty something, they believe it to the point that they […]

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September 24th, 2006

Something to Think About

Children do what you do. It’s still the same as with their parents generation. …
You’d be surprised at how many parent’s don’t have the time today to explore these interests with their grandchildren. It’s up to you to teach them the fun stuff! It’s an old, old saying, but the best things in life are […]

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September 16th, 2006

Quote That Proves You Just Can’t Win

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.
Charles Wadsworth
What more can I say about this one lol… we just can’t wait for Jamie to have a son. Oh, it’s going to be so delicious to watch!!
;)
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September 5th, 2006

The Real Menace

The real menace in dealing with a five year old is that in no time, you begin to sound like a five year old.
Jean Kerr
Now isn’t that the truth! Thank heavens for coffee breaks with friends.
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