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Monthly Archives: May 2010
5 Misunderstandings About Children
A couple of people have recently asked me where I’m going with this blog. When I’m out of alignment and all wrapped up in my ‘taking things seriously’ mode I ponder this question as if it’s meaningful… however…
90/10 Principle – It will change your life
What follows was received in an email several days ago… it’s a powerful message from Steven Covey about our choices. Valuable enough to share with the whole world. Even if you’ve run across this before, it’s well worth another read.
Mom and Dad, It’s okay to change your mind
If you’re a parent, I’m sure you’ve experienced at least one moment (HA! One… as if…) when your child has asked for (demanded?) something and you’ve said no… only to have them whine and complain and generally harass you into saying YES!
YES?!
As I witnessed another one of these all too frequent experiences a couple of days ago, I also witnessed the Mom experiencing that abject disappointment in herself for being such a ‘wishy washy’ parent and ‘caving’ to her young son’s demands (her words, not mine) that so often follows a loving parent around like a worrisome gnat.
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Girls Have More Tastebuds than Boys
Do girls really have more taste buds than boys???
From what I can uncover that’s not exactly true… yet according to a study I found over at Science Daily they have found that Girls Have a Superior Sense of Taste anyway!
Another interesting discovery they came up with was that children don’t consider themselves ‘picky’ eaters. Yes, it’s a fascinating article, you might want to give it a read :-) — Here are a few other discoveries that may surprise you as stated at their site: