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KEEP BABY'S BRAIN GREEN
Baby's brain is a complex environment that requires care. Baby is pre-wired to soak up what he/she needs to develop . Messing around with these ecology is at best pointless and at worst harmful, especially in the hands of merchandisers. The Disney refund story is incredibly positive news in the world of ...
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Chatterbox
by
mydigitalfamily
on
November 15, 2009
Parenting
I have an MS from Purdue U in Child Development and Family Studies. The main thing that I learned is that there are as many ways to parent as their are parents X2. And the State is possibly the worst parent of all. Blood is thicker than law. So, let parents parent and let the chips fall where they may. The State should step in ONLY when there ...
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Jurisprudence
by
mdmonahan
on
October 24, 2009
Re: Why does it matter what kind of a mother Betty is?
The style of parenting depicted in the MM is accurate for the time. Children had not yet become idolized. Their phobias were not taken seriously and their foibles were slapped out of the figuratively or literally. It was the next generation that became kid obsessed. Having learned just enough psychology to be harmful, they felt they could ...
Posted to
TV Club
by
mmontano
on
September 23, 2009
Re: Betty's parenting
Even if we accept the premise that Betty is a ''typical'' mother of the 1960's, we don't have to excuse her actions. We do know better. When your child comes to you, screaming and distraught over the death of her grandpa, you don't keep your back turned to her while ordering her angrily to go watch TV. On the other hand, kids at that time were ...
Posted to
TV Club
by
idfriendly
on
September 22, 2009
women in Jewish business, Wasps in civil rights, Parenting
Peggy: Looking great, all of a sudden in that snug dress, finally wearing something that becomes her. Dare I mention Mary Wells(c. 1967) of the painted Braniff Airlines planes, who later formed Wells, Rich and Green ad agency? It's true she seems to have slept her way into the Braniff contract but that sort of thing unsually got you downgraded, ...
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TV Club
by
ruthhmiller
on
September 15, 2009
Re: It IS a parents duty to put his/her kids interests first!
I generally agree with sullivan. Bazelon's tone seems vague to me: I can't tell if she is criticizing parents who attempt to influence classroom placement where the school forbids it or if she is criticizing any attempt to do so regardless of what the school allows. The comments about ''zero sum gain'' seem to suggest the latter: ''your kid ...
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Family
by
gambit293
on
September 8, 2009
Bazelon's Strong Premise Is Unsubstantiated
Apart from the premise, there is not a lot of good I can find in this article. I agree with Ms. Bazelon - surely helicopter parents meddling in the affairs of their child(ren)'s school(s) is a very bad idea. However, the rest of the article does not support the premise very well. For starters, ''combinations of kids they're building'' makes ...
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Family
by
Glou
on
September 5, 2009
The Playpen
I myself had difficulties locating a ''playpen'' many years ago. I had four kids 4 and under (one set of twins) and needed a true playpen. I found that the playpen was much larger than a pack-n-play. We used the playpen when the twins were very small, opting to place the pen in a playroom for the older sibling to be out of reach when the twins ...
Posted to
Family
by
meadhome
on
August 17, 2009
Playpen during holidays...
In the 1980's, we always took a playpen with us when we traveled to grandparent homes that were not baby-proof, and our babies slept safely in the playpen. However, the best use of the playpen came at Christimas time. In our otherwise baby-proof home, we put the Christmas tree in the playpen! Ornaments were safe from the baby. The baby was safe ...
Posted to
Family
by
Xenaxena
on
August 17, 2009
He's the Baby. Gotta Love Him...
My son liked his playpen just fine ... until he didn't. It was my mom's last gift to me as a new mother before she died, so I guess there's a bit of emotional remnant to my recollections of nearly 20 years. My son wasn't left in there for any length of time because I really enjoyed playing and interacting with him. But other than his crib, it ...
Posted to
Family
by
Stickagum
on
August 16, 2009
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