Friday night and my feet are up!
Here are a few interesting sites/articles I’ve come across in the last week … enjoy!
“An infant taking the recommended amount of soy formula is consuming a hormone load equivalent of 4 birth control pills a day! Is it any wonder we’ve seen such a dramatic rise in precocious puberty with young girls starting their periods at 6 and 7?”
What is Effective, Practical Parenting?:
“Let’s be honest, and above all, practical. Quality discipline combines knowledge of age expected behaviors, reasonable standards, clear expectations, proactive discipline and consistency. Anything less is not effective discipline.”
What Not To Read [about Pregnancy and Childbirth]:
“Don’t read What to Expect When You’re Expecting … This book is chock full of enough scare-tactics and medical promotions to frighten and confuse any mama-to-be right into a panic attack (if not premature labor).”
The Natural Child Project - Common Objections to Homeschooling:
“If there were no other reason for wanting to keep kids out of school, the social life would be reason enough. In all but a very few of the schools I have taught in, visited, or know anything about, the social life of the children is mean-spirited, competitive, exclusive, status-seeking, snobbish, full of talk about who went to whose birthday party and who got-what Christmas presents and who got how many Valentine cards and who is talking to so-and-so and who is not.”
“What many don’t realize is that a two year old saying they didn’t eat the cookie when you find them with chocolate in the corner of their mouth is not a child lying. So if your 2 year old isn’t lying about the cookie what are they doing? They are entering the words as magic stage … When a toddler perceives that they have displeased you they will seek to make things right and they truly believe that their words have power. Words are magic to them. When they ask for things, they get them. When you tell a story they experience it. And when your 2 year old says they didn’t eat the cookie they believe they have undone the act. With their words they have fixed the problem and mommy can now be pleased.”
