“We’re excited that The ‘Perfect’ Parent is joining this year’s list of award-winning products,” says Julie Kertes, NAPPA General Manager.Each child is born into this world with unique gifts – that is, each child has something nobody else has. It could be a whole lot more than others, a whole lot less, or simply a whole lot different. Nevertheless, what our children have is “whole” for them. Deepak Chopra tells us that our “individuality is intimately woven into the fabric of life – that [we are each] a strand in the web of life.” Accepting and respecting this uniqueness…
Tweet“You just threw away $150 of my hard-earned money,” says a parent to the 5-year-old who had accidentally dropped an iPad and cracked the screen. “Money does not grow on trees,” says a working mom to the 10-year-old who had asked if he could get a phone for his birthday. “I’m sick of you losing your sweatshirts,” says a parent to her 14-year-old. “You’re going to have to pay for them out of your allowance from now on.” “What! You…
TweetTrue love is the mixture of friendship, appreciation and happiness. This Valentine’s Day, ask your kids what they think of the word LOVE. Their answers might surprise you. Wishing you all a day filled with happy memories and lots of love.
TweetOur eyes facilitate vision by bringing in light – by enlightening us. Through our eyes we can brighten the darkest of feelings and situations. And even though our eyes are a silent sense organ, they speak volumes. Sad eyes, happy eyes, mad eyes – all are mirrors of our emotions. As Charlotte Brontë wrote in Jane Eyre, “The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.” When children are little,…
TweetThere was a post on Yahoo Parenting a few days ago about a long court case involving a divorced father who took away his 12-year-old daughter’s phone as punishment for sending a rude and inappropriate text. The girl’s mother, however, had purchased the phone, and she contacted the police, claiming that the father wouldn’t return her property. The father was arrested, and a two-year legal battle followed (Dad Arrested for Taking Daughter’s Phone as Punishment). After only a 2-day trial,…
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