Quote by Charles Schaefer

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Parenting is not a natural ability all of us are born with. It is a learning process that takes time, patience and the development of skills

the secret to not losing your temper

find the most generous explanation for your child's behaviour and beleive it

happy ( belated) mother's day

was working yesterday so celebrating today. going to bake my chocolate moist cake now

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"It's an adult myth that childhood is idyllic"
malcom forbes

basic components of parenting

*Feeding
*sleeping
* discipline and moral reasoning
*toilet training
*teaching
*communicating
*giving affection

Personalized Children's Books

The new trend in the publishing world is personalized children's books which have the child 's name as one of the main characters ( and also includes sights from their very own hometown). It also has the child's friends in the book and it can all be made to order at a very small price.

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It takes a village to raise a child- African Proverb

I was flipping through a magazine and found a survey that showed 51% of homemakers are very stressed about life as compared to 29% of mothers who worked full time. Most women say its stressful at home AND at work.
There is just so much to get done!

Still on the topic of kids & money, Suze Orman who is a personal finance expert on CNBC say that children learn from the money habits of parents. It's not enough to tell your kids about money, you've gotta lead by example too.

Wow, that's hard :)

Rich kid, smart kid - teaching kids about money

I really enjoyed Ku Ka Tong's article ( teaching kids about money in Personal Money Feb 2009). Robert Kiyosaki also has a great book called rich kid, smart kid which stresses financial literacy in today's world.

away on a hiatus

no post from me for two months as i was away trying to "find myself" .So went on a blog vacation *lol* Thank you for all your e mails . I really appreciate it. I should be back in full force towards the end of this year. take care

sonia

Hi Sonia . I just gave birth and i plan on going on Atkins (high protein diet ) to shed the pounds. Can i do Atkins while breast feeding?

Hi! According to Dr Atkins book, you can't do Atkins while breast feeding. Lots of mothers tell me that breast feeding actually helps a little in the weight loss because it increases the Basal Metabolic Rate. Try exercise and yoga.Enjoy this time with your baby.....it can be stressful trying to adjust AND lose weight at the same time. Don't be too hard on yourself