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Advice on Raising an Independent Child…

This stay-at-home dad has some things to say about raising responsible, independent kids: I saw a three-year old and his mother going to daycare once. It was winter time, and the mom was loaded down, carrying her son, his bag, a rain coat, umbrella and his stuffed toy. This picture drove me crazy as it was not raining and so the mom had no reason to carry the child and his entire entourage. I decided then and there it would be different with my child, and I would teach him to be responsible for his own stuff. Here’s how I did it:

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One Easy First Lesson Toward Raising Independent, Happy Children

Once I saw a three-year old and his mother going to daycare. It was winter time, and the mom was loaded down, carrying her son, his bag, a rain coat, umbrella and his stuffed toy. That simple picture drove me crazy and made me sad for both child and parent. It was not raining and so the mom had no reason to carry the child and his entourage. I decided then and there it would be different with my child.

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Is Your Kid Getting Bullied?

Fifteen year old Phoebe Prince’s body was found hanging in the stairway leading to her family’s second-floor apartment in South Hadley, a Massachusetts suburb from an apparent suicide. The family had recently moved to the area from Ireland and as it now turns out Phoebe was being harassed as she walked through the halls of school, and was followed on the way home from school. Now, nine teenagers have been charged with involvement in a months-long campaign of bullying. Before it claims the lives and emotional well-being of more children, bullying has to stop.