After months of waiting, the time has come and gone. For a little under a year you’ve rubbed feet, and lower back. You’ve braved various “birthing” classes and read as many books as your time allowed. You’ve been given tips from other fathers, whether solicited, or not. The moment you were waiting for has come [...]
Tags: breast feeding, dads, fatherhood, first time dads, newborns, parenting skills, parenting tips
Posted in: Baby, Parenting
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According to a recent study by the University of Glasgow in Scotland, the more children a couple have, the happier they are. The catch? This only holds true for married couples. The same children and happiness correlation didn’t apply to single, co-habiting or separated parents. The study took into account not only marital status [...]
Tags: children, co-habiting, Happiness, life satisfaction, marriage, single parents
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School had already started here in Switzerland when the ‘walk to school’ debate started in the US in September this year. It was partly initiated by an article in the New York Times ‘Why can’t she walk to school?’ The story featured a mother who let her 7-year old girl, a second grader in upstate [...]
Tags: abduction, excercise, obesity, parental fears, Safety, school, walking to school
Posted in: Education, Parenting
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Not Bright Enough to Marry?
For 17-year old Kerry Robertson, what stands in her way to marriage and motherhood is her learning disabilities. Social workers already canceled her wedding to her 25-year old fiance Mark McDougall 2 days before the church ceremony. The Fife Council where Robertson lives feels that her learning disabilities render her incapable [...]
Tags: learning disabilities, marriage, motherhood, social services
Posted in: Current Events, Parenting
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I used to be an office-based working mom. Currently I am a work at home mom (wahm), which unfortunately, many people don’t take seriously as work. But I am a working mom and my kids are at a childcare facility while I am typing this on my home computer.
It is with trepidation that I present [...]
Tags: exercise, healthy, healthy eating, obesity, SAHM, stay-at-home mom, WAHM, working mom
Posted in: Health, Parenting
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