parent Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/parent/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:27:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Love, Criticism, & Kids https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/09/love-criticism-kids/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:05:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8723 Parenting is hard! We want our kids to grow up right. But, because we’re human, we get tired of repeating the same things again and

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]]> Are You Donating $162,000 a Year? https://smthingscount.com/2019/01/30/are-you-donating-162000-a-year/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:36:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7701 Salary.com has added up the monetary worth of a parent who stays at home to care for his or her child: $162,000.  That’s $5,000 more

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]]> Be a Team Player https://smthingscount.com/2018/10/17/be-a-team-player/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:21:21 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7393 One of the least-loving places we visit is where our child’s team competes.  Be it soccer or softball, you’ve sat in the stands, cringing when

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]]> Keep Track of Your Child https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/18/keep-track-of-your-child/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:18:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6997 A terrible fear of any parent is turning around and seeing nothing but a crowd of strangers and not their child. I still remember the

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]]> Help for the Weary Caregiver https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/09/help-for-the-weary-caregiver/ Wed, 09 May 2018 15:08:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6881 Many of us find ourselves in the position of being a primary caregiver, whether to a child, a spouse, a parent, or a grandparent.  Yet,

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]]> Dangers Every Parent Should Know About https://smthingscount.com/2017/04/24/dangers-every-parent-should-know-about/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:35:41 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5815 THE DANGER HERE IS SELF-EXPLANATORY. (Thanks to Tina Silva Blease for providing this chart.)  

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]]> Protecting Parents https://smthingscount.com/2016/11/01/protecting-parents/ https://smthingscount.com/2016/11/01/protecting-parents/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:06:00 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5271 Imagine visiting your dad in a nursing home.  The woman in a nearby room is alone and unable to fend for herself.  Get past the

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2016/11/01/protecting-parents/feed/ 2 It’s the Parents’ Responsibility https://smthingscount.com/2015/08/07/its-the-parents-responsibility/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:10:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4045 The controversy isn’t new–it was brewing when I was teaching many, many years ago.  The difference now is that there are several studies proving the

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]]> Parental Choice or Abuse? https://smthingscount.com/2015/02/03/parental-choice-or-abuse/ Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:44:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3481 Two probable Presidential candidates (Christie and Paul) came out today advocating parental choice in whether to have children vaccinated against measles and other diseases.  Christie

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]]> Summer, Kids, and Parents https://smthingscount.com/2014/06/19/summer-kids-and-parents/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:43:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2871 School’s out, kids are home–many weeks stretch out.  Here’s a summertime quote that contains a solution for many parents. “A lot of parents pack up

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