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Jul 2, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

Today would be my brother Gerd's birthday. He loved Richie Valens, although he did not understand one word of the lyrics. So I am posting this for him:

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Family & Parenting

Jul 1, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

Welllll wait a minute... this don't sound right... 🙄

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Family & Parenting

Jun 20, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by AbramH85

I over heard that I influenced my teenage niece to stop going to church. I sometimes give my opinion in a group chat I have with my nieces and nephews. I think my brother is blaming the media, the internet, and me for his shortcomings as a parent. ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 16, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Ryo1

How much parental pressure did you have to tolerate when you were growing up? If you are a parent yourself now, are you putting on your own child the same kind of pressure you suffered from your parents? far too often, parents put their children to...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 13, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

I want to pay tribute to the birthday of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, a German physician of the 19th century and the creator of Der Stuwwelpeter. I am sure the good doctor meant well when he created his book of tales of misbehaving children and the ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 11, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Gsanders55

Extreme religious practices in early childhood development is instilling more harm than any morals. Sunday school, catechism snd church for children are used as a form of negative discipline memorizing Bible verses to chant and pray when we make poor...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 8, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Castlepaloma

Mr. Woke Am I a hateful, gay, privileged, bad husband, anti-vaxxers & old man? Shall I, divorce my wokeness Daughter? Based on my own personal experience and good sense, NOT!!! Based on her facts. 1.I'm privileged because I'm white, yet artist ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 1, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Puzzlement

I never gave it a second thought. I believed what I was told and never thought to defy my Mother the joy it gave her and us kids, because Dad was a real tight ass about giving for no work. But we knew Mom was the one who got all the hugs and kisses ...

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Family & Parenting

May 24, 2021May 2021

Posted by LVL1Pro

Today is my 21st birthday, but i just feel like I'm celebrating someone else's birthday. Ever since i was young we go to church every time a family member has a birthday, i don't mind going when it's my siblings' or parents' birthday, cause it's ...

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Family & Parenting

May 21, 2021May 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

Bad night, bad morning so far, pain-wise. But I saved a bird from Boris's sharp claws so far this morning. Boris is a Russian Blue cat. Now he is stalking me, hoping I will open the door again. Fat chance, Tovarisch. Go hunt flies and spiders.

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Family & Parenting

May 20, 2021May 2021

Posted by bigpawbullets

Raising children in NZ is apparently like raising them in the USA, circa 1950. I suggested to our daughter that she shouldn't send this pic to her mom..... 🙄🍷🍷🍷

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Family & Parenting

May 11, 2021May 2021

Posted by ChestRockfield

POLLThe answer to this seem obvious to me, but maybe I'm missing something. What are your thoughts?

Should a man be allowed to relinquish all rights to absolve all responsibility for a child?

8 votes Yes
2 votes No
8 votes It depends. I'll post my reasoning in a comment.

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Family & Parenting

May 10, 2021May 2021

Posted by Sierra4

This was the NRA's Mother's Day Twitter message. I have no words.

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Family & Parenting

May 9, 2021May 2021

Posted by bigpawbullets

Mother's Day: A Hallmark Holiday! I'm one of the privileged ones who had a very loving and supportive mom. She was an RN. Graduate of the University of N. Carolina (Chapel Hill). Met my dad in Europe during WWII. Thank you for bringing me up, ...

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Family & Parenting

May 8, 2021May 2021

Posted by JackPedigo

A local take on mother’s day. My own mother died at the age of 67 in 1997 from Ovarian Cancer. It was a long and difficult death which, I think, only made matters worse. Our mother was basically a hands off parent and we grew up pretty much doing ...

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Family & Parenting

May 8, 2021May 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

Happy birthday, Ricky Nelson. Miss you and your fearless songs. Garden Party I am going to a garden party today for my great-granddaughter Kaliah's first birthday. There will be assorted husbands, in-laws, cold temperatures, and rain. I ...

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Family & Parenting

May 6, 2021May 2021

Posted by FearlessFly

American schools' phone apps send children's info to ad networks, analytics firms

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Family & Parenting

May 1, 2021May 2021

Posted by HelenRoseBuck

This sculpture carries a great message. But it’s not just dad who gives pieces of himself to his child. In my mind, we all give children bits of ourselves or perhaps it’s the child who takes bits from us. Children absorb what we put out there.

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Family & Parenting

May 1, 2021May 2021

Posted by tinkercreek

I've been doing a bit more Ancestry work. This is a portrait of my 6th great-grandfather, Chief Cornstalk, and me about age 4. Whaddya think?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 28, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKYoung Scientists Will Love These Adorable Jigsaw Puzzles | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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Family & Parenting

Apr 21, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by FearlessFly

Teaching children to play chess found to decrease risk aversion

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Family & Parenting

Apr 15, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by abyers1970

Did anyone else come out of the "Beat the Hell out of your children" religious experience where you would get a beating for any and everything. The belief was that if you didn't whip your child then you didn't love them. My grandmother and mother ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 14, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Benjamin123

Why do people hate it that I am Atheist?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 6, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by markbailey0008

My dad died last year. A few months before he died I pretended to have a religious conversion. I did this because I knew that he was worried that god would punish him for not doing a good job on me. The last time I saw him, racked with cancer, I ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 2, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Charlesbryant5

When we were kids, there where no phones or tablets we read cereal 🥣 boxes at breakfast

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Family & Parenting

Mar 31, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by m16566

My father was a policeman. In the days before stun guns, bulletproof vests, and back up calls were frowned upon. All a policeman could count on was his knowledge, experience, and the tools of the trade. And his St. Christopher Medal to bring him ...

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Family & Parenting

Mar 30, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by GeorgeRocheleau

Photo from the old store in Lincoln, New Mexico, the old stomping grounds of Billy the Kid.

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Family & Parenting

Mar 27, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Larimar

I'll be done with my baby burrito wrapper by next weekend. 🤣

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Mar 25, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by godsux69420

Why are there not any openly atheist characters in shows?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 24, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKWith the Rise of Teen Suicide Exacerbated by the Pandemic, MTV Documentary Films’ Each and Every Day from Peabody® Winning Director Alexandra Shiva Speaks with Young People About the Urgency of Talking About Mental Health and Getting Help

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Family & Parenting

Mar 17, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Mooolah

LINK6-year-old's strategy for easing his brother out of a meltdown leaves social media awestruck: 'I am amazed'

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Family & Parenting

Mar 9, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Lorajay

Someone needs to start private atheist schools. Our children are just as important to protect as any others. .

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Family & Parenting

Mar 7, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by AlanCliffe

Goodbye Christopher Robin on DVD. Complete with, shall we say, problematic English parents, it rings more or less true. Although I understand considerable liberties were taken with the facts of C.R. Milne's life. There's a bit of a ...

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Family & Parenting

Feb 27, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by PBuck0145

Megyn Kelly and Bill Maher

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Family & Parenting

Feb 23, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

Lia, an almost 12-year-old granddaughter whom I babysit n the afternoon, came into the living room holding a bottle of diet Tonic Water. " Oma," she said in that accusing tone only only12-year-olds can adopt. " What is this?" "What does it say on...

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Family & Parenting

Feb 17, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKWith Homeschooling on the Rise, New Report Spotlights Lack of Regulations to Protect Homeschooled Children from Abuse | American Atheists

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Family & Parenting

Feb 8, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by cimoore34

In the last year I haven't found a lot to comment on or post about. I found that with the pandemic and all; I was otherwise occupied. I have still been checking in most days, almost as part of my daily routines as anything else. I have managed to add...

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Family & Parenting

Feb 7, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by bigpawbullets

Somewhat disturbing trend we're seeing here in Southern Ohio.

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Family & Parenting

Feb 1, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by Apunzelle

I’m so proud of my little man. Today he asked if we could make care packages for the homeless. He researched items people living in the streets might need. Then we went to Target and picked up personal care items, socks, flashlights, snacks, and ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 29, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKNational High School Ethics Bowl

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Family & Parenting

Jan 23, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by tinkercreek

This long-distance "Meema" is feeling rather desolate today. My precious 2 1/2 yr granddaughter suffered a supracondylar fracture (involved trampoline & big brother), but resting well in NZ with their indoor AC. Hurts so much that I cannot be there ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 11, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Fred_Snerd

Indoctrinating Children Into Consumerism

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Family & Parenting

Jan 5, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by bigpawbullets

Christmas present from the daughter residing in Auckland. Enclosed card indicated that I am to learn all these skills so I can pass this knowledge on to my two grandsons. Landing the Airbus seems pretty straight-forward. I then skipped to chapter ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 3, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by girlwithsmiles

This New Year I realise for the first time the wealth of freedom not being tied to family has given me. Wanting to be with someone now ties me to their family and commitments for the first time.

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Family & Parenting

Jan 2, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Hages

WASPs Question

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Family & Parenting

Dec 26, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Honorabledougn

Dear god, why does dealing with family take so much effort now. Can't show reasons for damn near anything, follow media who fear monger like no tomorrow. And everything that doesn't align with my views is a lie or a conspiracy. This is one of the ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 21, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by lulufaerie394

My father recently died and the pastor presiding over the service used that time to convert people to follow Jesus. Should I be incredibly offended?

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Family & Parenting

Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKA boy finally comes to appreciate 'dad dancing' in this French holiday ad | Ad Age

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Family & Parenting

Dec 19, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by UpsideDownAgain

What would you do?

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Family & Parenting

Dec 11, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by UpsideDownAgain

What studies do you know of that show the affect of religion on child development?

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Family & Parenting

Dec 9, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by MsAl

My 12 year old has taken to texting me big thoughts while I'm at work 3rd shift..

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Family & Parenting

Dec 8, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bigpawbullets

Cleaning out our bookshelves of hundreds of books. Amazing what I'm finding! This volume is a keeper. I'm starting with the machine gun in my shop, as I await projects to dry. My grandsons' will be manly men!!!!!

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Family & Parenting

Dec 8, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by SydneyKathleen

Just joined, going to vent. I have been interviewing caregivers for in home care, and since it's in my home my atheism eventually comes up, and generally triggers believers. Whether they want to or not they begin inadvertently slipping in ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 6, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Boltz

Do you think fairy tales affect children’s reality perception?

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Family & Parenting

Dec 4, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Bigwavedave

I overheard my wife and sister arguing over whose mom was the largest. Oi. Pushing wheel chairs.

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Family & Parenting

Nov 26, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Atheist_News

Almost frightening to see how many families plan on having a big Thanksgiving dinner this year, in spite of the pandemic. When someone argues that “they’ll be ok”, I ask them if they also go 90 mph on a 45 mph road, because they “probably ...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 21, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by bigpawbullets

Here's a "Covid Quarantine" idea (wine generated to be sure) to occupy some of my time. I'm confident folks here are familiar with Leggos. I've stepped on countless ones barefoot in the wee hours of the morning. The only thing more enjoyable is ...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 18, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Wildgreens

I would call her cute muscles.

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Family & Parenting

Nov 18, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by 1EarthLovingGal

TW: dg use. Also a long post.. sorry Ever since I started EMDR with my counselor I’ve been bitter towards not only my mother, but my whole family. They all knew what was happening at home and would tell me how horrible it is and how it ...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 16, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Charliesey

@boyscouts At least 92,000 have filed sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts, legal team says cnn./2020/11/16/us/…. THE BOY SCOUT ORGANIZATION SEXUALLY ABUSE BOYS AND DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE THAT DOESN’T WORSHIP THEIR GOD OR NO GOD AT ALL!...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by gsiamne

Become a Pastafarian:

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Family & Parenting

Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by towkneed

So my oldest told my wife that he doesn't want anything to do with us for a while. He told her that it was more me than her but that we had caused him damage and he needed time. He recently moved in with his boyfriend and he told my wife that now ...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 14, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by HumanBeinme

My 89 year old mother is a strict Catholic and has known for several years that I do not believe in anything supernatural. Today as we visited she showed me a souvenir photo of John Paul II from her visit to the Vatican on April 1, 2005. She and ...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 11, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by IAJO163

LINKKenosha shooter's mother tries to deflect blame from her son - AOL News

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Family & Parenting

Nov 3, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Archeus_Lore

Rice arsenic content . . . .

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Family & Parenting

Nov 1, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by HippieChick58

I was in Half Price Books about a week ago. I had a box of books to sell, and while I was waiting for my price, I was browsing. This caught my eye. I can't get it to upload straight, but I found it amusing.

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Family & Parenting

Oct 31, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Wildgreens

Dealing with tantrums.

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Family & Parenting

Oct 31, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Wildgreens

How to not screw up children.

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Family & Parenting

Oct 31, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Wildgreens

Shitty Teacher

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Family & Parenting

Oct 29, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Green_Soldier71

LINKWhy everyone in Japan is talking about this dad - BBC News - YouTube

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Family & Parenting

Oct 24, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by josephr

When people ask me about my religion, i answer that i am a secular Jew. I remember my also saying to me that, as an adult, i was always trying to escape from my family. And so it was, unbeknownst to me until i recognized my own behaviour during my ...

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Family & Parenting

Oct 19, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by towkneed

It's been a hard weekend. Saturday I went for a bike ride with my 7 y/o (ASD level 2) and 4 y/o. 7 kept getting too far ahead so I made him promise not to. 4 y/o kept stopping to pout about everything, his bike wasnt working, was turning to the ...

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Family & Parenting

Oct 15, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Amzungu

Get to brag on my son here so he won't be embarrassed by my public displays of pride. As a high school senior this year, he's been worried about his SAT scores, hoping to get into U of I for Bioengineering and knowing there's quite a bit of ...

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Family & Parenting

Oct 11, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JonePaulMcCain

I love my environment

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Family & Parenting

Oct 1, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Fred_Snerd

Is everything OK at school?

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Family & Parenting

Sep 26, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Mitch07102

A thoughtful and insightful article about one person's dealings with her mother's dementia. "dementia robs us of our loved ones while they’re with us, putting our understanding of them at risk. However, what really happens is something else: when...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 25, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by yayagoddess

My husband passed away in July, 20, just five months, to the day, of coming down, literally overnight, with a rare, genetic form of fatal dementia. A year before he became ill, I had ordered a personal return address stamp, with both of our first ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 21, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by aussietopescor

According to Gauthier, the general reluctance to drop bises is proportional to the greeting's growing importance to French cultural identity. .

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Family & Parenting

Sep 20, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by bigpawbullets

Linda's sewing is involved in making 🧸 for the local children's hospital & charity organizations. These are her samples. From left to right: Round-Bigpaw, LeatherBear, Proto, and BrownBear. BrownBear will go into production using a variety of ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 16, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Sgt_Spanky

I usually agree with most of what this guy says but I'm not so sure about what he's saying here. He thinks that teaching kids about Santa Claus is wrong and should not be done. He advocates telling them up front that there is no Santa because, ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 12, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by MissKathleen

Raising children is not a quid pro quo relationship.

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Family & Parenting

Sep 11, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

A Whole Weekend Alone I am listening to the sound of my CR-V in the driveway. It means that Brendan and Dee are leaving on their adventure for the weekend. There is a mini bike in the back of the Honda and who knows what else. Lia has also left to ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 11, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Joanne

This is what my 87 year old dad gets up to when no one is watching. He does this with a back that has had three discs "cemented" because they were fractured and he can only stand for limited amounts of time before the pain gets too bad. And, if my ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 10, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JenMorris

Homeschool religion

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Family & Parenting

Sep 9, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Bigtank9401

The (Non) Obligation?

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Family & Parenting

Sep 8, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

My cats won't hold still for cute photos, so I am posting one of my great-granddaughters.

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Family & Parenting

Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by anglophone

Homophobia is alive and well in India:

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Family & Parenting

Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by wordywalt

My grand-nephew persists on calling me a communist on Facebook. This is my final response: Little Ben, I have never done or said anything to hurt or diminish you. And, I find it really irksome that you call me a communist in social media, when the...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by fishline79

Do you feel you are much like your parents or Do yo feel you are much unlike your parents Be honest

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Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Cutiebeauty

Claudia Conway wants to be adopted by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez!! So would I:)

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Family & Parenting

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by thethinker

Thanks for your post, I saw myself in some of your words

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Family & Parenting

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by fishline79

"I brought my father with me":... My father was a Republican all his life and he passed away in 1980 before he was as old as I am now. I was never a Republican and he would consider himself a Conservative, and I was, of course a Liberal and as such ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Mcflewster

Some Characteristics of the Child Mind [My apologies for not knowing the reference for this. Perhaps another member has come across it, and can identify the author. I have found it fascinating, especially number 8 in the upper list ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by hankster

🤣🤣😏 extended family can be one of the scariest things ever, even when they're nice.

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Family & Parenting

Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

Will our children be using 'blood' computers this fall ?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by jlf32119

Hey guys. What are some specific and realistic strategies that parents can use to increase critical thinking skills in our young kids? Many of us on this website acknowledge the need to use critical thinking skills regarding religion, beliefs, etc....

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