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It takes a village to raise a family; advice and tips to make the most of yours.

Guidance to Choose the Right Toys for Pre-schoolers
In earlier articles, we laid the foundation of the importance of inspiring kids’ creativity to maximize the outcomes of their growing age towards an outstanding career journey. In our analysis, we showed how STEM is playing a fundamental role in all life aspects. To ease analysis and guide parents, we split the growing age into three stages, namely, Toddler, Pre-schooler, and Mid-childhood. Starting with Toddler, we showed the basic skills and goals that needed to understand for choosing the right toys that basically play a considerable role of building the awareness of the physics of the surroundings, like sizes and colors. In this article, we would like to briefly summarize the major goals of each stage from Toddler through Mid-childhood years. From the perspective of a growing process, raising a kid is somehow like creating a brand and growing it bigger, better, and stronger gradually with the right ways.
By cossykids5 years ago in Families
What about moms?
Mom....every single one of us has one. Whether you know her, or don't, she is responsible for bringing you into this world. It is a title that holds great weight and responsibility, and often referred to as the hardest and most important job in the world. Well, I know all this first hand, as I am a mom of three children, oldest daughter 9, and two sons, 8 and 2. I naturally birthed all three of my kids, no drugs, no interventions, nothing, just me and god lol. My journey into motherhood has been hard to say the least, but to be more specific, the hardest thing I've ever taken on. While having children are a blessing and a gift, there's a lot that you can't prepare for and see coming. I am also a single mom, who has had to figure it all out, while trying to stay sane in the process. I have always had big dreams to make it big in the modeling, fashion, beauty etc. world, but once children came along, they all but died. Along came responsibility, isolation, loneliness, depression. It didn't take long after my first born for me to feel like something was off and not like myself, knowing that overwhelming sadness and depression, suicidal thoughts, loss of appetite, and the list goes on, is not normal. There was a talk show that came on one day and the topic was postpartum depression, and a light bulb came on, it felt like they were talking to, and about me!!! I was relieved to know this was actually a thing I was going through, that had a name, and that I wasn't the only one, but was also afraid that it still meant something was wrong with me. I was recommended by a friend at the time who noticed, to see someone and never did, was never diagnosed, and just lived with it, because of shame mostly. I just tried my very best and hardest to manage what I was going through. Even in a relationship I couldn't open up about it all, and just carried on with daily life, responsibilities, taking care of and doing for everyone, but myself, feeling alone, unappreciated, lost, confused, and hopeless. I have learned ways to better cope, and manage, but I still very much struggle, and some things have never quite gone away. I know there are many moms out there who can relate, but may also feel shame, guilt, inadequacy, depression, etc. I have been silent and alone with this for a very long time, and am speaking for those who have suffered silently as well. So I ask what about moms? We matter. We can often be unrecognized, unappreciated, disrespected, overlooked, and unsupported, but we matter and are important. We often do so much, and so much for others, and we ourselves are often forgotten about, even by our own selves. If you read this and can relate, or if anything resonates with you, I just want you to know that you are not alone, you are doing great, and you matter. If you know a mom who is struggling or not themselves, I challenge you to support her, ask questions, and try to be of some assistance to her. We can use more love and kindness in the world, especially in these uncertain times, so I challenge anyone who reads this to spread some out into the universe, especially our moms.
By Jessique Austin 5 years ago in Families
The Birth of My Son
Many of us, when we become pregnant, start imagining. What kind of mother we will be, what our new life will look like with the tiny human. But before that, maybe we picture what the delivery experience will be like. In movies, they set the scene with a woman screaming in pain and out pops a baby. But it is so much more than that. It is an experience that we will never forget, it is when we meet the most important person in our life, it is when we become a mother.
By H.L.K5 years ago in Families
Britluchot lawyers
Obligations and consequences of parenting orders The Family Law Act 1975 (the Act) sets out the rights, duties, powers and liabilities of spouses and children, and provides for enforcement of those rights and liabilities as well as the dissolution of marriage.
By Md Amir Hossain5 years ago in Families
On our way
Some days I wonder of all the what ifs, the could have been, and everything in between. I know I can NOT be the only one. especially in the days of corona and the 2020s to come. well lets start with an intro to me. Then well work on the rest of getting to the dirty 30, with my journey of multiple diagnosis and traumas that got us to this stage in our path. one we never thought we would reach.
By adina cat5 years ago in Families
"Because I Said So!"
Everyone has heard it, most of us have said it, “Because I said so” has been a frustrating cop-out parents have used as a blanket excuse for anything they didn’t feel like justifying at the time.
By Crystal Nicole5 years ago in Families
Living With A Narcissist
When my dad died when I was 7, my cousin who was 30 years old at the time had gotten custody of my brother and me. At first everything was fine and going well. Then by the time I turned 12, everything changed. I was grounded for absolutely everything. At that time it was just me lying about little things. As the years progressed, the things I had gotten grounded for got ridiculous. If something wasn’t cleaned right or done right, I was grounded. If I had a small pile of clothes that weren’t in the dirty clothes basket, I was grounded, and my room was searched. My brother and I had shared a room for a couple years before my cousin’s oldest son had moved out and my brother had moved into the other room with my cousin’s youngest, but once her oldest moved out and my brother moved into the same room as her youngest, let me just say if that other bed in my room wasn’t clean and strictly just have extra blankets, pillows and sheets on it, I was grounded and my whole room was searched. She would purposely find every reason to ground me and yell at me. If I didn’t get grounded for a whole week, she would go through my room while I was at school and once I got home, I was yelled at and grounded.
By Patricia Meredith5 years ago in Families
Interracial Relationship Woes.
Racism has been taboo because some people believe that once the emancipation proclamation ended, some people still believe that racism ended then, which is exceptionally bizarre. Yeah, we can say its 2020
By Nia on Air5 years ago in Families
Gratitude At A Time Of Significant Loss, Isolation, And Disappointment
Since March 17th, I have not been within 6 feet of anyone who I have not known for at least 10 years ( I live in a state that has taken Covid seriously and I took Covid guidance and recommendations given to me especially seriously since, by many definitions, as a cancer survivor I am considered a part of the "vulnerable population"). I have not been within 6 feet of my parents, who are older, since the pandemic started and have greatly limited the times I have visited them at any distance. I have not seen my last surviving grandparent, my grandmother, in person since the pandemic began and part of me fears I may not see her again as she is older and community spread is worse than it has ever been in my area with the 6 foot distance recommendations having become no multi-household gatherings.
By Michael Hanson-Metayer5 years ago in Families
What covid19 showed us in 2020.
Wow! what a year! It is November 2020 and is almost gone. by the time you read this, it may not be November anymore, but the principal and the moral of this story still the same.
By Aaroncito Castellanos5 years ago in Families
What If I’m the Grinch of the Group?
The holidays can be a difficult time to endure in normal circumstances. Between the global pandemic, harsh political climate, and the continuation of racial injustice towards minorities and indigenous peoples, the holidays might seem unbearable and not worth going through this year. I want to encourage you that, if you’re feeling this way, you are not alone and you are not crazy. Here are five things you can try to help you get through the season without sacrificing your health.
By Sara Sublette5 years ago in Families
Parents Be More Aware
Hand-me downs were my friend. There was nothing wrong with that because at five years old I new my parents couldn't afford brand new clothes and toys. Fortunately, I was a child that appreciated everything and asked for nothing. I grew up that way of being nice, but, maybe I was a little too nice.
By Briahna Cunningham5 years ago in Families