children
Children: Our most valuable natural resource.
The winning poop
I wrote a bedtime story for my children with the purpose of celebrating diversity, uniqueness and small successes. I also hope my children will laugh often and find humour in everyday life occurrences. Oxytocin is released during laughing and bonding, which induces sleep, secure attachment, self- confidence, and promotes good dreams throughout the night. So to my beautiful children sweet sleep...
By Hannah Rose5 years ago in Families
You Will Never Be Cold or Hungry
Once upon a time there lived a very little girl who was taught to read at a very young age for a very sad reason; if she could read to herself then the adults could do adult things without being bothered by the little girl. This suited the little girl just fine because the adults weren’t all that nice to the little girl.
By Maria Shimizu Christensen5 years ago in Families
Thank You L. Frank Baum!
Oh, you wonderful Wizard Mr. Baum! Would you have known that you created stories that have lasted for more than one hundred years? As a child growing up, I did not know that there was a whole series of Oz books. This did not come to my attention until much later in life. My focus however, is on one of the books in the series, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
By Pamela Johnson5 years ago in Families
The Jackrabbit
Introduction Growing up, my dad always told me this story. I really do not know where it came from or where he heard it, but this is one of the only bedtime stories that has stuck with me from my childhood. I would go as far to say that this is one of the first stories that really helped shape me and my personality. From a young age, I've always valued hard work and honesty. I think that in order to truly succeed in something, you have to put in the effort. There are no short-cuts to success. I hope you enjoy this story as much as I have, and can see the value in its message!
By Lacey Stefano5 years ago in Families
Drawing Us Out
My dad was a mechanical engineer. He was an award-winning mechanical engineer who worked his entire career for one company – the paternalistic era of Eastman Kodak Company. What does this have to do with my favorite bedtime story? Well, let me tell you…
By William Altmann5 years ago in Families
Bedtime Stories
We are told many stories as girls in society where the princess must be rescued by the prince, but never when the prince needs to be rescued by the princess. Many childhood stories for young girls show women as weak and delicate, yet in the instance of Beauty and the Beast, Belle defied society's expectations. Belle was a simple girl who enjoyed reading and other activities that other women and men deemed weird. She didn't want to be locked in a world where she was just used to do the more "feminine" responsibilities of life as a housewife. This was always my favorite story since Belle was independent and vocal, doing what she wanted for herself rather than what society expected of her.
By Makayla Cullum5 years ago in Families
The Sun & The Moon
When I was just a little girl, maybe 5 or 6, there came a time where at night my father would leave around bedtime and would not return for days on end. So, on nights that he would leave my mother would tell me the same comforting bedtime story. Not only to ease my mind and help me drift off into a deep sleep, but also to help herself feel better with the current life events we were facing at that time during my parents’ separation. I remember the nights like they were yesterday where I was so fascinated with my mother’s story about how much the sun loved the moon, I would beg her to tell me her favorite story. Every night that our restlessness would arise I would ask her “Mommy, will you tell me how much the sun loved the moon before the sun comes back tomorrow”, and without hesitation she would smile and proceed to tell me the story.
By Harley Marie5 years ago in Families
