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Myths of Motherhood

Somebody said that a child is carried in its mother’s womb for nine months.
Somebody does not know that a child is carried in its mother’s heart forever.

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a...

Mothers, Parenting

Bad Behavior Cancels Easter Egg Hunt

This year’s annual Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs, Colorado was canceled because of misbehaving parents last year. Many parents entered the roped-off area reserved for the children and helped them collect the eggs. This ended the hunt in...

Children, Easter, Parenting

The Boy with the “Drug” Problem

An elderly lady was amazed at how nice the young man was next door. Everyday he would help her gather things from her car or help her in her yard. One day the old lady finally asked the young man, “Son, how did you become such a fine young man?...

Church, Humor, Parenting

Investing Time

Charles Francis Adams, the 19th century political figure and diplomat, kept a diary. One day he entered: “Went fishing with my son today—a day wasted.”

His son, Brook Adams, also kept a diary, which is still in existence. On...

Children, Fathers, Parenting, Priority, Time

An Ungrateful Son

In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of parenting.” Mom and Dad had botched his upbringing so badly, he charged in his suit, that he would need years of costly psychiatric treatment...

Children, Family, Parenting

The Mistake of Not Disciplining Your Children

Benjamin Spock led the way among child rearing professionals in instructing parents not to discipline their children. He said that doing so would damage children’s ego. Later in his life he realized that he had made a mistake and said:

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Children, Discipline, Parenting, Quote

Children Must Be Taught While They Are Young

The English poet Samuel Coleridge talked with a man who did not believe that children should be given any religious instruction at all.

This man claimed that the child’s mind should not be prejudiced in any direction, and when he became...

Children, Church, Parenting, Youth

People Are Watching and Copying You

A little boy said to his mother, “Can I go outside and help Daddy put snow chains on the car? I know all the words.”

Always remember that those who come behind you are copying you.

Source: Unknown
Children, Leadership, Parenting, Words, Youth

Why We Host Children’s Parties

Someone said that the main purpose of holding children’s parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.

Source: Unknown
Humor, Parenting

Putting Away Childish Things

A dad with five children was picking up toys in the back yard.  He said to his wife, “You know since we had children I’ve learned the meaning of, ‘When I became a man I put away childish things.’”

Source: Unknown...
Children, Humor, Parenting
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