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How we have screwed up our philosophies of money, and then spread that crap to our kids.
The answer to the question: is money the root of all evils?
How do we teach our kids about money and not leave them all messed up.
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The single most important thing you can do as a parent: self improvement.
How we’re not just talking about eating better or going to bed earlier, but teaching yourself new things and associating with people you want to be like.
My list of self-improvements.
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Single mom posts a harsh set of rules on a rules chart for her High Schooler and College Student kiddos.
20 signs you might be a “crunchy” family.
A video made by JC Pennys that was deemed as supporting bullying.
Yelling at kids might be as harmful as physical discipline.
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An article on forced sharing, and how it’s not producing sharers, but turds.
The different arguments used by folks to justify denying kids property rights and forcing them to share.
How to teach sharing, where it sticks.
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The viral internet meme of parents jumping for joy in their pictures with kiddo’s going back to school.
An admission that I’ve had the same feelings, but how the reaction parents are giving seem more hurtful than helpful.
How can we prevent this series of events leading up to our desire to kick the kiddos out on the curb.
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Way We See Our Kids
Episode 208 Can’t See Good, Cause You’re Stuck Seeing the Bad
Sibling Fighting:
Episode 127 What To Do with Mean Siblings
Episode 190 Let Em’ Box it Out: How to Teach Siblings to Fight Fairly
Episode 242 What if Siblings Really Could Get Along
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A great article I found over at SydneySteiner.com on not caring about teaching kids shapes, colors, and other school related stuff.
How we’ve focuses so much on filling our kiddos with knowledge and later with relationship skills.
How this flip-floping of topics, may just be the wrong thing to do to kids.
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Why I Do NOT Care About Teaching My Toddler about Letters, Shapes, and Colors – article mentioned in show.
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A look at modern schooling, and how it’s nothing modern.
How our current system of education evolved from Sunday School.
A wonderful article that discusses the failure of our current education system, and a beautiful alternative called self-directed learning.
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School is a Prison and Damaging our Kids – great article discussed in show.
A media article on a Tennessee judge changing a family newborn son from Messiah to Martin because of the judges religious beliefs.
How giving preschoolers choice increases sharing behavior. Give them the option to not share, and they are more likely to share.
Media discusses new turn of events in Public Schools where The U.S. Department of Education is implementing it’s “Core Curriculum” which is completely voluntary…unless you don’t want funding.
Florida school goes back to spanking their students, at a school board members request and votes.
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A Monstrous Story for a Monstrous Curriculum
Elementary School Principles Will Now Be Able to Paddle Spank
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What if I told you that your kiddos don’t have to fight all the time?
How to eliminate the majority of sibling rivalry and bickering.
Why is it that siblings fight?
What steps you can incorporate that will significantly trim down fighting amongst siblings.
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A wonderful post over at The Libertarian Homeschooler.
A DIY list of how you can guarantee failure with your kid and be a bad parent!
A different angle on taking your parenting to the next level: what does the opposite (bad parent) look like.
A checklist of how you are doing on your road to taking parenting to dah next level!
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