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Moments Children must go through almost a million phases, particularly in the early years. Sometimes I could barely get used to my baby's latest pattern before he had moved on to a different one!	Smartphones and parenting Is your smartphone a cuckoo in your nest? Mother and teacher, Kim Allsup explores the possibility that smartphones are hijacking our instinctive attachment systems.
API Reads For the month of September we will be reading... read more	Balancing Parent and Child Needs so Everyone Thrives with Jan Hunt With the return of the school many of us are wondering how can we stay balanced ourselves while at the same time honoring our child's needs.
The sunrise of balance It was Tuesday morning, years ago. And like many other mornigns, I awoke and started into my day. Awaiting me was housework to be completed, emails to be answered, errands to be accomplished and deadlines to be met.	Diaper nostalgia I thought I kept my car clean and tidy...until my husband walked in the door, waved a diaper in the air and said, "Hey, look what I found in the trunk!" It was quite a surprise -- with our kids being 10 and 7 years old, the diaper era is long... read more
All of this...is motherhood Before my son arrived, I didn’t really understand or even think about what becoming a mother would mean.	Early support vital for success in breastfeeding Most women understand the benefits of breastfeeding their infants, but there are physical and emotional roadblocks that can make it a challenge for moms.
Attachment Parenting doesn't make me a perfect parent Attachment Parenting makes me an involved parent, a loving parent, and well... an attached parent, but certainly not a perfect one.	For Today, a poem for parents If we are honest, it really isn't possible to enjoy every moment of parenting. Another bad night's sleep, a tantrum in the park, or frantically rushing between home and work is hardly the stuff family dreams are made of.

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