Parenting Advice from Goethe

| July 13, 2010

“If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Primer on the Big Ugly Parenting Choices — Teaser!

| July 13, 2010

Remember a few days ago when I said one of the most important things you need to do as a parent was to make informed decisions? The plan for the next several posts is to create a little manual that new parents can use to make informed decisions on the topics that cause all the [...]

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To the Cute Grocery Check-Out Guy — Thanks!

| July 13, 2010

I don’t know about you all, but I have not found flirting to be a major part of my life once I became a mom.   I can’t have righteous indignation over being hit on, because honestly nobody hits on me anymore.  When I was in the corporate world, I did have a few “guy-work-boyfriends” [...]

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Ack!!! A Five-Day Hiatus?

| July 13, 2010

Yes, I took time off from writing and posting around the long holiday weekend.   The perfectionist in me is screaming “You MUST post EVERY DAY if you want to make a go of this!”   The less perfectionistic side is just happy that I have a homemade cherry pie from my brother (who visited [...]

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The 7 Heavenly Virtues of Parenting

| July 13, 2010

Today, let’s take a look at the 7 Heavenly Virtues we can strive to embody as mothers and fathers. 1.  Faith Faith is simply a conviction that something is true, without reliance on any empirical data.  For many, faith primarily means faith in a higher power that will guide their decisions wisely.  For myself, while [...]

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