Inspiring Parenting Quotes:

There are three ways to get something done; do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.
- Mona Crane

"The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears."
- Francis Bacon

Kids Activities:

It

Rules

This game is also known as Touch, Tag or Catch.

The person who is IT has to run after the other people and try and touch them. If you are touched by IT, then you then become IT or the chaser.

There are two main rules:

1. IT or the chaser must not run after the same person all the time.

2. If you are caught by the chaser, you cannot try to catch the person who caught you straight away.

In one version of this game, you can to call a short truce. This happens when someone being chased crosses their fingers and shouts "kings".

This means that you can not be caught, but it’s not fair to call "kings" every time you are on the point of being caught!

You may decide to rule "no kings".

What you need

Nothing except space to run around in.

Farmer's in his den

Rules

One person is IT and stands in the middle of a circle of children who hold hands. Everyone sings:

The Farmer’s in his den,
The Farmer’s in his den,
E I de addy oh,
The Farmer’s in his den.

The Farmer wants a wife,
The Farmer wants a wife,
E I de addy oh,
The Farmer wants a wife.

The Farmer chooses a wife to join him in the centre of the circle. They hold hands and circle round while the others sing:

The wife wants a child,
The wife wants a child,
E I de addy oh,
The wife wants a child.

The Farmer’s wife chooses someone to stand in the centre. The farmer, wife and child hold hands and circle round while the others sing:

The child wants a nurse,
The child wants a nurse,
E I de addy oh,
The child wants a nurse.

The child chooses a nurse who joins the inside circle. As before, everyone sings:

The nurse wants a dog,
The nurse wants a dog,
E I de addy oh,
The nurse wants a dog.

A dog is chosen by the nurse and joins the others in the centre of the circle. Everyone sings and pats the dog on the head:

Everyone pat the dog,
Everyone pats the dog,
E I de addy oh,
Everyone pats the dog.

When the dog has been chosen and the final part of the song sung, the dog then becomes the farmer and the game starts again.

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Easy Kids Recipe:

Monster Munch

3 c Puffed rice cereal
1 c Dried apricots; chopped
1 c Raisins
1 c Dry-roasted unsalted peanuts
1/3 c Margarine
1 lb Marshmallows; large
1/2 c Peanut butter

In a large bowl, combine cereal, apricots, raisins and peanuts.

In microwave safe 13x9 inch baking dish, melt margarine and marshmallows on high 2 minutes.

Stir. Add peanut butter.

Cook on high 2 minutes longer. Stir until blended.

Add cereal mixture to dish. Toss until well coated.

Working quickly, with greased hands, form into balls, using about 1/2 cup mixture per ball.

If mixture begins to cool and harden, cook on high 30 seconds or until softened.

Child Arts & Crafts Activities:

“Create Memories With a Kids Recipe Book”

Here is a gift idea for a birthday, wedding, Christmas, or any occasion. It is fun, easy, inexpensive, and will last a lifetime

Last summer, I began a kids recipe book for my granddaughter for her birthday. As the project grew, her birthday came and went, and it became a Christmas present instead. I began it as a fairy tale:

"Once upon a time, there was a little girl who loved to cook. She dreamed of making delicious dishes to serve to her family. But alas, her creations usually became humongous messes instead!

Even the family pets turned up their noses! Now this poor child had a mean, wicked mother who punished her by making her eat fast food all the time! Daily, her meals were served up in styrofoam, handed through a window. Poor child, you think. But wait! Haley had a wonderful, beautiful, wise, grandmother who loved her granddaughter soooooo much!?" You get the picture.

I copied recipes that I cook and that my mother and grandmother had made. I downloaded recipes from this site and other sites that she would like, and that were extremely easy. On some pages, I included little stories...what we had as snack foods instead of chips and dips "in the good old days", funny things that had happened (Uncle Jeremy spilling the gravy at Thanksgiving), and special memories of my mother and grandmother and how they had cooked long ago.

The recipe scrapbook contained sections on breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and fun stuff. I printed the pages on 8 1/2 X 11" scrapbook paper and inserted them into plastic sleeves for protection. A three ring binder with a clear plastic front that can have a picture slid in works well. I used scrapbook paper and borders, cutouts, stickers, and fun fonts I downloaded.

What began as a cookbook, actually turned into a memory recipe book. I printed special "Haley" recipe cards for my granddaughter to fill out with recipes she enjoys. I also included a page with Internet sites of kids' recipes.

This kids recipe book is something that can be added to each year, enjoyed by all (hopefully), and a can become a keepsake for future generations (then they will all know how goofy I am). Here are some of the pages and sections I used, but once you get started, the possibilities are endless!

1. Title page. (the silly fairy tale story I started with)

2. Rules of a good cook and kitchen safety. I was very careful to write down all instructions in terms Haley could read and understand. Many times we assume kids know what we mean, but I have found that is the exception rather than the rule. We learn best by watching and then doing, and in most families today, actual cooking, especially "scratch cooking" has become a lost art. With the busy schedules families have, even if parents cook, it comes from a can or box, and the kids are usually busy elsewhere.

3. Things we will use and how to use them. Cooking utensils needed such as a wire whip, cooking measurements, etc.

4. The recipe sections.

The real gift begins after this recipe memory book has been given. Once you have had the pleasure of making a kids recipe book then hopefully you have the privilege of using it with that special someone you give it to, and the patience to let that special someone learn by making mistakes and messes. Then the gift comes full circle. The giver becomes the receiver!

Positive Parenting Resources:

“DISCIPLINE THAT WORKS – on most occasions …”

Many parents with a newborn manage to survive the first year moderately well, but when the demanding, obstinate, self-centered, uncooperative toddler comes out of the woodwork, leaving some parents in shock and to wonder why this behavior is present.

As their own discipline techniques are of very little effect, they turn to other sources for their free and supportive advice either from close relatives or the ready to lend a hand armchair theorist, on dealing with for this unexpected manner.

Some experts in the field of child discipline dispute the necessity of any type of discipline, as its believed that the model parents have the power to have an effect on their children by their own polished rules to be followed and that discipline is really not necessary.

If you are among the very lucky small number of parents who have experienced the pleasurable reward with the trouble free child, this then may be totally correct.

But for parents like you and I, however, discipline is very much required on a daily basics. The way we choose to go about it must be carefully considered.

As much as we sound like a broken record enforcing our discipline rules, young children oddly enough feel so much more secure when they live in surroundings that present solid ground and understand the limits.

There are many reasons why good discipline is worth the effort, not only will your child be happier, but it also administers a healthy base to help them cope with future limits and restrictions that are experience in their schooling and life I general.

For the children who have little knowledge of discipline previous to entering school, find it difficult to change in and instant, therefore making it hard on them to fit into the start of their school years.

As far as discipline goes between home and school, if your children are strong enough to take the change in their stride then great, but many don’t cope so well. It’s likely you will find with the children not copping to good that the difference between the two; to be so great they refuse school entirely.

There is no doubt in the benefits of discipline for our children, as they’re many rules to live by. What’s disturbing is how some parents display their own stupidity by how they see it should be done.

Things like overhearing a mother tending to her crying youngster saying, “if you don’t stop crying, I’m going to slap you.”

Here are a few less painful tactics, which are highly recommended, many of the methods we grew up with have been tossed away and replaced with more effective and sedate ones. With some persistence and patients, these will teach your child sensitivity and the correct behavior.

Praise…

By taking particular notice of the good behavior, and verbally let your child know how pleased it makes you feel to see him using better behavior, for example, when your child is at the dinner table and he is sitting nicely and using his manners, let him know by saying “my goodness you have lovely manners, its so nice to see them.”

This gives the fact that you’re praising the use of his manners, which gives the manners a high value.

If you say “Good Boy using your manners,” you are actually telling your son he is only a good boy when he is using his manners, which in effect is connecting your child’s worth to the particular behavior being displayed.

Doing this will most likely confuse your child, it is the behavior we want to change not your child’s values.

Beat The Timer…

Children are normally excited at the suggestion of a race or some form of competition.

Not only does it make it a bit of fun, but also quite motivational to complete a set requirement faster than last time and if so, give a small reward.

A little fun and the jobs are done, without even engaging in a battle.

This method helps resolve the conflict between parents and children also; it places the authority in the hands of the timer, who is a neutral party, and certainly wont listen when the timer wins.

Scolding, (Reprimanding)…

This process should be short, sharp and defined, with using only three simple steeps.

1. The Command.

2. The Reason this Behavior Should Stop.

3. Provide Another Example Of Behavior That Is Acceptable.

Expectation Setting…

We need to explain clearly to our children exactly what is required of them as far as their behavior is concerned.

The same should be done with the consequences.

It has been proven that children with clearly understood boundaries behave better and are far more cooperative when they know where they stand, also knowing there will be consequences for inappropriate behavior.

Time Out…

Time out is primary designed as a cooling off period, or for undesirable behavior.

Time out is generally taking your child out of or away from a situation and placing them in their room or where ever you have designated and left there for a set amount of time with the closed, but not locked.

The best way is to set a timer and walk away, if they stray from the time out area, reset the timer and send them back.

The benefit of time out is the separation from a situation and time to think of the behavior being used before time out began.

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Put together equipment to jump over, slither under and through and climb on top of.

Offer a small prize to anyone who finishes.

Charles Sykes, the author of DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS, provided for high school and college graduates a list of eleven things they did not learn in school.

In his book, he talks about how the feel good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality, and set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1.
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Rule 2.
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Rule 6.
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Rule 7.
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Rule 8.
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off, and Very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10.
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