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Too much love and a keen sense of direction to Radio Shack

To an extent, children are just like little adults. They want to feel like they’re needed, wanted and appreciated and at its root that is what adults want isn’t it? Our five year old wants to help. He wants to help use my tools, weed the garden, clean or do other things that need to be done around the house. The bugger is that sometimes when children help, they end up moving the desired goal farther away. Something happened last week that accomplished something, was unknown by the adults and gave pure, unadulterated joy to a certain five year old.

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The #DreamForMyChild spot from MetLife resonates if you let it #ad

This is a sponsored post from MetLife. All thoughts are our own and we’ve been compensated for creating this. The online ad from MetLife is creating some buzz. This MetLife spot was shot for the Hong Kong market but resonated so deeply with that market that it was opened up to a wider audience. Know that fact as you watch the ad, the way it’s presented and how it makes you feel.

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Counter programming as a parenting tool can yield the wrong results

From its simplest perspective, life is a continually moving goal that is directed by the small decisions that we make daily. Granted there are some major changes that necessitate how we act or what is needed to happen, but it’s the small, seemingly mundane daily choices that make up the decision that we do. I think about that often, as well as the impact of reverse psychology in how it affects the things I say or do as a parent to our two boys.

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Lemmings, playgrounds and the popularity of being stupid

I was on the playground with some moms and we noticed a little boy who was getting attention from the other kids. This kid was running fast up to objects, like trees, the playground equipment and fences, hitting them and then falling down. After seeing this, the other kids started running into each other and the cats and dogs living together, mass toddler hysteria.

The child’s mother was then clued into the fact that her son was the one that started this. They left the playground and went into the parking lot. It was here that the 5 year old boy started to throw a tantrum. He lay down on the ground and writhed around on his back like he was doing the worm.

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Changing the Conversation; conflict resolution OK for all ages Giveaway

Having a five-year old means negotiations and conflict resolution with small people who don’t have that strong of a command on logic or empathy. Granted, in some business cases that’s exactly what you’re dealing with, albeit with a being who is adult sized and should have those qualities. It’s because I spend most of my time with children that I wanted to read Changing the Conversation. It is not a parenting book, per se, but when dealing with someone who is melting down you seek assistance from many different sources.

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The final lap of the mystery reader tour

Thinking about the last or final time something happens can be nostalgic, scary or trigger feelings of remorse. When your children get older you make mental notes about their last this or their final that and most of them don’t matter, but some of them do.

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Avengers No More Bullying is a message comic that works

Avengers No More Bullying is a one-shot comic with three different stories by three different superheroes about bullying and good behavior. It stars The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man. The art style in each story is different and consistent with how each hero’s fans know them. The comic succeeds in being entertaining and educational without being preachy or heavy handed. It also presents three all age stories that are appropriate for any age.

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How to tell that your child isn’t a heartless monster

When you’re the parent to toddlers and other small people you invite all manner of other small things home too. Your tired immune system saw these microbes, virus’, protozoa and such years ago when you where their age. In the mind’s eye of your child the virus may have a funny cartoon shape, kind of like a doll that was found on the island of misfit toys. Our recent battle with these subprime particles cast doubt upon the humanity of our children. Thankfully it was restored the next day in a hidden gesture that they did weeks ago to other people.

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