Parenting and Family

This Mother's Day watch the movie "Babies". See how 4 babies from 4 different parts of the world are similar despite of cultural differences. You will love it!

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Aren’t you going camping this holiday season? Neither am I.
But this does not mean we cannot have any camping fun.

Believe it or not, this is the perfect season to purchase gifts for any camper on your list. As we are in the off-season for camping, a lot of stores with camping gear hold their sales. The same goes for on-line retailers.

As a fellow parent, I know what it is like to have to squeeze a dime out of a penny. You save and save and save all in anticipation of the trip of a lifetime. Then, the moment of truth comes; you have to choose between the romantic getaway fireplace-side where sparks fly wildly and the family camping trip where you try desperately to keep your danger-loving eight year old away from sparks campfire-side.

30 Reasons Why We Love Camping Dads: 

7.  Dads are more relaxed when it comes to parenting (ever heard of a hovering dad?)

If your family is large, it can be difficult to find an area large enough to accommodate everyone attending a reunion. Then again, not everyone will want to stay in a hotel, as it may be too expensive, and the person hosting the reunion may not have enough room to accomodate everybody. 

However, for a cheap family reunion you may decide to go to a campground and have a camping style family reunion there. It is always a lot of fun.

Camping is meant to be fun for the entire family, which means it is also meant for your pets. But camping with pets can be rather tricky unless you know all of the rules and have a pet that will listen to you. Many times, pets will do what they want when they want, but you always have some control. Where you camp out will also have an impact on how much pet wiggle room you have.

No child left outside... Kids these days have no reason to be outside. Homes are filled with speedy INTERNET connections, video games, movies and television shows. Going into the backyard to play has become a hassle for kids, instead of something that sprouts joy and creativity, and it needs to stop.

Convincing Your Spouse to go Camping!!!
If you grew up camping but your spouse did not, you may have an issue to resolve. I was somewhat in this situation. I’m a lifelong camper, yet my wife grew up in a family of non-campers. I guess you could call it a mixed marriage: campers vs. non-campers.

Soon there will be Mother’s Day and all the media are full of gift ideas. Chocolates, cards, flowers, spa packages, theatre tickets, dinner out, perfume. All very nice, but what do mothers really want and need? As a mother I can tell you this: they want to be noticed and appreciated. And not just on Mother’s Day. Is it too much to ask?

I have just recently read a book “Anger and the Indigo Child” by Dianne Lancaster. While some parents may be familiar with a term “Indigo Children”, others may not.