Raising Kids on Shine

Raising kids has changed Mom, Send help!

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I remember when if I sassed my mother I would get smacked. God forbid we smack our children. Now we have to come up with suitable punishments that fit each child. Boy what a brain teaser that is. I wonder if the children are outsmarting us. My 9 and 14 year…

3 "Mommy Sins" — Confessed!

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Ever wonder if you are the only mom in the world who commits small parenting sins? These moms speak up and confess their evil ways.

Moms Who Eat Their Words

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When it comes to parenting, never say never. Things we do now that we swore we never would.

Julie Ryan Evans, BettyConfidential.com When my son was still an infant,…

Stop Spankin' the Monkey!

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Boys!

They are obsessive nut-grabbers. Corbin has discovered his wiener. He is fascinated with his newfound friend and he is becoming a little too familiar with it; they are officially inseparable, and he knows it. His weenie, to him, is what peanut butter is to jelly, salami is to…

Iran's Children

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As news of Iran's election uprising swept the world last week, I spent hours furiously dialing the phone, trying to get through to my friends and relatives in Tehran. The internet and the evening news provided minute-by-minute accounts of the unfolding protests and violent crackdown, but I had…

A few things I learned about parenting while waiting at the doctor's office

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The number one thing I learned is that apparently Parenting magazines are written for women who have no common sense. Or else they just have to fill up a magazine every month so they pretend like we have no common sense so we keep buying their magazine.* Things you could have learned if you…

Admission: I wish we could go back to the 1950s

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After all of this housing market crashing, financial ruin and record jobless rates I'm ready to return to a simpler time. In my earlier years I enjoyed being the breadwinner. I felt a sense of pride at being able to out-earn my husband, provide health insurance for my family and pay for my own…

11 Ways to Raise a Healthy Child

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11 Ways to Raise a Healthy Child As a...

Hottie But Naughty Mommy: The F Bomb has left the building

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I wanted to give you an update on the situation with my cussing. Here is a link to the last post: http://www.shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/hottie-but-naughty-mommy-don-t-drop-the-f-bomb-or-in-other-words-how-to-lose-money-to-your-7-year-old-211166/ To update you, my son has been charging me for...