Top Ten Gifts for Expectant Mothers
- Pregnancy book
- Maternity pillow
- Photo album/disposable camera
- Maternity shop gift certificate
- Anti-morning-sickness kit
- Home spa kit
- Lotion (e.g. Belly Butter)
- Foot massager and toe-nail polish
- Basket filled with diapers, bottles, bibs, booties
- Congratulatory card
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Notes From the Classroom: Part 2
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The act of emphasizing learning is a continual process, not something you do once or twice. By helping your kids realize that they will never stop learning and fostering an environment of fun, low-pressure discovery, you will help them develop a good attitude about the process, which can be the greatest learning tool of all. Read more >
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Notes From the Classroom: Part I
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Protecting Your Children from Online Pornography
by Dr. Kevin B. Skinner
It has been said that it is better to place a fence at the top of a cliff rather than an ambulance at the bottom. In an effort to protect your children from Internet pornography and other potentially dangerous sites, consider these steps. Read more >
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How To Properly Annoy Your Parents
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Adoption
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What I Wish I Would Have Known For My First Pregnancy. . .
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"I Love Brother, He Loves Me"
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Most of my life I’ve been embarrassed about how I automatically stand like a duck with my toes pointing east and west, while the rest of my body is facing north! For many years I made a conscience effort to keep my toes pointed the same way as my nose—straight ahead! Read more >
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The Spirit of Christmas
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Awakening Gratitude
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Insurance, hospitals, doctors, hormones, money—oh, and fatherhood. Though on the outside you’re trying to keep a calm appearance, every man whose been there knows that few things in life can jolt a man out of his emotional La-Z-Boy like a good case of "we’re having a baby." Read more >
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If You Feed Them, They Will Come
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You’ve made it through the nighttime feedings, the potty training, kindergarten, and gawky pre-adolescence to get to full-fledged teenagers. They're old enough to "take care of themselves" and they don't seem to want you around as much. Now what? Read more >
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The Perfect Parents?
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Like so many others before me, as a newlywed I was the perfect parent. I would witness parents taking their child out of sacrament meeting while he yelled at the top of his lungs, "No outside, no spank!" Read more >
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