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Big families present big fun, and it takes some unique approaches to raise big families. Find out about handling issues with big families such as simply matters like grocery shopping to annoying comments about your big family from strangers. Here are tips and advice for moms with big families.
Big Families editor: Lisa Russell
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Written by Lisa Russell
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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A new study from researchers at Duke University, Johns
Hopkins University and the University of Maryland concludes that parents punish
older children more harshly than younger ones.
Tags: disciplining children older kids are punished more younger kids get away with everything |
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Written by Lisa Russell
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
In a big family, Everyone assumes my kids wear a lot of hand-me-downs.
The truth is that I only save a few items. For one thing, I get sick of
looking at the same clothes year after year. For another thing, how
many pieces of clothing really survive rough-and-tumble children? Here is a guide to saving, storing and re-distributing hand-me-down clothing.
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Written by Lisa Russell
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Sunday, 13 April 2008 |
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When I taught preschool (many years ago) counting heads was an ongoing activity. On the playground, on field trips, at naptime; we'd count heads everywhere. Nevermind that sometimes I had no idea how many kids were in attendance
that day.. If one was missing, as long as we'd been counting all day,
we'd know it. So now, even at home, I count my kids.
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Written by Lisa Russell
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
I am never sure what to think when I hear the argument about
overpopulation. Is the world really overpopulated? And is my one
mega family really making that much of a dent? Can a big family still be green?
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Written by Lisa Russell
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
It's a question "moms of many" hear all the time. Sometimes, it's accompanied by a dropped jaw and really means "Are you crazy?" and sometimes it's accompanied by a wistful, glazed expression and really means "I'm secretly jealous." How do you respond to this question?
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