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Parents Toolshop® Newsletter - May 2009
Celebrating Moms |
In this month's newsletter you'll find:
This May, in celebration of Mother's Day, we at Parents Toolshop want to recognize, encourage, and thank all the mothers of the world...
- New moms... Congratulations on completing a nine-month project, at the end of which you labored and gave birth. Savor this first year by focusing exclusively on loving for, caring for, and building a bond with your baby. It is the foundation on which you will build a lifetime relationship. Remember to rest when you can; you need your energy now and to store up for the next year.
- Experienced moms... Congratulations on surviving many ups and downs as your children grow from 1 to 18 and beyond. These are the the most important years in your child's life and you will be one of the biggest influences in their life. Educate yourself so you can have the awareness, knowledge and skills to do the very best job you can.
- Foster moms... Thank you for the impact you make in children's lives in the days or months you have them in your life. We know how difficult it is to love a child, bond with them, and raise them, only to have to let them go and say goodbye. We admire your courage and selflessness.
- Adoptive moms... Thank you for making a lifetime commitment to a child who may have no history or one that you know may pose challenges in the future, for loving them like they came from your womb, and for giving them a forever home and lifetime of love.
- Grandmothers... thank you for supporting your adult children in their greatest task --- being a parent --- without interfering or taking over, but by being there, pitching in, respecting their wishes, providing respite care, and being a helpful member of the parenting partner "team."
- Kinship caregivers... thanks for providing a stable home, temporarily or permanently, while your relatives are unable to do so. Just because you are family doesn't obligate you to make this commitment. We appreciate your willingness to be there for your family.
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| Things Mothers Learn From Kids |
Here's a short list of the ten things our children teach us as mothers... things we might never have known otherwise!
- A 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
- When you hear the toilet flush and the words, "Uh-oh," it's already too late.
- Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year-old.
- Duplo's will not.
- You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
- Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.
- VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
- You should not throw baseballs in the air when the ceiling fan is on.
- Quiet does not necessarily mean don’t worry.
And finally, number 10...
- Always look in the oven before you turn it on.
--- Author Unknown |
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| Parents Tool Talk Radio |
This month on Parents Tool Talk, we will reach out to new moms by offering wisdom and support for the first year of their child's life.
Our special guest is Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of North Texas. She teaches and completes research in the areas of parent-child interactions and children's development with a focus on mother-infant interactions and infants' stress during sleep.
Some of the topics we will discuss include:
- Infant development: what to expect the first year
- Top Ten Challenges of Parenting Infants and practical tips for each , including clingy crying babies, food, and sleep issues
- Support for New Moms, including moms-at-home, working moms, and work-at-home moms
- and as always, your LIVE questions
Show Title: Wisdom and Support for First-Year Moms
Air Date and Time: Friday, May 8th, 12pm Eastern.
Show Length: 1 Hour
When Parents Tool Talk airs, you can listen to the show LIVE on the Internet by going to:
The Parents Tool Talk Radio Show Home Page
For additional reminders about this and future Parents Tool Talk programs, AND access to exclusive pre- and post-show resources and special offers, join the Parents Tool Talk Mailing List! To sign up, simply give us your name and email address at the following page:
Parents Tool Talk Radio Show and F-R*E^E Parents Toolshop Teleseminars
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| Featured Resource - The Parents Toolshop: The Universal Blueprint For Building a Healthy Family |
 This is my flagship product, the basis for all the principles taught in every Parents Toolshop® class: my award-winning book, The Parents Toolshop: The Universal Blueprint for Building a Healthy Family.
The result of 15 years of research and development and 10 years of outcome tests, The Parents Toolshop organizes the most effective practical parenting tools into a unique “Universal Blueprint Parenting Success Formula.” With The Parents Toolshop, gone is the inaccurate, unhelpful, confusing and contradictory advice that detours your progress as a parent, replaced by a Universal Blueprint® for parenting that is universal, customizable, and effective!
The book also contains several sections regarding infants and infant care:
- Chapter 3: The Universal Blueprint - page 75
- Chapter 6: Independence Toolset - page 157
- Chapter 11: PU Toolset (Unintentional Misbehavior) - page 291; page 307
- Chapter 13: Discipline Toolshop - page 368
As your baby grows into a toddler, then a tot, and eventually a teen and young adult, the universal principles outlined in The Parents Toolshop become more and more valuable. Make the book a part of your library today!
For more information, and to download Chapter 1 for F-R*E^E, click here.
To order now, click here. |
| Featured Articles |
| The featured resources this month will be excerpts from The Parents Toolshop book relating to infants and infant care. I will be announcing these resources on this month's Parents Tool Talk, and you can get access to these resources by joining the Parents Tool Mailing List (see last link in radio show section.) |
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And now, at the close of this month's newsletter, a final word to moms everywhere: congratulations on sticking with your labor of love and doing the best you can each day to be the very best mom you can be. Happy Mother's Day!
Yours in service to families,
Jody |
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