New plagiarism row for Melania Trump as pamphlet bears uncanny likeness to 2014 version
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The Case for Sending Your Privileged Kid to a Low-Performing School
Challenging the Myths We Believe About Our Children’s Education “We are free to choose where our kids go to school (including not going to formal school at all). But somewhere along the way, we got confused about what sort of project freedom actually is. It’s an intertwined one. It’s a related one.” ~Courtney E. Martin
Charlize Theron: When It Comes to Postpartum Depression, We "Don't Talk About It Honestly"

A Montessori Family Says Goodbye to Time-Outs and Hello to the Time-In ToolKit "In a Montessori classroom, you might find a peace corner or thinking chair — a space that a child can go when her feelings are too big or she just needs to take a break,” Chang explains, “so the concept of using a Calming Corner and the other methods described inside the Time-In ToolKit’s manual feel very natural for us as a family.”
Let's raise children who won't have to recover from their childhoods. - Pamela Leo

Not letting children jump in puddles, make mud pies and play in the dirt, sends the message that messes are wrong and not worth making. But the thing is, life isn't perfect - it's messy, unpredictable and resists our attempts to control it. So instead of having our children avoid and ultimately be blindsided by that truth, why not encourage them to seek joy amid the chaos from the very beginning. - unknown

Children don't say, "I had a hard day at school today; can I talk to you about it?" They say, "Will you play with me?' - Lawrence J. Cohen
The Best Mindset for Parenting a Strong-Willed, Highly Emotional Child "As I glanced back at my two-year-old who was trying to climb into the middle and eat every strawberry on the wagon, it hit me. This is not about me. This was not about my parenting, my self-pity or my jealousy toward other parents who I assumed had easier kids. This is not about my expectations of what I thought parenting would look like. This was about raising a child. It was about allowing my unique kid to have her own story of who she is in this world. I realized then and there that if I didn’t learn to accept and appreciate my children’s intense qualities, who would?"
Don't ask me if I need help when it's obvious I do. Just fold some laundry, pick up a kid, hire a housekeeper, whatever, I am not picky. - scary mommy