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Real Name: Carolyn Newcomer Member Since: June 17, 2009 Last Signed In: September 14, 2009 Blog Views: 227 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
Choosing Civility: Teaching Manners to Kids (and Adults)
Sharing...the Great Compromise Role Modeling Kindness Family Road Trip & Family Bonding Gone Bad Family Road Trip Horrors- Lessons Learned How Kind Are Our Children? How Do We Teach Them Kindness? Lessons in Helping Others June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 December 09 January 10 February 10 March 10 
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Family Road Trip Horrors- Lessons Learned
Wondering how to build character in your children? Take a family road trip of course! Travel 1200 miles each way in the confined space of a beat up Suburban reading 203,000 miles on the odometer. Cross some of the ugliest landscape the United States has to offer, and see how their personalities shake out. Teaching kindness comes in all forms, and traveling together as a family of five is a sure-fire way to fine tune your parenting skills. Negotiating DVDs, hand-held games, I-pods, headsets, and pillows can instantly turn a car ride into a battlefield if you don't maneuver quickly. Thankfully, the kids caught on and discovered the fine art of bartering for goods that began with a blue gumball. Creating an awareness of win-win scenarios in young kids is a life lesson learned. It is a skill that will help them through their school years, and well into adulthood. Isn't this one of the goals all parents are after? Teaching young children to be mindful of others' needs? These lessons and more are the essence of our dear family friend Barf. Kind-hearted, world traveling airsick bag teaches all sorts of lessons of kindness to young children. Take a look at his website to learn more...www.barfsbooks.com. Love to hear your road-trip horror or joyful stories. Carolyn (aka: Barf's Mom) 0 comments from 0 users
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