PARENTING FREEDOM

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    "Whatever you did to the least of these...
    you did to me."
    Matthew 25:40

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    • The Pill: Group I Carcinogens According to WHO

    carol | August 31, 2009

    Did you know the World Health Organization ranks The Pill as a Group I carcinogen?
    http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/08/did_you_know_th.html

    Category: Family Planning, Health | No Comments »
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    "Ten-year-old boy is to be charged with first-degree murder."

    carol | August 30, 2009

    Boy, 10, faces murder charge after shooting his father in head
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6815738.ece

    “The boy — who has not been named — reportedly told detectives that he had killed his father for trying to discipline him too harshly.”

    Category: Parenting Discipline | No Comments »
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    Attachment Parenting: Actress Mayim Bialik (Blossom)

    carol | August 30, 2009

    Mayim Bialik aka “Blossom”: Celebrity “poster mom” for attachment parenting
    http://www.examiner.com/x-17929-Denver-Attachment-Parenting–Examiner~y2009m8d28-Mayim-Bialik-aka-Blossom-Poster-mom-for-attachment-parenting

    “Mayim Bialik, star of the hit 90’s TV series “Blossom,” has talked openly about her “strange” parenting practices. While many celebrities give a nod to breastfeeding, Bialik has made a true commitment to the attachment parenting lifestyle. She says she has researched her approach to parenting and chosen what she believes is best for her family. And research is something Bialik, or I should say Dr. Bialik, knows something about. She has a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA.

    “So what is it that Dr. Bialik has decided is best for her family? She practices extended breastfeeding (she nursed her oldest son until he was 2), babywearing and elimination communication. She is a huge proponent of home birth and her second son was born at home. They all share a family bed. Though her oldest son is only 3.5, they are part of a homeschooling community and are considering that a viable option for later schooling.”

    ‘Spotlight to Nightlight’: Mayim Bialik: From Teen Icon to Unconventional Mom
    http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/spotlight-to-nightlight-mayim-bialik-from-teen-icon-to-unconventional-mom/270?nc

    “There are so many interesting/somewhat controversial things that she is doing with her family: elimination communication, bed sharing, home schooling, home birth, and choosing not to vaccinate her kids.”

    Mayim Bialik: Blossom TV Show Actress to PhD in Neuroscience
    http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=6562

    What I appreciated the most from learning about Dr. Mayim Bialik’s parenting choices is that she arrived at them through RESEARCH.

    In my experience, parenting decisions that have been influenced by RESEARCH, unwounded INTUITION, and CHRISTIANITY all arrive at the same place, ATTACHMENT PARENTING.

    http://parentingfreedom.com/attachment/

    Category: Homeschooling Controversy, Parenting Attachment, Parenting Babywearing, Parenting Breastfeeding, Parenting Sleep Sharing, Parenting Stay-at-Home | No Comments »
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    "Politicians are absolutely terrified of touching any of these issues."

    carol | August 30, 2009

    Seizing newborns an ethical minefield
    Protection Province has means, but using them controversial, ethicists say
    http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/775621

    “McGill University ethicist Margaret Somerville believes governments should consider laws to identify unborn children as human beings with the right to protection…”

    “The Supreme Court of Canada has consistently ruled that, under current laws, the fetus does not exist as a human being needing protection, and the Criminal Code holds that a child becomes a human being for the purposes of a homicide offence only after it is born alive.”

    Category: Abortion, Canadian, Politics Canadian | No Comments »
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    America Doesn't Deserve Sarah Palin

    carol | August 29, 2009

    Sarah Palin: One Year Later
    http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jziegler/2009/08/28/sarah-palin-one-year-later/

    “More character was revealed in Sarah Palin over the past twelve months than America probably deserves in a politician.”

    Category: Politics Sarah Palin | No Comments »
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    "I knew you would be a good daddy, that's why I picked you."

    carol | August 29, 2009

    Reincarnated! Our son is a World War II pilot come back to life
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1209795/Reincarnated-Our-son-World-War-II-pilot-come-life.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0PazjBPTC

    “A lifelong Christian, it was not the answer he had sought for his son’s behaviour…”

    “As the nightmares continued, she asked him: ‘Who is the little man?’”
    “‘Me,’ he answered. His father asked: ‘What happened to your plane?’”
    “James replied: ‘It crashed on fire.’”
    “‘Why did your plane crash?’”
    “‘It got shot,’ he said.”
    “‘Who shot your plane?’”
    “James made a disgusted face. ‘The Japanese!’ he said, with indignation…”

    “Next, little James unnerved his father by telling him: ‘I knew you would be a good daddy, that’s why I picked you.’”
    “‘Where did you find us?’ asked a shaken Bruce.”
    “‘In Hawaii, at the pink hotel, on the beach,’ he replied. Eerily, he described his parents’ fifth wedding anniversary – five weeks before Andrea got pregnant – saying it was when he ‘chose’ them to bring him back into the world.”

    Category: Christianity, Out of this World | No Comments »
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    Happy Anniversary Todd and Sarah Palin!

    carol | August 29, 2009

    And Happy Birthday, Grammy.
    http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/09/28/remembering-grammy-1921-2008/

    Edited to add (lots of pictures I hadn’t seen before):

    Category: Politics Sarah Palin | No Comments »
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    Parenting Tips

    carol | August 29, 2009

    Tips for being a more light-hearted parent.
    http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2006/07/tips_for_being_.html

    Category: Parenting General | No Comments »
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    Glenn Beck has been great this week.

    carol | August 28, 2009

    http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/index.html

    http://www.glennbeck.com/

    http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/27/big-beck-goes-over-3-million-viewers-beats-oreilly-in-demo-cable-news-ratings-for-wednesday-august-26-2009/25541

    Category: Media Bias Exposed, Politics | No Comments »
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    Michele Bachmann: “I’ve given birth here probably more times than you, sir.”

    carol | August 28, 2009

    Video: Bachmann zaps heckler over maternity care
    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/28/video-bachmann-zaps-heckler-over-maternity-care/

    “I’ve given birth here probably more times than you, sir.”

    http://www.michelebachmann.com/about.php

    “The Bachmanns have five children, Lucas, Harrison, Elisa, Caroline, and Sophia. In addition, the Bachmanns have opened their home to 23 foster children…”

    Category: Parenting Pregnancy, Politics Michele Bachmann | No Comments »
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    What They're Planning at the D.C. Swine Flu Conference

    carol | August 27, 2009

    International Swine Flu Conference
    http://www.cesa.net/DOCS/08192009.PDF

    • Conduct morgue operations
    • Manage panic caused by sudden disruption of services & interruptions in essential goods & services
    • Effectively undertake mass vaccinations
    • Enforce quarantines
    • Train teachers to screen for symptoms & know what to do when students / teachers fall ill
    • Transport ill students

    Category: Health, Vaccination | No Comments »
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    Registering for Access to Personal Posts

    carol | August 26, 2009

    I am writing this note for those who are new to my site and are looking for access to the personal posts. Even if you register and log in, the private posts will only appear if you comment or email me, and I manually approve your name. When I do approve your name, then you will see all the pictures and notes, particularly under Journal 2008 and 2009. I have made very few private posts this summer, since I mostly use Facebook for that sort of thing. I have lots of pictures from our summer that I will eventually post privately on my website.

    Email Carol@parentingfreedom.com with information about yourself for access to private posts.

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    Content Warning: Teacher Slapping Autistic Child

    carol | August 24, 2009

    AUTISTIC CHILD BEING ASSAULTED BY HIS TEACHER OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOL

    Hat Tip: http://www.breitbart.tv/youtube-video-shows-pittsburgh-teacher-slapping-autistic-child/

    WPXI-TV: “According to court documents filed by Pittsburgh Public School District attorneys, the teacher was fired on Aug. 27, 2008, because her ‘…conduct was wholly unauthorized and was beyond the scope of her employment with the school district and was the direct cause of her dismissal.’ The boy’s family is asking for $125,000 for the assault and emotional distress suffered, but they are also looking to press criminal charges.”

    Category: Parenting Discipline, Public School | No Comments »
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    Pressure to Vaccinate and Now to Circumcise Your Babies

    carol | August 24, 2009

    Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/health/policy/24circumcision.html?hp

    http://www.intactamerica.org/

    Category: Health, Parenting General, Parenting Pregnancy, Vaccination | No Comments »
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    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Factor

    carol | August 24, 2009

    Ghostly Companions
    Survivors of extreme situations—on Everest and elsewhere—credit the help of a ‘third man’ who is not there.
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204884404574361631588827614.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

    “In ‘The Third Man Factor,’ John Geiger, a fellow at the University of Toronto, presents many accounts of such experiences, and not only from climbers. Among those who have felt a ghostly companionship he cites Charles Lindbergh on his solo flight across the ­Atlantic in 1927 and the last man to walk out of the South Tower of the World Trade ­Center before it ­collapsed on 9/11. ‘Over the years,’ Mr. Geiger writes, “the ­experience has ­occurred again and again, not only to 9/11 survivors, mountaineers, and ­divers, but also to ­polar explorers, ­prisoners of war, solo sailors, shipwreck ­survivors, aviators, and ­astronauts. All have ­escaped ­traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having experienced the close presence of a companion and helper.’”

    Reminds me of this Bible story:

    “Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, ‘Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?’ They replied, ‘Certainly, O king.’ He said, ‘Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.’”

    Category: Books, Movies, Television, Christianity, Out of this World | No Comments »
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