PARENTING FREEDOM

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

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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.”

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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 | 3 Comments »
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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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):

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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

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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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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…”

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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

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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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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.”

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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/

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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.’”

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carol | August 23, 2009

“It’s the end of summer
When you send your children to the moon.”
Dar Williams, The End Of The Summer

I find it very discouraging that after 20 years of being involved in the homeschooling movement, people still seem to know very little about homeschooling. The most basic things are completely misunderstood. The “go-to-school” method is so entrenched that not only is it never questioned, but zealously defended in spite of its shortcomings.

Although you can choose to “teach” your children when homeschooling, I find it confusing that so many people are surprised that children can learn without a teacher. Imagine this example: Take a quality mathbook. Read the first lesson. Do the problems. Keep going through mathbooks until you finish Algebra, Advanced Math, Calculus, etc. Apply this to other subjects. It works.

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”
Robert Maynard Hutchins

“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.”
Anne Sullivan

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”Sir Walter Scott

“I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.”
St. Augustine

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carol | August 23, 2009

Flowers are Red ~ Harry Chapin

FLOWERS ARE RED
Harry Chapin

The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said… What you doin’ young man
I’m paintin’ flowers he said
She said… It’s not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There’s a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You’ve got to show concern for everyone else
For you’re not the only one

And she said…
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen

But the little boy said…
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

Well the teacher said… You’re sassy
There’s ways that things should be
And you’ll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me…

And she said…
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen

But the little boy said…
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

The teacher put him in a corner
She said… It’s for your own good…
And you won’t come out ’til you get it right
And are responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said… and he said

Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

Time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin’
She said… Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let’s use every one

But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said… and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.

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carol | August 22, 2009

The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform PRESS RELEASE! – SAYING NO TO “OBAMA-CARE”
http://abortionno.org/blog/?p=562

“The far left’s campaign to hijack the nation’s health care system is diabolically clever. Mr. Obama is the increasingly scary pitchman whose game is ‘hide the ball.’ He diverts attention from the malfeasance of congressional co-conspirators who draft abortion and euthanasia bills which carefully avoid trigger words such as words ‘abortion’ and ‘euthanasia.’”

“These Culture-of-Death lawmakers quietly confer on unelected bureaucrats the authority to later broaden abortion access and ration elder care (amounting to constructive euthanasia). All-the-while, the state-run media parrots White House talking points and Democrat Members of Congress hide from constituents whose patriotism and virtue they question when any dare resist.”

Hat Tip: http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/08/weekend_questio_100.html

Factcheck.org: Tax money will pay for abortion in the health-care bill
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/22/factcheckorg-obamas-lying-about-abortion-in-the-health-care-bill/

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