PARENTING FREEDOM

Carol | July 24, 2010

Free ~ Lighthouse Family (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free)

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Carol | July 16, 2010

Don’t miss the first half of the second clip.

“Now our priority seems to be to make sure the abortion centers are set up and funded right away. Is the ink, Mr. President, even dry on your executive order? What is your word worth, sir?”

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Carol | July 14, 2010

Exclusive: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Are Engaged!
http://www.usmagazine.com/healthylifestyle/news/exclusive-bristol-palin-levi-johnston-are-engaged-2010147

Update:
http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b193118_source_bristol_palin_ends_engagement.html

Updated again:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20407608,00.html

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Carol | July 13, 2010

Obama Administration OKs First Tax-Funded Abortions Under Health Care Law
http://lifenews.com/nat6531.html

“The Obama administration has officially approved the first instance of taxpayer funded abortions under the new national government-run health care program. This is the kind of abortion funding the pro-life movement warned about when Congress considered the bill.”

Obama: ‘This is a Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pFiCPgmgqE

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Happy Canada Day by Michael Coren
http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/blog/index/writergroup/happy_canada_day/

“Canada Day. Denial Day. Complacency Day. A day for playing with fireworks while the country burns. Wave the flag. Wave a cloth adorned with a piece of vegetation in the colours of the Liberal Party, one with little tradition and less meaning. No. Many Canadians remember the great emblem that once adorned our dominion, containing the cross, the symbol of ancient and eternal wisdom and truth.”

“Do what the government tells you, allow your rights to be expunged and smile as the norms that made the country great are parodied while at the same a stew of twisted realities are paraded. No. Many Canadians are tired of the intrusions of the state and the relentless attacks from alleged “alternative” lifestyles.”

“Protect children but destroy childhood, make a fetish of equality but allow elites to impose their ways and rule our country. Claim to respect diversity but be horribly intolerant of anybody who resists the liberal status quo. No. Many Canadians are tired of the twin monsters of materialism and decadence. They have had enough of public educators telling young people how to live but not how to read and write. Nor will they remain silent when told to do so by the princes of political correctness.”

“Park in a handicapped parking spot and you’ll be charged and fined. Abort a handicapped baby or kill a terminally ill handicapped person and you’ll receive an Order of Canada and a government grant. No. Many Canadians are waking up to the country’s destruction of entire generations of the unborn and the obsession with euthanasia and the killing of those who are no longer bold and beautiful.”

“Have perverse sex, take your clothes off in public, swear on television and insult people’s deeply held beliefs, but you don’t dare do it while smoking a cigarette or without wearing a seat belt in the car. No. Many Canadians are repulsed by the hypocrisy. They know there are moral as well as physical ills that plague our country and that it is pointless to save a body if the spirit and soul is destroyed.”

“Blithely pay $20million a week to the CBC so that ludicrously biased people can tell us about what our own country means. Allow unions there and elsewhere to dictate national policy without any democratic or constitutional right. No. Many Canadians have seen through the façade of double standards in broadcasting as well as the extremism of so many in the labor movement.”

“Satirize the United States and comfort and define ourselves by what we are not. Hate the best neighbors a nation could have merely because we know they will respond with kindness. No. Many Canadians understand that it is we who are often parochial and they who are prestigious. They know that lack of gratitude is the weapon of the spoilt child.”

“Pay tax after tax and yet see education and healthcare deteriorate before our very eyes. Never look at the authentic causes of gangs and violence because it may reveal dangerous truths. No. Many Canadians now want to keep their own money and do not trust the government to spend it. Nor do they believe the politicians and their explanations about inner city crime.”

“Canada Day. Kill God, kill man and kill truth. No. Save the country. Not from others but from itself. It’s up to you, the many Canadians, even if you don’t yet know it.”

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Carol | July 12, 2010

How a hypnotist on the labour ward helped me give birth without pain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1264275/Woman-pain-free-labour–undergoing-hynosis.html#ixzz0tTZuUXZY

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Official HD

Harry Potter: What is a Christian Parent to Do?
http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/05/03/harry-potter-what-is-a-christian-parent-to-do/

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Derek and I and the boys went to see Eclipse on the weekend. It was part of our anniversary night out, but we took the boys because I always find it ridiculous to have a movie date and sit beside OTHER people’s kids when I could be sitting with my own. Maybe we’ll go out for dinner alone next weekend.

I was happy to hear Oprah’s interview with Twilight star Taylor Lautner (Jacob) where he said he never drank or smoke. (My husband and I can relate.)

MOVIE CLIP! Eclipse cast on Oprah (Part 5) [Edward fight's Jacob for kissing Bella]

3X More Drunk Teens: Loving and Firm vs. Loving but Indulgent Parenting
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10062503.html   

- The teens least prone to heavy drinking had parents who scored high on both accountability and warmth.

- So-called “indulgent” parents, those low on accountability and high on warmth, nearly tripled the risk of their teen participating in heavy drinking.

- “Strict” parents – high on accountability and low on warmth – more than doubled their teen’s risk of heavy drinking.

“The statistical analysis also showed that religious teens were significantly less likely to drink at all. That mirrors findings from the 2008 study Bahr and Hoffmann conducted on teen religiosity and marijuana use…”

“Teens in this new study were more likely to have non-drinking friends if their parents scored high on warmth and accountability…”

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Choosing public school, homeschool, private school?

‘Cheshire Puss,’ [Alice] began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. ‘Come, it’s pleased so far,’ thought Alice, and she went on. ‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.

‘I don’t much care where–’ said Alice.

‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Australian teacher sues for £500,000 because her larynx was damaged by ‘shouting at rowdy children’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1293818/Teacher-sues-500-000-larynx-damaged-shouting-rowdy-children.html#ixzz0tTTL9MnW

“A teacher in Australia is claiming half a million pounds in compensation because she says she permanently damaged her larynx yelling at rowdy children.”

“Her voice was damaged, she says, during her attempts to shout over the noise in her classroom as she tried to control the pupils, aged around 11.”

Awww… Poor thing…

Video: Horrible liberal classroom bias denounced by, er, 11-year-old
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/29/video-horrible-liberal-classroom-bias-denounced-by-er-11-year-old/

A Conservative Kid Tries to Survive in California School
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/a_conservative_kid_tries_to_su.html

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Deet Finally Exposed as Neurotoxic
http://www.naturalnews.com/029136_deet_toxic.html

Bug spray has never touched any of my children’s skin, even though we live in mosquito land.

Pregnant women ‘must take vitamin D supplements’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/10486310.stm

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Charts of the Day: Employment
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/10/charts-of-the-day-employment/

“The financial collapse also battered our northern neighbor, Canada, although not quite to the same extent it did us. (Canada has more conservative banking and lending policies, which shielded them from the worst of the problems.) Instead of using a blizzard of government spending to correct a downturn in unemployment, Canada tightened its belt and rode it out.”

Christie looks to privatize motor vehicle inspections, other services
http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/070910_Christie_looks_to_privatize_motor_vehicle_inspections.html

I would love to see a move toward less socialism in Canada.

Announcing Beck University
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/42502/

My sons (11 and 16) wanted to listen to these lectures, so we joined Glenn Beck’s Insider Extreme last week. They were impressed with the first lecture, and also enjoy watching the live webcam of the Glenn Beck program. Fun(ny) stuff!! 

The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most
http://media.glennbeck.com/docs/100americans-pg1.pdf

Mama Grizzlies

Levi Johnston Apologizes to Palin Family for ‘Youthful Indiscretion’
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20399773,00.html

“Last year, after Bristol and I broke up, I was unhappy and a little angry. Unfortunately, against my better judgment, I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true,” he tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I have already privately apologized to Todd and Sarah. Since my statements were public, I owe it to the Palins to publicly apologize.”

I wonder if he is getting big bucks to get back in the good graces of the Palin family in order to give the media dirt.

‘Tan tax’ discussions include allegations of reverse racism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070804488_pf.html

TSA to Block “Controversial Opinion” on the Web
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20009642-10391695.html

They are testing…

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Combo Vaccine Raises Risk of Fever-Related Seizures in Kids
http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/640537.html

The CDC Votes in Favor of a Flu Vaccination Assault on Americans’ Health
http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/richardgale/29813/the-cdc-votes-in-favor-of-a-flu-vaccination-assault-on-americans-health

“We should still brace ourselves for another year of old yarn, fear-mongering, media spin and more voodoo science…”

“CDC is disconnected from anything resembling legitimate science thereby making their recent decision ludicrous and criminally irresponsible…”

“The flu vaccine is listed as a Category C drug; which means there are no adequate safety studies to determine whether flu vaccination adversely affects pregnant mothers and their fetuses…”

“The vaccine and drug makers are permitted to conduct their nefarious, quack science behind closed doors with full participation and cooperation from the WHO, CDC and FDA…”

Millions of Swine Flu Vaccine Doses Have Expired and Will Be Burned
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/68848

“Local health departments were trying gimmicks to get anyone at all to come in for a shot.”

Canada Virtually Eliminates Flu Deaths While U.S. Has Thousands
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/03/canada-virtually-eliminates-flu-deaths-while-us-has-thousands.aspx

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Carol | July 9, 2010

If you are a regular reader and would like access to my family pictures, feel free to email me and tell me about your family.

I just posted 70 family pictures! (May 16th to July 4th 2010). Even some pregnancy pictures.
http://parentingfreedom.com/2010/07/09/family-pictures-may-16th-july-6th-2010/

A very sweet reader wrote to me today, and I thought I would post some of my reply to her. Please pray for H as she is having a difficult pregnancy as well. I know I haven’t written back to a few other readers, but I expect to eventually. Sorry about that, S, B, and A. Some letters are easier to reply to then others.

I was just wondering yesterday how common it is to feel this bad during pregnancy. I guess it’s part of the curse. :-/ Pregnancy books list oodles of uncomfortable symptoms, so I suspect it’s very common to feel terrible. And when you meet fellow mothers, they sympathize when you’re visibly pregnant, especially in hot weather. This is definitely my worst pregnancy by far.

“He is not a daylight God, who can not know his children in darkness.” Charles Spurgeon

I like when the baby has hiccups, because the location reassures me that the HEAD IS DOWN! Hurray! (I will feel sorry for him/her after birth when he/she gets the hiccups though.) Breech is always a worry to me because I was breech, and our hospital has never heard of delivering breech babies naturally. Their c-section rate is the highest in the country. *gag*

Baby is kicking well. Some kicks make me catch my breath and say “Ouch”. I have a hard time getting enough air in. My lungs are getting crowded. I can only lie on my side (if I want to breathe). Walking waddling hurts. I look down at my belly and wonder how I’m going to get the baby out. ACK! I know I’ve done it before, but still… My doctor is on vacation until three days before my due date, and I am NOT happy with the replacements. I have always delivered before my due date. Please pray that I will handle everything well, and that the baby (and I) will be fine.

Everything I do takes such effort. I have not exercised or practiced squatting with this pregnancy at all – BUT, I have practiced deep relaxation. Self-hypno-style birthing worked great last time.

SMALL steps in nesting mean a lot to me these days. I would love to have the house clean and organized, but during this difficult pregnancy, I have been able to accept the disorder, do the bare minimum, and realize it is not the end of the world.

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42

As long as I get my nesting area ready, and the kids are fed (even junk) and happy (relatively), I am choosing to feel accomplished. I have been trying very hard to do some summer things with the kids, but I always pay for it the next day (and sometimes the following day as well).

Derek took me to a nearby city to finish up some nesting. Two La-Z-Boy chairs, a comforter set, and curtains have been ordered for our bedroom. We bought a new cabinet for baby stuff and a Danier leather diaper bag! YAY!! (I DON’T do nurseries, baby rooms, cribs, cradles, change tables, strollers, bottles, pacifiers, baby food, etc.) I DO designer slings, wraps, guard rail for king size bed, etc. Baby #5 and Attachment Parenting still rocks!

I bought our first DIAPERS for this baby!!!!! YAY!! Last year, I cried every time I went by the diaper aisle. I also bought CONTAINERS for baby stuff. Fun!

With the hope of preventing continued insults and negative, disapproving looks, I stopped answering two questions: “What is your due date?” and “How many is this?” My honest reply to “How many is this?” is: “Well, I wanted ten, compromised with my husband for six, but one died last year, so this will only make five.” I suspect the mouths will still drop, but with a little less disgust.

As per each of my pregnancies, there is an ongoing contest between my belly and my butt. It is usually a tie, but thankfully both lose in the end when I give birth. (At least I’d like to think so.) Anything else you’d like to know?

I don’t do ultrasounds, but I have five reasons why I think the baby is a girl. I’ll share if I’m right. Heh. I will be happy either way.

I’d love to hear from you! I sometimes wonder if anyone besides my mother and a few others still visit my blog.

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Carol | July 5, 2010

More than half of Grade 12 students failed 2009 math exam
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1189774.html

“More than half of Nova Scotia’s Grade 12 students are struggling with mathematics… Only 45 per cent of pupils passed the provincial examination last year…”

The Kids Can’t Read
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/06/21/the-kids-cant-read

“Forty percent of Atlanta eight-grade students tested Below Basic proficiency in reading… Far too few children, no matter their socioeconomic background, can read well enough to function in an economy in which literacy is more-important than ever… Few university schools of education (which educate most of our teachers) do a proper job of teaching aspiring students how to address reading… During the 1970s and 1980s, states embraced Whole Language and ignored phonics, forgetting that kids need to know how to also sound words. Only after states saw reading scores decline did they reverse course.”

Florida school district bans Bibles on Religious Freedom Day
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features-the-religion-world/2010/07/01/florida-school-district-bans-bibles-on-religious-freedom-day/

“School officials claim that Bibles do not provide any educational benefit to the students…”

Consider all the historical figures who began their education with the only book their families owned – the Bible.

Home Computers Have Led To Lower Test Scores In Younger Children – Study
http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/home_computers_have_led_lower_test_scores_younger_children_study#comments

“Students in grades five through eight, particularly those from disadvantaged families, tend to post lower scores once these technologies arrive in their home.”

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