A new feature I’m going to introduce on my blog is to find some great parenting articles on the web and show them to you all.  My goal is to do this once a week, so I can highlight other great authors, twitters, bloggers, and everything else in between!

Parenting Troubled Teens: Self-Control | HealthChk

A little over a week ago, Adam provided us with three great insights for parenting troubled, angry teens. Before reading this article, I.

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 20:06

http://www.healthchk.com/parenting/parenting-troubled-teens-self-control/

Parenting tips and guides: Home and Family: Parenting With Purpose

As a parent, you could be having your own list of parenting activities and deeds. That parenting list could include all your expectations as a parent, every plan you have with your children, and all the right reasons you might have to …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 17:13

http://parenting-tips-and-guides.blogspot.com/2010/05/home-and-family-parenting-with-purpose.html

Diane Family » Blog Archive » Intentional Parenting Requires …

Many parents may not be aware of what it takes to be an intentional parent. Of course, parenting is an ongoing process that teaches parents new things each day and leaves much more that needs to be learnt before they become a good …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 20:36

http://www.kidneydonor4diane.com/intentional-parenting-requires-courage-vision-and-accountability.html

The Consequences of Permissive Parenting | Free Baby Parenting Tips

You are being a permissive parent when you are compliant, indulgent, or indifferent with your enchildren. When you are being compliant, you are giving yourself up and going along with what your chi.

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 18:50

http://www.freebabyparentingtips.com/blog/the-consequences-of-permissive-parenting/

Two of a kind, working on a full house: Parenting Questions …

Parenting Questions Answered – Labor. I know many of my readers are pregnant. Some of you already have children, and some of you haven’t. I don’t know about you, but I always like hearing birth stories. I am amazed by those women who …

Publish Date: 05/20/2010 8:20

http://www.twoofakindworkingonafullhouse.com/2010/05/parenting-questions-answered-labor.html

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Parenting Mistakes

Parents aren’t perfect, we all make mistakes! So what are the 3 biggest mistakes parents of toddlers make? Author, Jen Singer, fills Parents TV Host Juli Auclair in on what the mistakes are and how we can fix them!

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I know people hate Kate Gosselin. I get that (kinda). That being said — you have to give her credit.  I watch all the haters on Twitter and I’ve actually responded that I’d like to see any of us get on that show.  I can tell you — I’d suck.  I know I’d suck.  Most of us would suck.  Kate is not an actress, she’s not an athlete, she’s a mom.  Think how nerve wracking that show has to be.  The haters who are all about “she needs to stay home with her kids”.  Well, people, do your research.  They practice at her house!  Instead of tearing her down, us moms should be bringing her up.  We should be voting for her because she’s one of us.  Plus, it isn’t like Jon is paying child support for all those kids, so let the woman make a paycheck where she can!  I also hate that last week they made all the women look whiny with their little stories.

I have to say that Pam Anderson annoys me on the show.  It’s how much she can flaunt what she’s got.  I’m not impressed by that.  However, since she’s hot, the audience will keep voting for her.

Who do you like on Dancing With the Stars?  Anybody you hate?

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If you read Lisa Cooking, you would know that I am a Tropicana Juicy Rewards ambassador.  I’m writing over here about the rewards program, because I think the readers on this blog would also be interested in this even though it is, sort of, food related.  The program is actually pretty easy to use.  You find codes on the side of Tropicana Orange Juice, you go to their website, and you buy things at reduced rate.  For example, I used 9 of my points to buy Coleman camping products.  If you follow me on Twitter, I’ve been talking about the camping trip my family and I plan on taking.  The problem though?  We’ve never been camping.  We’ve had to start from scratch and buy everything we need.  I was able to use my 9 pts and get 30% off what we ordered.  We were able to get a tent on sale.  What I did end up buying from Coleman was 2 kids lanterns, one family size lantern, and a tent light/fan.   I was able to save $20!

The best part of the Tropicana Juicy Rewards program is that you just need to do whatever you are already doing — buying Tropicana Orange Juice. Then you use your points on things you want!

I wrote this review while participating in the Tropicana Juicy Insiders Ambassador program by Mom Central on behalf of Tropicana. I received 12 free Juicy Rewards points and a $50 Visa gift card to use in redemption of the points and to facilitate my review.

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As many of you know, I’ve had a miscarriage.  It sucked.  It still sucks.  However, when I read articles about how Utah wants to be able to prosecute women who have miscarriages, it makes me angry.  Why?  Over 15% – 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage.  That’s just nature’s way of handling an nonviable pregnancy.

The bill responds to a case in which a Vernal woman allegedly paid a man $150 to beat her and cause miscarriage but could not be charged. The Senate approved criminalizing a woman’s “intentional, knowing, or reckless act” leading to a pregnancy’s illegal termination.  But here’s the problem — what is a knowing reckless act?  If you eat tuna and have a miscarriage, is that reckless?  If you fall down while pregnant, can you be charged (and the answer is yes because it happened in Iowa).  Writing for RH Reality Check, Rachel Larris says,

Using the legal standard of “reckless behavior” all a district attorney needs to show is that a woman behaved in a manner that is thought to cause miscarriage, even if she didn’t intend to lose the pregnancy. Drink too much alcohol and have a miscarriage? Under the new law such actions could be cause for prosecution.

That terrifies me. I was sent to the ER when I miscarried. It was a Friday night and my OBGYN wanted me to get checked out even though we both knew what was happening. Would I have went knowing that I chanced going to jail because somebody didn’t like me, the way I dress, or anything I said? Hell, no.  Heck, I had 2 different OBGYN’s for my pregnancies and both gave me different rules to follow.  If the doctor’s can’t agree, how the heck am I suppose to know if something I did caused a miscarriage.  Heck, I have an irritable uterus, so I’m most likely just screwed since my body doens’t like being pregnant and puts me into preterm labor.  I know, you are stating that they won’t go after the “good” people.  However, if you read the Iowa story, they do.

I’d love to know what you all think. Is this legislation taking it tad too far?

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I got this great chart to help you decipher what sickness is going around in your house. As a mom, I am freaking out about H1N1, and this really helps to figure out what’s going on.  (That being said, always make sure you call your doctor for the proper medical care).

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