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A New Day for SK!

by Megan on February 7, 2010

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I can hardly believe it has been nine months that I have had the incredible opportunity to step into the role of editor here at Simple Kids.
In the past nine months, I have been so inspired and so encouraged by this amazing community.  In fact, from the day Tsh first entrusted Simple Kids to me, [...]

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Last year, one of the most popular and most responded-to articles at Simple Kids was the one on 6 Peaceful Solutions for Hitting and Anger.  I think all parents and care givers realize that one of the biggest responsibilities we have as parents is teaching our children how to respond to their feelings in a [...]

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How Do You Resist Consumerism?

by Megan on January 21, 2010

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“Our primary identity has become that of being consumers – not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers!  We shop and shop and shop  . . .” – Annie Leonard, The Story of Stuff

Throughout the month of January, Mandi of Organizing Your Way has been running a series called 31 Days of [...]

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This article was written by Simple Kids editor Joan and was published February 17, 2009.
When you are speaking to more than one child, chances are, each child will be learning from you in a different way. We can easily tell the differences in what children learn, but when we investigate the how factor, [...]

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One day when our oldest daughter was a baby – maybe nine or ten months old – I was having a particularly bad mothering day. I responded to her with grouchy irritability, using unkind words spoken in an unloving way.
Later that day, I confessed to my very wise Mommy mentor how terribly [...]

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