According to your favorite TV show, they never happen. No one on your playlist of love songs ever sings about getting one. Most people you know only joke about them. Do they even exist? Oh, yes they do. They’re called STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases – Warning: images of infections can be unpleasant) or STIs (Sexually […]
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Have you ever had to rescue your child from an oncoming train? Probably not. But do you know that your child needs to be sure you would? Consider this: Your child’s world is out of her control. To her it can feel like a train wreck waiting to happen. But if Mommy is someone she
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When you can microwave a meal in seconds, text a friend 24/7, or instantly stream a video (like the amazing time-lapse below) who needs to wait? You do. Some really good things only come to those who wait. Take friendship. You can’t cook one up overnight. A good friendship needs time: time to savor shared
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“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” That’s a lot of power—power you have over your child’s life. Frightening, isn’t it? We fear seeing our children wither and shrivel into sad, hard little kernels. So how can we speak the words that cause them to thrive and grow up with security, self-esteem,
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How many times did you hear, “You’re eating for two” while you were pregnant? Now that your baby is here, if you’re breastfeeding him or her, the two of you are still sharing meals. Do you ever wonder if you’re eating plan includes the right things to make good breast milk? Good news: the quality
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Father’s Day was tough when I was a single mom. A dark, menacing voice kept taunting me, “You’re alone. Your boy has no man around. You know all those statistics on how fatherless kids turn out? They’re going to happen to your son.” Maybe it was good for me to be reminded: a single mother
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Breastfeeding Your Baby in Public Let me begin with what used to be obvious: Breastfeeding (lactation) is normal. Long before anyone thought about inventing bottles, women were beautifully designed to feed their babies. But being normal doesn’t always make breastfeeding easy. We at Choices Pregnancy Center want to help you understand all the benefits of
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When we women stand at the brink of motherhood, we have no real idea what we’re getting into. Now that I’m several years beyond that brink, I’m aware of a strange paradox: If someone had told me how hard motherhood would be, I might not have considered it. And if they had told me how
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One of the first decisions you will make for your child is what to feed her. Be sure to consider the method you are already equipped for, breastfeeding. Here at Choices Pregnancy Center we would like to answer some questions that every new mom has regarding breastfeeding. What would I need in order to breastfeed?
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Can you relate to this parenting fail? My two-year-old son teetered on the peak of the dog house. “Don’t fall!” I yelled. Guess what? He fell. I expected an accident and I talked about an accident. And sure enough, an accident is what I got. I should have pictured a safe behavior and told my
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