Living in an apartment can be a struggle. Many parents have tried and failed to make a rental feel like home. Depending on how often you and your family move, you might not get the opportunity to really settle in properly. And if you move often enough, that means no place ever really feels like home. Of course, plenty of families also deal with the difficulties of living in … [Read more...] about How parents can make a rental feel like home on a budget
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5 New Years resolutions every dad should make
The new year is upon us but it's not too late to get your new year's resolutions down. It's very important to write them down and share them with your family so it's just that much harder to forget your good intentions. Here are five resolutions that should be on every dad's list, whether new or old dad. 1. Read to your kids more. Even if they are older and into … [Read more...] about 5 New Years resolutions every dad should make
guidelines for feeding my child who is 1 to 6 years old
Children between 1 and 2 years are still developing eating skills. Food may end up on the floor or on your child instead of in his mouth. Be patient and let your child learn how to use a spoon to feed himself. Avoid giving your child a fork or knife until he is able to use it without hurting himself. Give your child whole milk until he is 2 years old. His body needs the … [Read more...] about guidelines for feeding my child who is 1 to 6 years old
How to Sleep
It was November. Although it was not yet late, the sky was dark when I turned into Laundress Passage. Father had finished for the day, switched off the shop lights and closed the shutters; but so I would not come home to darkness he had left on the light over the stairs to the flat. Through the glass in the door it cast a foolscap rectangle of paleness onto the wet pavement, … [Read more...] about How to Sleep
1914 translation by H. Rackham
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how … [Read more...] about 1914 translation by H. Rackham