A dirty job
Article Abstract:
Parenting can be dirty work, with children constantly asking to be accompanied to creeks, soccer fields, sandboxes and dens under piers filled with cobwebs. Children also tend to use their parents as a towel, always wiping themselves on their parents' lap, hair and hands. The smudges and the stains, however, are a testament to children's love and affection for their parents.
Publication Name: Parenting
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0890-247X
Year: 1998
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Article Abstract:
Fund-raising activities by children to fund their numerous summer leisure and education activities can be painfully trying on a mother's patience and mental resources, but the rewards are better appreciated when viewed in terms of improving parent-child relations.
Publication Name: Parenting
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0890-247X
Year: 1997
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Let there be light; the lives of a birth mother and an adoptive mother come together in one shining moment
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A widowed mother of four describes her decision to adopt the baby of a pregnant 19-year-old. Although the woman's family and friends thought her decision was unwise, she knew when she first held the baby that she had more than enough to offer the child.
Publication Name: Parenting
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0890-247X
Year: 1996
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