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Mother load

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On May 10, 1908, Anna Jarvis presided over the first Mothers Day celebration, at John Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia. Jarvis founded Mothers Day in honor of her beloved mother, Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, who gave birth to 11 children, only four of whom survived into adulthood.

Author: Hingston, Sandy
Publisher: Philadelphia Magazine
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 2001
History, Mother's Day, Jarvis, Ann, Jarvis, Ann Marie Reeves

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Sticks and stones

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Issues concerning approaches by parents and schools to bullying are discussed. The experience of trying to help a child who is being bullied is recalled and strategies to manage and reduce bullying are discussed.

Author: Hingston, Sandy
Publisher: Philadelphia Magazine
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 2001
Prevention, Child rearing, Bullying

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The mother of all wars

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A mother disucsses her son's interest in war and violence. The article focuses on how women should raise their sons.

Author: Hingston, Sandy
Publisher: Philadelphia Magazine
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 2003
Column, Mothers and sons, Mother-son relations, Mothers

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