What is the best thing we can do for our children?
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Bring them up to be kind, considerate and not to judge others.
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We do a lot of charity work as a family. I agree with you - it's a great idea to teach your kids while they're young that we have a responsibility to help other people. It gives me hope that the next generation will be decent, compassionate human beings and care about more than just themselves.
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spend 10 minutes with my kids. That will cure you forever. I promise
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Free activities:  take them to the library, they have all sorts of free programs for kids.  They can also borrow books, fairly new released dvds, and cds.  Park, school playground.  Water balloon toss.  Pool, or sprinkler would be cool.  Make their own snack, like trail mix.  Pizza bagels.  Usually AMC or Regal Cinemas offer free movie for kids and parents at 10 am once a week.  Check out their website for more info.  Bike riding, play follow the leader on bikes.  Volunteer you and the child's time at local retirement homes, etc. to set a good example.  Free local museums, zoo.  Crafts:  make a summer scrapbook together, Make pinuatas. You'll need newpaper, balloon for shape, and plaster of paris, paints.  Blow balloon up. Make a paste of plaster of paris, tear newspaper into strips, and adhere, let dry overnight. Leave a opening to fill with candy, and to pop balloon.  When dry, paint. When dry, decorate and add candy!  Grab a branch and have fun! Make placemats out of construction paper, and laminate.  You can cut pics out of magazines, or add beads/sequins, pics of family and friends.  Make colored sand.  Use salt or granulated sugar, baby food jar/ or other small jar.  Colored chalk.  On newspaper or paper bag, dump salt/sugar on table take a colored chalk stick and glide over sugar until desired colored is achieved. Place in jar, do the next color.  Until jar is full.  Cute.  Also, check out stores like Home Depot, Lowes, or A.C. Moore(craft store) they offer free make it and take it classes for kids.  Barnes and Nobles also should have free programs available also.  Have fun! I hope this helped you.
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be a good parent to my kids
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Wake up, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, dress and feed the kids, go to work...\n\nWork, lunch is either going out or running errands like shopping or dry cleaning or running home to do laundry, more work...\n\nAfter work, go pick up the kids, feed them, fix dinner for me & hubby, read to & play with kids, get kids ready for bed, then relax with either a book or video games or quality time with hubby.\n\nSome days I feel like I've spent the whole day running an obstacle course to get everything taken care of, but the smiles on my children's faces make it all worth it. I love them more than anything. I often manage to squeeze in a little time for myself, so it's not so bad. Plus my children are very young and I know as they get older, they won't need as much constant care. This is just the challenge of a new parent.
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There are lots of exercise programs for kids.  Depending on the age there are Yoga classes, martial arts, gymnastics...\nMy 3-year old has a tape that was from sesame street.  It's called Happy Healthy Monsters.  You can find kid-friendly programs in any store that sells videos.  If your looking for programs that you can attend, try martial arts or gymnastics, swimming.  Call your local YMCA for advice, too.\nHope this helps. :)
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Doing the right thing is doing what's best for the child.  Your child deserves a good life and if, as you've said, you can't provide her with that, you did the right and brave thing by giving her an opportunity to get a good life.  You're a better mother than most in your situation.  They keep their kids and then their kids grow up to resent their mothers and themselves for the life they have.  I think you should be proud of yourself, and since you still get to see your daughter, be honest with her about what you want for her.  She'll be proud of you, too!
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send the kids with your spouse.\n\nansw3r3r
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We try to give a better life for our children than we ourselves have.  This is part of our role as parents.
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At the beginning of every week, we (me, my wife, and our four kids--ages 4 to 14) sit down all together and go over everyone's schedule for the week. We figure out how to handle conflicting events and decide how best to use our time.\n\nA couple of things that have really helped us: carpools (for school and for sports teams), writing everything down on one calendar, and choosing carefully what events/teams/etc. we get involved in. \n\nIt is kind of crazy some days. And I'm really lucky that I have a flexible job that allows me to get to a lot of my kids activities. But it is so fun to see our kids growing up and especially learning to support each other's interests and talents.\n\nGood luck.
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My children will be off school soon also.We are going to plant seeds for our garden,take in a movie or 2,enjoy the outdoors,etc.Just have fun and take a break from the routine.
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Child care\nMusic or Art (or any) Lessons\nWoodworking
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give your children an allouance andlet them pay themselves for everything they want, They'll realise how expencive the world is (that's my experience, I had to find it out the hard way ;)
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The best way is by example.  Create an exercise program for yourself and invite your kids to join you.  Eat healthy yourself and tell them how good you're feeling, offer them your foods.  Most kids want to please their parents.  Good luck!\n\nPS - with all due respect to others, that software program is cruel.  It puts the idea into the heads of children that if they DO end up looking like this, they will somehow be less worthy of your love.  BAD IDEA.  \n\nTell your children they are wonderful and perfect the way they are, then make weight loss and healthy eating a positive thing, not a "do this to fix the bad in your life" thing.    PLEASE don't make your children ever feel like your love is affected by their physical appearance!  (I DESPISE that new TLC show!)
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Reduce their intake of junk food and focus more on physical activity.Control TV viewing and video games and instead set an example to kids by eating healthy and doing physical activities yourself.Make them more conscious of their appearance and encourage them to look smart.Make them realize the importance of not coming across as sloppy people.
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The best gift you can give a child is your time.