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by Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Gentle Baby Care
Some babies fall asleep almost before you're out of the driveway, but others won't spend five happy minutes in their car seats. Usually, this is because your baby is used to more freedom of movement and more physical attention than you can provide when she's belted into her seat.
Hearing your baby cry while you are trying to drive is challenging. Even though it's difficult to deal with, remember that you and your baby's safety are most important. Parents sometimes take a crying baby out of the car seat, which is extremely dangerous and makes it even more difficult for the baby to get used to riding in the car seat. Some parents make poor driving decisions when their babies are crying, which puts everyone in the car at risk. Either pull over and calm your baby down, or focus on your driving. Don't try to do both.
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by A Dude's Guide on Aug 27th
It was a big day when my middle dude finally beat me in checkers. He jumped around for hours, thus proving he still had a lot to learn about winning. I’d made sure he knew a lot about losing. See, I have never actually let my little dudes win when we play games or sports. If they want to experience victory, they’re going to have to work for it and actually win.
It’s not that I spend my day goating about beating little dudes, it’s just that I want them to understand that sometimes they’ll win and sometimes they’ll lose. I think you can learn equally as much from each situation. I mean, sure I’ll keep games close through strategic loafing or bad decisions, but I won’t hand them a win. I think winning feels so much better when you have to work hard to achieve it.
When my little dudes played in community league sports, where you only practiced maybe once a week and played by modified rules and with a different number of kids on the field, sure, scores didn’t really matter. What mattered was getting better each week and learning the game. But when they’re out there actually competing, that’s a whole differently colored horse.
Which makes this really, really annoying. A baseball league for 8-10 year olds in New Haven, Connecticut, banned a 9-year-old from pitching because he was too good. That’s right, they said he was too good so he wasn’t allowed on the mound. When his coach put the kid out on the mound anyway, the other coach forfeited the game and wouldn’t even play. This is ridiculous. The little dude has never hurt anyone with his pitches, it’s just that he throws so hard some of the other players can’t hit him. Isn’t that what sports is all about? Playing your best and trying to win?
Listen up, dudes in New Haven: In life, as in sports, sometimes there are winners and sometimes there are losers. Get used to it. Oddly enough, I don’t know if you’ve noticed this or not, but you can’t always win in life and, sometimes, we have to do things that scare us. And we’re the better for it. You’re parents. You’re supposed to be setting a good example, not teaching little dudes and dudettes it’s better to quit than have to do something hard.
If you let a little dude learn how to win and how to lose, he’ll grow up to be a better person. Same thing with little dudettes. Winning? Losing? It’s how you deal with it. So deal with it.
– Richard
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