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Person to Watch in 2012: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Written by: Hayatii, on 01/28/2012
Ahmedinejad was born in the village of Aradan to Ahmad a blacksmith and Khanom a seyyede. In 1976 he took Iran’s national university entrance contest and ranked 132nd out of 400,000 participants for that year. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Ahmadinejad became a member of the Office for strengthening Unity developed to prevent students from allying with the budding Mojahedin-e Khalq. We began to see his interaction in politics when he became Mayor of Ardabil Province...

So I'm a parent

Written by: Kate, on 01/27/2012
It is just about a week away from my 29 birthday. At a recent young professionals mixer, after describing my household situation someone asks, "so you're parenting, now?" The children, my husband's half-siblings, are 19 and 17 years-old who arrived about seven months ago from Egypt. Orphaned some time ago, my spouse has looked after them. Just recently we've be able to bring them here with us in Minnesota and attempt to put them back on track for life (which was rather derai...

If there were no consequences

Written by: CeeKay, on 01/26/2012
to anything that we do, what would you do?We all work (most of the times) within the parameters set by the real or perceived consequences of our actions. When we, intentionally or unintentionally, do things without considering the consequences, we face them. Eventually. That, I believe, also works as an effective parenting technique. What better way to teach your child to heed the consequences of their actions than to let them have a brush with a few unpleasant ones?S...

Parent's Need Naps Too!

Written by: Penelope, on 01/25/2012
Most moms and dads can agree, being a parent is hard work and at the end of a long day, we just want to get a good nights sleep. There will always be those late night potty breaks, babies crying, feedings, and dogs barking, but our mattress should be the least of our worries when we close our eyes at night.Your mattress matters; if you’re waking up stiff, or less than refreshed, your aging mattress could be part of the problem. Consumer Reports recommends that if yo...

How to Turn Fifty

Written by: Sharon Greenthal, on 01/23/2012
I have a secret to share. It will be my birthday in a few days (on January 26), and I will be fifty. That's not the secret though - I'm pretty sure my friends and family already know this, since I've been reminding them for months - or they've been reminding me.The secret is...it's not so bad.The way to turn fifty is to embrace it. Tell everyone you know and just enjoy it. Let your friends and family celebrate you for a little while - how often does something this big, ...

A Letter to My Child: The Potty Training Saga

Written by: ShereeMc, on 01/20/2012
Dear Keygen,I think I’ll pack this away with your first haircut and first pair of shoes and save it for the day you come to my house with that wild- eyed look faintly smelling of urine and Cheetos not unlike the way I look and smell as I write this letter to you. It will be in that moment that I will give you a knowing look and we will bond together, you with a tear in your eye and me with a smile on my face as I remind you for the third time in a week that you too will sur...

File Under "What in the World?"

Written by: shamaker, on 01/19/2012
We're a family of readers. My husband likes to read, I love to read, our two daughters love to read, our two sons love books (they haven't learned to read yet--too little). Our cats love us to read because it gives them lap time. So everyone's happy when there's a book or two involved.So I eagerly picked up the Washington Post Local Living section and read the OnParenting column about how parents can encourage a love for books by young adult author Walter Dean Myers. ...

Letter to my Child: Be You

Written by: BlessedLife, on 01/18/2012
Dear Jake,Be you.Last night you sped in and out of your closet pretending to serve me ice cream, hot dogs with onions that make your eyes burn, and vegetable soup with tractors. You talked endlessly about all of the food for sale in your grocery store and asked me to call you Mr.Celery. Somewhere between sprinkling extra blueberries on my oatmeal and pouring extra popcorn, I felt a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. I looked at your daddy and with a sense of desperat...

Just Getting Started

Written by: adstatus, on 01/16/2012
This is my first post here, so I'll keep it brief. I initially opened this account as an outlet for my daughter to post writing assignments for home school. Over the next several months, you'll be seeing posts by me discussing my life and challenges as a husband, father and doctoral student.The far more entertaining writing will be courtesy of my 12 year old daughter and her creative writing assignments for school.Thanks for reading and I hope you'll return.KWG...

Getting in shape and buying the right sports bra

Written by: Silvia, on 01/12/2012
As a mother kicking off 2012, I really want to get in shape. So, I started thinking about what I can do to accomplish that. Last week, I went for a run. I took the dog and just went. It was great to clear my head, but then I realized that if I wanted to keep up this new stress relieving fitness activity I was going to need a sports bra.Once I got home,...

Dog Paddling in a Sea of Detox

Written by: cearainjoy, on 01/11/2012
Hello to all! This is my first post with Stage of Life - what a great concept - thanks to the creators! I recently signed up with a company called 'It Works! Global' (hence the word 'detox' in the title). I LOVE it. But I'm BAD AT IT!!! I jumped in head first, completely unaware that in order to swim in the sea, you have to know how to swim!!!! An at-home business market, while dependant upon your own drive, is also dependant on start up capital, marketing ploys, netw...

Heirarchy still exists

Written by: oorvimehta, on 01/08/2012
Look at her, the ‘leader’With her nose held up so highStrutting past these school hallsWith her superiority complex, but why?The crowd she carries alongLike nobles to a kingBe like the tail of the dog, and Into a higher class she shall bringOh yes! This is feudalismShe shall be the permanent queenAwards status to build an entourageIs still valid the Old Regime?Hierarchy still existsThe aristocracy isn’t dead An unestablished segregationIs still...

Are Vitamins Really Good for You?

Written by: Silvia, on 01/06/2012
We've had a few emails from Stage of Life readers recently asking about the benefits of vitamins. Most of the questions boiled down to the question, "Is a multivitamin good for you?"As an Editor for the site, I was assigned to answer this question. Here's what we do in my family...Just this last fall, I started buying and giving my two children a daily multi-vitamin. It's a gummy bear vitamin and my kids love it (obviously). The reason I'm doing this is my seven-y...

Letter to my Baby: First Day (Child)

Written by: marquardt, on 01/02/2012
My Dearest Kate,It's 8:15AM and the house is still, still like it hasn't been for five years. I am sitting now in your spot at the kitchen table. I hear the familiar whir of the washing machine, and the tiny voices of your baby sisters crawling around the living room together, much like you used to do. The house smells like French toast and bacon, your favorite meal, requested for your first Big Day. I am wondering when it all happened? One moment, you lay on my chest, ou...

Let Your Kids Make the Rules...

Written by: mcoly618, on 12/30/2011
It's not what you think, I promise. I just wanted to share an article I found during my daily reading. The article, If Your Kids Could Make The Rules of Divorce, makes some pretty good points that parents could learn from. It lists ten rules for parents to follow to make divorce easier for kids, including...1. Don...

Awareness Month Nomination: A Single Parent's Struggle

Written by: AshanayAllen, on 12/27/2011
Single hard-working parents are all over the world. There are parents that have no one to help them with their children and to them it feels like everyday is a struggle. Some are barely able to pay all their bills and make a comfortable life for their children. However, they keep going and try working harder and pushing themselves to make sure their children can have a memorable childhood. This is why I feel that there should be an awareness month for single parents. Usuall...

Second Encounter

Written by: amwolverine, on 12/27/2011
I never been seriously sick, relatively normal it all started when I was 13 that's when I met you my Daddy battle with you for one year but he lost guess you where stronger than my hero. We were close it made me insecure how could the strongest person in my world loose to you, what to do when your becoming a young adult without guidance from that person you love so much. But I did I studied hard, graduated with honors ,fell in love and had kids ( almost forgot ) that after al...

After the Presents

Written by: shamaker, on 12/23/2011
With four kids between the ages of 3 and 9, our household is hopping this time of year with excitement and anticipation. We've been counting the number of "sleeps" before Christmas for a while now, and are finally down to the last two. Thank goodness, because I can't take much more of the yippiness and pickiness that comes from over-stimulated children.But after the presents have been opened and the gifts released from their plastic prisons (which hopefully won't be too a...

Awareness Month Nomination: What Awareness Month?

Written by: Fulloflife95, on 12/12/2011
October passed by in an enormous pink blur marked by the recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month. February, known as Black History Month, quickly creeps upon us. This month is marked by advertisement campaigns to encourage African American’s to learn about their ancestor’s history. However, these aren’t the only months designated to a cause. In fact every single month of the year is filled to the brim with righteous, serious and sometimes absurd “causes.” Fun fact: April...

Kill The Violence

Written by: paperfaces96, on 12/11/2011
No parent in their right mind would ever even dream of handing their child a loaded gun. The thought alone is ludicrous. However, many parents unknowingly do just that. 72% of American households play video games (Industry Facts 1); games that often simulate killing. By allowing their children to play violent video games, parents are virtually teaching their children how to kill. While parents may not be handing their child a gun, handing them a controller can be ...

Learning to live my truth

Written by: Life Angel, on 12/09/2011
This is my story about gaining confidence in my own talents and skills as a writer.I am a 47 year old mother and wife who has loved story telling and writing forever. In Grade 7 I wrote a poem about The Hobbit - my teacher was blown away. But, I was just a student, then just a bank-clerk and just a wife and just a mother. I became a 'JUST-A' I believed that what I could do, anyone could.Then I began writing for myself, at first poetry, and short stories; then I dec...

Buying Myself a Gift This Year

Written by: Silvia, on 11/23/2011
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday quickly approaching, I've been making shopping list for family, friends, and co-workers. My list goes on and on, it spans over multiple shops and stores, and the worst part about it is, there is nothing on the list for myself.As a mom, wife, daughter, co-worker, and friend, I want to buy myself a gift this year. Is that selfish? I hope not, because after my past Black Friday experiences my family are lucky I even shop these days.I to...

Thanksgiving Thoughts: Life Lessons are Everywhere

Written by: dgabbard, on 11/22/2011
Though I was born and raised in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, my parents relocated to a little town in Tennessee right after I was married and had my first son. Through the years as our children grew up, we burned up Interstates 71 and 65 going back and forth to Mom and Dad's house with the kids. Life lesson number one:If you have your parents to share your life, no matter where they are, you are truly blessed. Mom still had my younger brother and sister at home, but she mis...

Some Dos of Donations

Written by: shamaker, on 11/21/2011
This time of year has most of us in the giving frame of mind, but sometimes we don't have spare cash to give. Places like hospital thrift stores, Goodwill and other nonprofit re-sale shops greatly benefit from things we don't need or use anymore.We try to give our out-grown clothing and household goods to such shops or organizations that resale the things, and as our children grow older, we're trying to instill in them the donation dos. Here's some that we try to follow:...

The Return of the Empty Nest

Written by: Sharon Greenthal, on 11/18/2011
In September, my daughter returned to college after being home for a month to start her senior year. The fact that she’s a senior in college is almost too much for me to believe. Not that I ever had any doubt that she’d succeed in college – she’s the kind of person who sets her mind on a goal and makes it happen. And the amount of maturing and growing she’s done in the past 3 years has been right on course with what I hoped for her – she is really becoming a fully formed ...

1st Time Passion with 4th Time Perspective

Written by: LisaGraf, on 11/17/2011
Being in a Biggest Loser competition makes it feel like much of my life revolves around formulas. Formulas of how many calories, how many ounces, how many grams, how many miles will combat how many pounds.Wouldn't it be nice if we could break parenting down into a formula. How easy would parenting be if there were concrete formulas like; practice so many spelling words and get an A, give so many time outs and get a well behaved child, so many hours of sleep and no crabbin...

Mothering

Written by: shamaker, on 11/16/2011
I’m a terrible mother. Before you call social services and report me, no, I don’t beat or starve my children, but there are days when I fall way short of today’s definition of a good mother. I don’t spend a lot of time with my children (and often think that’s okay). I don’t correct their homework (and have no intention of doing so). At times, I get annoyed when they interrupt me. I sometimes yell at them when they frustrate me (like spilling milk on the table I just cle...

Your 2011 Year End Report Card

Written by: coachmichellebianco, on 11/13/2011
As we approach the holiday season and the end of the year, it’s time to look back on the past 9 months and evaluate your goals and objectives. Did you really achieve your goals or even some of them? Are you becoming a better person, spouse, partner, or friend? Remember that consistently asking yourself questions is the best way to get the right answers! Here are ten important questions to ask during your self-evaluation. 1. What have been some of your biggest accompl...

Awareness Month Nomination: Autoimmune Disease

Written by: Deb Claxton, on 11/08/2011
by Deb Claxton In October it seemed like the world was awash in a sea of pink. Everywhere I looked I saw pink - pink products, people wearing pink, businesses sporting pink banners. Everyone was onboard in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I know Breast Cancer is a terrible disease and I wish they could find a cure for Cancer, but there are other terrible diseases out there that receive little or no media attention or public support. According to the ...

Flexibility Is Necessary When One Cannot Fight Change

Written by: RoseHathaway.007 , on 11/04/2011
“ If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. “ – Mary Engelbreit Change is a law of nature and it is bound to occur in our lives with the ceaseless flow of time. The environment and the circumstances among which a person lives, as well as his thoughts and ideas, are varying perpetually. It is wise to accept new order as it is inevitable. It is better to adapt and adjust ourselves to the new sy...

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