A prayer for children

Petro Pretorius [29 October 2009] - Ina Hughs - We pray for the children who sneak Popsicles before  supper, who erase holes in math workbooks, who can never find their shoes. And we pray for those who stare  at photographers from behind barbed wire, who can't  bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who  never "counted potatoes," who never go to the circus,  who live in an X-rated world. Read more »

Daycare the options

Petro Pretorius [23 August 2008] -

Obviously the best of any option is for one of the parents to stay home and to look after the child but in today's day and age it is only an option to a select few. You thus need to look for other alternatives.

So now you are a working parent and thus starts the daunting task of finding a person to look after your child when you are at work.

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The Pre-School Child

Petro Pretorius [17 June 2008] -

According to one book this stage begins as soon as your child stops being "wayward, confusing and unpredictable" at least 60 percent of the time. This does not really bolster my moral at all. Although the pre-preschooler can still be tantrum prone, they should have mastered enough language to allow them to express themselves more often verbally.

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