Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Our Picks: 10 Apps for Preschoolers. Now You Can Finally Poop in Peace
Finding apps for preschoolers that are fun, engaging, age-appropriate and at least a little bit educational can be a difficult task. In most cases, you are going to get the most out of the apps that you have to pay for, but most of them are less than five dollars, which is a small price…
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Easy Ways to Make Sure Your Kids Feel Loved
Many people claim that it is impossible to truly understand what love is until you’ve a child of your own. That the love that we have for our children is insurmountable. However, despite all the love, it can be difficult to truly convey to them how loved they are, and for them to realize this,…
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Move Over Twenties, Your Forties Are Where It’s At
When you are a child, you likely couldn’t wait until you reached your teens so that you could stay out late and go to high school parties. Then, in your teens you probably couldn’t wait to be old enough to drink and live on your own. Watch any movie targeted at teens and you will…
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My Kids Are Bored and Yours Probably Are Too (And That’s Okay)
Being bored allows our creative juices to flow and can even increase our happiness.
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Can We Just Stop Shaming C-Section Moms Already?
The notion that a caesarian birth is in some way “cheating” when it comes to labor and delivery could not be more untrue.
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Children’s nutrition: 10 tips for picky eaters
Children’s nutrition doesn’t have to be frustrating. Consider these strategies to avoid power struggles and help the picky eater in your family eat a balanced diet. Is your preschooler refusing to eat anything other than chicken nuggets? Or would your toddler rather play than eat anything at all? If children’s nutrition is a sore topic…
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Make Your Child’s Bedwetting a Thing of the Past
Is your child wetting the bed at night? Bedwetting is a common problem, one that affects approximately 5 million children annually. In fact, the Mayo Clinic says that 15% of children still wet the bed by the time they’re five. Want to help your child out of the bedwetting stage now? If so, try these…
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This 1-Minute Cartoon Teaching Infant CPR Should Be Shared With Every Parent You Know
If your baby stopped breathing, would you know how to do infant Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? The frightening reality is that only about a quarter of parents would. This is why the United Kingdom charity, St. John Ambulance, produced this simple how to musical video. The video, using characters such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and…
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Clever Parenting Ideas That Will Make You Laugh
Parenting is the hardest, most life consuming job out there. Parenting kids changes as they get older, but it never really gets easier. The best way to get through the tough spots is with a bit of ingenuity and humour, after all, you are the gate keeper when it comes to most things. Anyone can…
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20 Honest Parenting Pro Tips
I’ve been a parent for 5 years now, and I have two kids. Let me tell you, there are a lot of parenting tips out there, many written by people that don’t have kids, or parents that lie to themselves. To be honest, most of those lists makes me feel like I am doing a…
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