Bonding with our babies

Great tips from the article. I strongly advocate point 5.

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You cannot spoil a baby. In fact, the more you bond with your baby now, the more they will learn to trust you. If your child feels secure in his/her attachment to you, he/she will more likely grow up to be a more independent adult.
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1. Spend as much time during the very early days after your child is born allowing for skin-to-skin contact.

2. Talk and sing to your baby.

3. Make eye contact with your baby.

4. Make sure you and your partner are the main people who take care of feeding your baby.

5. Respond to your baby's needs. (You cannot spoil a baby! )

From:
5 Ways to Bond With Baby by Dr. Gail Gross

All parents with daughters should teach this to her

This is a very good advice. All parents with daughters should teach this to her.

"3. If our girls are in danger then they must and should raise bloody hell. There is nothing virtuous about remaining passive."

Read more here .

Be strict. Our kids will thank us for it. Here's the proof.

By Nicole Scott,

"As a kid, I remember thinking I had the world's strictest mom. She didn't let me date until I was 16, my siblings and I weren't allowed to go on sleepovers with friends and my curfew as a senior was 10:00. At the time, I thought: I'm going to do everything differently when I'm a parent. I'll never be 'that mom. And then I had my own children. ... ...

Read more at
6 Things I Learned From Having a Strict Mom

Doing too much for our kids may do more harm than good.

There is a very fine line between caring and caring too much, and parents should be careful not to mollycoddle their children.
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Education, he said, was not about chasing that additional point or grade, but learning for life.

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