Baby swim classes, where the parent is with the
child in water (if the baby likes it, of course) is a
wonderful way to have fun together,
for example.)
Wonderful article and I hope that more young mothers will try to follow your
example... as long as
children are aware that there are consequences
for every action, there is no need to be cruel or to hit the
child... but you do have to be consistent because
children don't even begin to have abstract thought (cause and effect) until they reach 13 or 14 and, even then, it's sketchy... I think the illusion that because a woman has a
child that automatically makes her a good mother has been dangerous
for our
children... I know a woman who used to say, ``... if you don't have power when you're a mother, when do you get power?»