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Directing a Child’s Attention

May 24, 2013November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 6 Comments attention, directing, emergencies, fatherhood, featured, injury, l. ron hubbard, parenting, scientology

One of the skills just about any parent gets to know pretty fast, especially in dealing with toddlers, is the

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Regarding Children and Nightmares

December 27, 2012January 30, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 7 Comments advice, assists, babies, bad dreams, children, featured, health, night, nightmare, nutrition, protein, scientology, sleep, tips, trouble, vitamins

Now, this is one that every parent has to deal with to some degree or another – and for some

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Respecting Kids and Their Work

September 27, 2012December 29, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 3 Comments belittle, featured, invalidation, montessori, parenting, play, responsibility, scientology, work

My daughter is now in to her second year at a Montessori school, which she absolutely loves. And while

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Protesting the Drugging of Our Children

May 8, 2012 Tad (ScientologyParent) 7 Comments 2012, american psychiatric association, apa, cchr, diagnostic, drugs, dsm, dsm-v, featured, labels, manual, may, occupy, philadelphia, protest, reavers, statistical, video

If there’s something that should have been abundantly clear by now, it’s the fact that I’m 100% opposed to the

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Setting & Achieving Goals for the Family – Use of the “Admin Scale”

March 6, 2012November 29, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 3 Comments admin scale, children, differences, family, featured, friction, goals, husband, l. ron hubbard, marriage, organization, planning, scientology, stress, targets, technology, wife, working out

There are virtually unlimited parallels between the ways that the technology of running groups can be applied to the family.

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What Being a Scientology Parent Means to Me

February 15, 2012November 29, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 9 Comments christianity, communication, example, featured, help, jewish, manners, parenting, reactive mind, religion, scientology, summary, tantrums

I’m a Scientologist and a parent. What does that mean? The answer sums up a lot of why I

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Dealing with the Stress from an Unexpected Premature Birth

October 31, 2011August 15, 2017 cindyg 5 Comments auditing, birth, dianetics, featured, intensive care, nicu, pregnancy, pregnant, premature, prematurity awareness month, relief, scientology, sleep, stress

I wanted to share this story in honor of the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Month which begins tomorrow. Please share

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Even Babies Need Acknowledgements

September 16, 2011 Tad (ScientologyParent) 5 Comments acknowledgement, babies, communication, course, featured, scientology, skills, toddlers, upset

The very same basics that are used with adults to communicate with other adults absolutely apply to babies as well,

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The BIG JUMP – Dealing With Toddler Injuries

July 27, 2011 Tad (ScientologyParent) 2 Comments assist, children, crying, featured, injury, jumping, scientology, tell me about it, Volunteer Ministers

Fortunately or unfortunately, my daughter is following in her father’s footsteps and is becoming an avid jumper. On some jumps,

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6 Lessons for Having a Happy Baby

May 31, 2011November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 3 Comments baby, birth, featured, happy, jealousy, mental health, mommy, postpartum depression, pregnancy, pregnancy assist, prenatal, scientology, sleep

Nearly all of my posts last summer were related to a single topic: preparing ourselves for the new arrival so

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The Most Important Goal for a Child Is…

April 20, 2011November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 2 Comments featured, goals, growing up, l. ron hubbard, parenting, scientology, successfully raising children course

OK, parents – here’s one for you to mull over and consider. This, from LRH’s essay A Child’s Dignity

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Antidepressants & Birth Defects – An Appeal to Mothers-to-be

April 9, 2011February 9, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 1 Comment alternatives, antidepressants, birth defects, celexa, congenital, dianetics, featured, hypertension, paxil, PPHN, pregnant, prozac, scientology, ssri, stress, zoloft

Antidepressants? JUST DON’T DO IT. It’s unfortunately now a well-documented fact that mothers that take antidepressants like Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft

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Control of a Child’s Possessions – A Lesson in Parental Willpower

April 7, 2011November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 7 Comments bathtime, break, coloring, crayons, crying, featured, l. ron hubbard, ownership, painting, parenting, scientology, toddler, toys

My 19-month-old has recently found a new passion – coloring. We got her a big box of crayons and coloring

It wasn't a silent birth, but it still went just fine.

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An Un-Silent Birth, But Very Happy Ending

February 16, 2011January 31, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 11 Comments birth, featured, heart rate, hospital, postpartum depression, pregnancy, quiet birth, scientology, silent birth, story

I’ve promised a few of my friends and readers a story of the birth of our son, so here it

My wife at 40+ weeks pregnant with our second

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Staying Calm & Positive at 41 Weeks Pregnant

January 20, 2011January 21, 2019 Tad (ScientologyParent) 3 Comments 2nd baby, 41 weeks, amazing, baby, calm, church, featured, kelly preston, multigravita, overdue, positive, pregnancy, pregnant, scientology, support, third pregnancy, wife

With my expecting wife now going on 40 weeks and 13 days tomorrow, I figure that along with her being

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Story of a Water Birth

October 11, 2010December 28, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 6 Comments babies, baby, c-section, caesarean cesarian, family, father, featured, home birth, natural birth, scientology, south africa, water birth

In asking around of a few of my friends for stories & commentary on Water Births, I got the following

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Childrens’ Groups Band Together to Paint Mural Educating Community on Human Rights

October 3, 2010December 18, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments alexandria, del ray, featured, human rights, mural, universal declaration of human rights, virginia, yhri, youth for human rights, youth group

Human Rights is a subject which, unfortunately, most of us never learned about in school. It’s a subject which theoretically

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Communication: The Key Element in Parenting

September 22, 2010December 12, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 33 Comments arguments, baby, better, Child, children, church, church of scientology, communication, course, daddy, family, featured, fighting, husband, kids, love, parent, parenting, parents, pretty, scientology, skill, tantrum, tantrums, terrible twos, walking, wife

I think that communication skill is one of the single most – if not the single most undervalued yet utterly

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Pregnancy Assist Programs: Using Scientology to Have a Stress-Free Pregnancy & Birth Experience

September 18, 2010November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 15 Comments assist, assists, auditing, babies, better, birth, Child, childbirth, children, church, church of scientology, communication, delivery, dianetics, e-meter, family, featured, help, husband, l. ron hubbard, pregnancy, pregnancy assist, pregnant, program, scientology, stress, video

In Scientology, it is common for pregnant women to get what is usually called a Pregnancy Assist. As defined in

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Silent Birth / Quiet Birth – Understanding Needs of Scientologists Expecting a Baby

September 1, 2010November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 18 Comments aware, baby, birth, birth plan, Child, childbirth, communication, course, Cute, daughter, dc, delivery, dianetics, featured, happy, health, help, home birth, katie holmes, l. ron hubbard, love, midwife, natural, pregnancy, quiet birth, scientologist, scientology, second baby, silent birth, tom cruise, wife

My wife and I had a welcome surprise when we made our visit to our midwifery today for a checkup