Mothers Seek Balance In Discipline Over Children
Excerpted from Elaine Heffner's Mothering 1978 explores how mothers seek control over their children and themselves, the limits of physical and psychological coercion, and the value of listening, delaying, and compromising to teach consideration and self-control. The text discusses persuasion, restraint, and the goal of peaceful conflict resolution within the mother child dynamic. Tomorrows feature promises a continuation of the mother child dialogue.
Real mothers as unsung heroines in Dear Abby letters
A Mother's Day tribute letter praises selfless adoption stories and grateful gratitude to a 15 year old donor. Dear Abby replies that mothers who give up children act unselfishly, and the column offers further reader notes on family dynamics and honest parenting.
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Spring programs at Fairview Park library showcase local artists
The Fairview Park Regional Branch hosts a May to June spring series with displays by Jon Bailey Florence Beekman June DeSanti Connie Tanni and Maian Kondrek from 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM on Thursdays. A jump rope rhyme collection runs May through June with a demo and film at 4 PM Thursday to kick off jump rope day registration. After school double Dutch clinics occur May 18 and May 25. May is book sale donation time for the Friends of the Library.
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Fairview Park Garden Club
Fairview Park
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Jon Bailey
Florence Beekman
June DeSanti
Connie Tanni
Maian Kondrek
Friends of the Library
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