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Here is this week’s “Monday Mashup”, a quick list of what we are finding useful. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward to friends!The
Article We Read
The spooky season is upon us—time to fill your weekends with family-friendly Halloween activities. Splash Learn listed 30 family Halloween activities that will bring out the spirit of Halloween for everyone to enjoy.
- Visit a Haunted House
- Halloween Scavenger Hunt
- Host a Halloween Costume Party
For families who prefer to spend the day at home, there’s plenty to do too. You can get crafty by creating your own family costumes, trying candy bag races, and movie marathons.
What We Watched
Discover how to overcome procrastination, find clarity, alignment and focus, boost productivity, align your planning with key objectives, stay on track, all while avoiding burn-out. Earl Nightingale was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence.
Excerpt from The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale:
“We’ve got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat. Likewise, we’ve got to be of service first before we can expect money. Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service. Build. Work. Dream. Create. Do this and you’ll find that there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you.”
What We Learned
Have you heard of ‘Intensive parenting’, the parenting norm in America? It’s an approach of “concerted cultivation” and contrasted it with a vision of parenting labeled “the accomplishment of natural growth,” which entails much less parental involvement. Now why should we Quit Intensive Parenting?
Here is an excerpt from The Atlantic article:
“Intensive parenting – the dominant model of modern American child-rearing – is a bit like smoking: The evidence shows that it’s unhealthy, yet the addiction can be hard to kick. I’d like to suggest strategies that could help society quit overparenting, and they require parents, policy makers, and even the childless to pitch in. But first, we need to understand why intensive parenting-whereby mothers and fathers overextend their time and money curating their child’s life in hopes of maximizing the child’s future success-prevails.”
This Week’s Article
Helper of the Week
The Slumber Academy specializes in drawing out root issues that may be interfering with your baby’s sleep and well-being. Slumber Academy is a strong advocate of responsive and attachment parenting. They create personalized sleep plans that are evidence and science based. They incorporate factors like lactation, nutrition, and creating a safe sleep space for your baby.And, as always, please give us feedback on Twitter. Which topic above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let us know. Just send a tweet to @themonkeymashup and put #themondaymashup at the end so we can find it.
Have a wonderful week, all.
Much love to you and your family,
The Monkey Mashup Staff
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