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Take a look at this month's articles provided by Island Parent Magazine. Each month you'll find new articles with topics on parenting your children of any age. Written largely by local authors, these articles provide some great perspectives related to parenting, both on and off the island.

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	Everyone's Children As a teen growing up during the Cold War, I remember feeling more than a little bitter about the world I was about to inherit and powerless to do anything about it. Sure, I marched in rallies and signed petitions, but wa... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 60 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Trials of a Teenage Mom My seventeenth birthday had just passed when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I had already moved out of my mother’s house and had been living with my boyfriend for about a year. I was working at a local r... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 20 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Anger Management Teaching Kids to Use Anger Skillfully My son usually loves to go to swimming class, so when he didn’t want to go today, I was puzzled. After some questions, I discovered that a child in his class had been splashing hi... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 16 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Where the Wild Things Go Every now and then I like to take our wild things (ages three and five) into the wilderness. All right, maybe not the wilderness, but somewhere less tame than our backyard, or the beach around the corner. I like to give ... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 12 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Lessons of a Six-Pack Mom I’ve got a six-pack and it takes less sweat and effort to maintain than one might expect. I’m speaking about my family of six—my husband, our children, aged six, four, two and six months, and myself. I was in a local ... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 159 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	All for One How We Can All Help Families with Special Needs In Canadian author Ian Brown’s award-winning memoir, The Boy in the Moon, he writes, “All I really want to know is what goes on inside his off-shaped head. But every tim... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 82 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Blended Families I would have guessed that 20 or 30 years ago the blended family lifestyle—remarriage after divorce and the introduction of step-parents and siblings—wouldn’t have been as much a reality as it is now. However, I would hav... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 83 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Ten Per Cent Shift The small Island town my family calls home has recently challenged its residents to make a “10 per cent shift.” The goal is to get as many households as possible to shift 10 per cent of the money they customarily spend i... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 42 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	For the Love of Gardening When I was a child, my mother built gardens on top of solid rock. She hauled seaweed from the beach, maple leaves from the forest and she had a glorious compost pile out of which grew massive tomatoes. And even though sh... posted: Feb 29, 2012 \| views: 117 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Watch Your Back: How to carry a portable car seat With the arrival of my youngest son I was quickly reminded about the awkwardness of infant car seats. As a parent, I love their convenience for toting a sleeping baby. But as an ergonomist, I also recognize that infant c... posted: Feb 29, 2012 \| views: 114 \| comments: 0 View this article »

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	Everyone's Children As a teen growing up during the Cold War, I remember feeling more than a little bitter about the world I was about to inherit and powerless to do anything about it. Sure, I marched in rallies and signed petitions, but wa... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 60 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Trials of a Teenage Mom My seventeenth birthday had just passed when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I had already moved out of my mother’s house and had been living with my boyfriend for about a year. I was working at a local r... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 20 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Anger Management Teaching Kids to Use Anger Skillfully My son usually loves to go to swimming class, so when he didn’t want to go today, I was puzzled. After some questions, I discovered that a child in his class had been splashing hi... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 16 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Where the Wild Things Go Every now and then I like to take our wild things (ages three and five) into the wilderness. All right, maybe not the wilderness, but somewhere less tame than our backyard, or the beach around the corner. I like to give ... posted: May 2, 2012 \| views: 12 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Lessons of a Six-Pack Mom I’ve got a six-pack and it takes less sweat and effort to maintain than one might expect. I’m speaking about my family of six—my husband, our children, aged six, four, two and six months, and myself. I was in a local ... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 159 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	All for One How We Can All Help Families with Special Needs In Canadian author Ian Brown’s award-winning memoir, The Boy in the Moon, he writes, “All I really want to know is what goes on inside his off-shaped head. But every tim... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 82 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Blended Families I would have guessed that 20 or 30 years ago the blended family lifestyle—remarriage after divorce and the introduction of step-parents and siblings—wouldn’t have been as much a reality as it is now. However, I would hav... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 83 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Ten Per Cent Shift The small Island town my family calls home has recently challenged its residents to make a “10 per cent shift.” The goal is to get as many households as possible to shift 10 per cent of the money they customarily spend i... posted: Mar 27, 2012 \| views: 42 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	For the Love of Gardening When I was a child, my mother built gardens on top of solid rock. She hauled seaweed from the beach, maple leaves from the forest and she had a glorious compost pile out of which grew massive tomatoes. And even though sh... posted: Feb 29, 2012 \| views: 117 \| comments: 0 View this article »
	Watch Your Back: How to carry a portable car seat With the arrival of my youngest son I was quickly reminded about the awkwardness of infant car seats. As a parent, I love their convenience for toting a sleeping baby. But as an ergonomist, I also recognize that infant c... posted: Feb 29, 2012 \| views: 114 \| comments: 0 View this article »