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What happens when optimal caregiving is not addressed.

Posted on December 16, 2019July 13, 2022 by Mary Kay Keller

Parenting is the one role we play in our society with little to no experience or education. The reality is that we “expect” adults to know how to parent based solely on their own childhood experiences. This has been true since, well since the beginning of time. How can we update the technology every three…

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Fathering in the News!

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Mary Kay Keller

Why is a focus on Fathering so Important? Not very often I hear from mothers who feel resentful that the focus is now on fathers. As if mothering never quite received its true recognition. I have to say as a woman and mother I do agree. Mothers were the central focus of attachment and bonding…

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Massage and siblings!

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Mary Kay Keller

Anthropologist Ashley Montague, author of Touching, states that a child’s close relationship with his parents is a source of basic self-esteem. “Persons who are callously unresponsive to human need, who have become so hardened that they are no longer in touch with the human condition, are not merely metaphorically so,” he says, “but clearly physiologically…

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I heard you! The most requested topic is here in my new E-Book!

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Mary Kay Keller

For more than 14 years I have been answering questions posed by parents and caregivers in regards to their babies, toddlers, children and teens. What was the #1 question most asked? Yes, it was how to get my baby, toddler, child or teen to go to bed on time! After posting the same answer for…

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The next Civil Rights Issue in the United States must be for the Human Rights of Children. Children are not our property!

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Mary Kay Keller

It is incomprehensible to me that Child Abuse and Neglect was first recognized in the United States in the mid 1800s only after the Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals activists succeeded in legislation that allowed them to go into the homes of private citizens to rescue animals that were being abused…

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This is Awesome, from the mouth of Otis! A Modern-Day Guide to Massage for Children (HD)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Mary Kay Keller

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Watch the YouTube video below! If you would like to learn how to massage your baby OR your CHILD(REN)! Do contact me today! I teach in the privacy of your home, in public groups and also via SKYPE! At my prices you will receive the usual massage class…

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Why is it important to know about Brain Development in Infants and Children!

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Mary Kay Keller

Question and Answers http://braininsights.blogspot.com/2014/02/making-world-of-difference-now.html?goback=.gde_1964736_member_5836642246094512128 http://astore.amazon.com/lifsjouagrass-20/detail/B005ELMC0Q

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How to teach children mindfulness.

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Mary Kay Keller

In order to teach mindfulness it is imperative to model mindfulness. Why is teaching mindfulness children? It is an emotional intelligence skill that children can use throughout their life to manage their emotional stress levels. This could make a difference in all areas of their lives, interpersonal and social development as the two top priorities….

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What is LOVE when the people who are suppose to love you are the same ones who hurt you?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by rachel.stenta@gmail.com

Words can never hurt me?  When we were young we were told that sticks and stones can break our bones but words can never harm us. This is true if we are adults with the cognitive skills to determine we need not take the words of someone else personal. Or that we can decided that…

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Can teens go without their phones? Really? Can we?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Mary Kay Keller

Okay now this article caught my eye not because I wanted to know if teens were addicted to their cell phones. It caught my eye because it is one more example of how we expect more from our teens than from ourselves. Seriously where would a teen learn this behavior? Where did they get a…

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