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When Willie Wet the Bed
Fathering poetry about a classic problem.
Child Health Bulletin Board
A public forum where parents can share their experiences and thoughts about their child's health.
Discipline
When adult control fails, the resulting power vacuum is filled by gangs and bullies. By Francis King.
Teaching Children the Importance of Winning
Encouraging in our children the drive to win can be just as important as teaching them to lose gracefully. By Chris Call.
Suggestions for the New Single Father
Russel Wayne provides some immensely practical childcare tips for the man who has to go it alone.
Promoting Your Child's Balanced Development
Giving your children the opportunity to develop a special talent can provide them with a sense of their uniqueness and be a healthy enhancement to their self esteem. By Gerald Alpern.
Classical Fathering versus the Judeo-Christian Model
We interview historian Frederick Hodges about raising children with classical Western values by avoiding the methods imposed on the West by Middle-Eastern religions.
What Fathers Do
by Jack Kammer.
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The Fertile Monk
Becoming a dad is a bit like becoming a monk. It requires devotion.
Survival
means protecting our freedom from ever more powerful government agents.
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tanner stages of puberty
girls
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breasts |
pubic hair |
annual height velocity |
other |
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I
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elevation of nipple
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villus hair only
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5.0 to 6.0 cm
(2.0 to 2.4 in)
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adrenarche
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II
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breast buds palpable, enlarged areola
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sparse, slightly pigmented
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7.0 to 8.0 cm
(2.8 to 3.2 in)
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clitoral enlargement; labia pigmentation
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III
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mammary extends beyond edge of areola
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coarser, darker, curled
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8.0 cm
(3.2 in)
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acne, underarm hair
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IV
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nipple mound stacked on areola mound
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adult type, but not beyond pubic area
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less than 7.0 cm
(2.8 in)
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first menstruation
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V
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integral nipple mound
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adult type, spreading onto inner thigh
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final height reached at age 16
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adult genitals
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Puberty
Must parents accept early puberty as normal? How early puberty wrecks your child's health.
Intersex
Is the new baby a boy, or a girl? One out of every two thousand births presents parents with a sudden gender dilemma.
The Male Body
Fertility, Circumcision, Prostate Cancer
Child Health Bulletin Board
A public forum where parents can share their experiences and thoughts about their child's health.
Protect Your Son
How a father discovered, too late, that circumcision is not a good thing. By Rio Cruz.
Children in Single-Mom Households "at Risk"
The fact that children raised by single mothers are at increased risk is found over and over again. Trev Martin asks, "What do we do about it?"
In Search of a History
"The Preamble, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address are the sacred scriptures of this nation." By Richard Hiatt.
Day Care - A Dangerous Experiment in Child-Rearing?
"Social science confirms that children raised in day-care centers and similar institutions are often emotionally maladjusted and mentally impaired." - The Wall Street Journal
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