RAISING THE BAR

photo by Valentina Yachichurova

Parenting 101:  Don't leave your baby in the car while you go to a strip club.  Don't leave your baby in the car anywhere.  Don't have a baby and spend your afternoons in a strip club.   
"A man was in custody Thursday after allegedly leaving his 9-month-old daughter in a car in Panorama City while he went into a nearby strip club, authorities said. . . . 'He parked and walked about two blocks to the club,' said police."  Passerby's found the baby and called 911.       news        

Principle in the type:  "As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’? Unlike the book on the library shelf, the covers of which shield its contents, our lives cannot be closed. Parents, we truly are an open book in the library of learning of our homes.”        Thomas S. Monson

MIRROR IMAGE

photo by Kristin Dos Santos

On fatherhood, actor John Krasinski says it has changed him. "There is a mirror that is held up to me now.  You have someone watching you.  You have to lead by example.  I'm focused on becoming a better person . . . "  story           

Principle in the type:  "The things you say, the tone of your voice, the anger or calm of your words—these things are noticed by your children and by others. They see and learn both the kind and the unkind things we say or do.  Nothing exposes our true selves more than how we treat one another in the home."         Joseph B. Wirthlin. 

SHUMPERT DELIVERS

photo by Allana

NBA star Iman Shumpert helped deliver his first child, --at home!   He "helped deliver [his and fiance Teyana Taylor's] baby when Taylor suddenly found herself in labor in the bathtub. . . . Shumpert . . . tied a pair of his red headphones around the umbilical cord of his daughter . . . until an ambulance arrived five minutes later."    ~Welcome to the Parent's Club, Ma and Pa!  story                             

Principle in the type:  "As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure.  Are our examples worthy of emulation?  Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?  Unlike the book on the library shelf, the covers of which shield its contents, our lives cannot be closed.  Parents, we truly are an open book in the library of learning of our homes.”            Thomas S. Monson

 

GOOD LUCK, KIDDOS

photo by bu11i77

Bryce Dallas Howard, star of Jurassic World, and daughter of Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, likes her parents.  She even liked them while a child and teen.  How's that for a treat?!   Recently Howard said, "My dad would always tell me that I'd love being a grown-up."   (story)      I'm enamored with that kind of optimistic talk to your kid!  It's a break from the usual, 'I hope you'll make enough money,' 'the environment is toxic,' and 'who knows if you can get into the right school.'     

Principle in the type:  "Careful the things you say, children will listen.  Careful the things you do, children will see.  And learn.  Children may not obey, but children will listen.  Children will look to you, for which way to turn.  To learn what to be ... "     Children Will Listen, from Into The Woods

WHO'S YOUR DADDY

Show Poppa Bear the love this weekend.  (And enjoy the sweet show below.)




                                  

Principle in the type:  "The strongest impression I have of my relationship with my father I cannot document with any event or any words I can recall. It is a feeling. Based on words and actions long since lost to mind, this feeling persists with all the clarity of perfect faith. He loved me and he was proud of me. . . . That is the kind of memory a boy can treasure, and also a man”   Dallin H. Oaks    

                                                                                    Happy Weekend TPT Readers!