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

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

 

BIG LOVE

photo by Ian Southwell

Ah, the animal kingdom.  So beautiful, so awe inspiring, so amazing!  This video gets to me.  But hey why not?  And why not learn a thing or two here about caring, and watching over each other. 


“The special thing about elephants is just how very social and empathic they are,"  said Brian Hare, a professor of psychology at Duke University, in this Time article (story link).





                       

Principle in the Type:  "Indifference to others and their plight denies us life's sweetest moments of joy and service."    Marvin J. Ashton

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