<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Rants (Childrearing) @ libraryladymom.blog-city.com</title><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Rants (Childrearing)) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 libraryladymom.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Rants (Childrearing) @ libraryladymom.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>I Have Survived My Daughter&apos;s Birthday Party</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/i_have_survived_my_daughters_birthday_party.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/i_have_survived_my_daughters_birthday_party.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fhave%5Fsurvived%5Fmy%5Fdaughters%5Fbirthday%5Fparty</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And that's all I have the energy to blog about it tonight.
 ]]></description></item><item><title>Dear Governor Rounds</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/dear_governor_rounds.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/dear_governor_rounds.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dear%5Fgovernor%5Frounds</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear Governor Rounds,
Well, you've done it. You've put a law in that will keep South Dakota's women from having safe legal abortions unless their lives are at risk. 
A friend of mine sent me a funny e-mail about parenting, but it had the following&]]></description></item><item><title>It&apos;s A Bitch Being An 11 Year Old Girl</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/its_a_bitch_being_an_11_year_old_girl.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/its_a_bitch_being_an_11_year_old_girl.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=its%5Fa%5Fbitch%5Fbeing%5Fan%5F11%5Fyear%5Fold%5Fgirl</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Especially when your "best" friend, the one you've had since kindergarten, brushes you off in favor of another girl. And it's no consolation when she brushes you BOTH off in favor of a boy.
Small schools can be wonderful. But when you are]]></description></item><item><title>I Don&apos;t Think This Is What Maria Montessori Had In Mind, Or: OYYYYYYYYY!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/montesori_rant.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/montesori_rant.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=montesori%5Frant</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Montessori educational practice helps children develop creativity, problem solving, social, and time-management skills, to contribute to society and the environment, and to become fulfilled persons in their particular time and place on Earth. T]]></description></item><item><title>Yet Another Rant On Bad Parenting, Or, This Is What Happens When a Mom Lets a Kid Have a Tantrum In Here, &amp; I Have To Clean Up Afterwards....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/yet_another_rant_on_bad_parenting.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/yet_another_rant_on_bad_parenting.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yet%5Fanother%5Frant%5Fon%5Fbad%5Fparenting</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear Parents of America:
What the hell is wrong with some of you?
Did YOU come from families where your mom and dad thought it was acceptable for you to go into public places and run amok?
Did you go into stores and pull things off the shelves--an]]></description></item><item><title>Congratulate Me, It&apos;s My Daughter&apos;s Birthday</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/congratulate_me_its_my_daughters_birthday.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/congratulate_me_its_my_daughters_birthday.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=congratulate%5Fme%5Fits%5Fmy%5Fdaughters%5Fbirthday</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>They&apos;ll Remember the Books</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/we_remember_the_stories.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/we_remember_the_stories.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=we%5Fremember%5Fthe%5Fstories</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A mom whom I hadn't seen in a while came to story time yesterday. She came regularly with her first child, but just hasn't found herself able to do the same with her second. This led to a discussion about second children getting less than first kids,]]></description></item><item><title>On Breast Feeding and Zealotry</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/breast_feeding_zealots.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/breast_feeding_zealots.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=breast%5Ffeeding%5Fzealots</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>Parenthood ISN&apos;T A Recipe For Happiness? I&apos;m Shocked, Shocked, Shocked......</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/parenthood_isnt_a_recipe_for_happiness_im_shocked_shocked_sh.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/parenthood_isnt_a_recipe_for_happiness_im_shocked_shocked_sh.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 04:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=parenthood%5Fisnt%5Fa%5Frecipe%5Ffor%5Fhappiness%5Fim%5Fshocked%5Fshocked%5Fsh</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The health section of the Washington Post today had an article entitled "Bundles of Misery". It's theme was that parents tend more towards unhappiness with their lives than the childless. Parents with minor children were the most depressed,]]></description></item><item><title>Sadly, This Is My Life Too, Or TGIF!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/sadly_this_is_my_life_too.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/sadly_this_is_my_life_too.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sadly%5Fthis%5Fis%5Fmy%5Flife%5Ftoo</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Baby Blues for Tuesday, December 13
I've only got the two girls. But it's the same thing every morning at my house.......

 
 ]]></description></item><item><title>Dear Lands End</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/dear_lands_end.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/dear_lands_end.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dear%5Flands%5Fend</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I love my Squall coat. And the girls have been wearing Squall coats for years--ever since I found that Squall jacket in the lost and found box at the library and it fit SC so well that she wore it for 2 years.
So what's with the kids Squall coats no]]></description></item><item><title>Once Upon A December, Or:A Tale of Two Recitals</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/bad_apple.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/bad_apple.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bad%5Fapple</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[JR was a "pink butterfly dancer" in "The Bad Apple"--a production put on by the kids in the extended day program at her school.
The play was produced by a lady whom extended day hires to teach "dance and drama".  S]]></description></item><item><title>On the Last Day of &quot;Novem-bear&quot;, A Rant About Biblitherapy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/on_the_last_day_of_novembear_a_rant_about_biblitherapy.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/on_the_last_day_of_novembear_a_rant_about_biblitherapy.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=on%5Fthe%5Flast%5Fday%5Fof%5Fnovembear%5Fa%5Frant%5Fabout%5Fbiblitherapy</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am not a big fan of the Berenstain Bears.
Don't get me wrong. I am sure that Stan Berenstain was a wonderful man, a great husband and father.  And I love and recommend to patrons the "I Can Read" books he and his wife Jan did early]]></description></item><item><title>No, She Doesn&apos;t HAVE To See &quot;Harry Potter&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/no_she_doesnt_have_to_see_harry_potter.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/no_she_doesnt_have_to_see_harry_potter.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fshe%5Fdoesnt%5Fhave%5Fto%5Fsee%5Fharry%5Fpotter</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This rant follows reading an article in the Washington Post on parents taking their young children to the PG 13 rated "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Stuff like this always annoys me, but what really set me off was the following quote from]]></description></item><item><title>Wake Up and Smell the Diapers, &quot;Hip Mamas&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/wake_up_and_smell_the_diapers_hip_mamas.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/wake_up_and_smell_the_diapers_hip_mamas.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wake%5Fup%5Fand%5Fsmell%5Fthe%5Fdiapers%5Fhip%5Fmamas</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We interrupt our travelogue for a rant caused by reading multiple hip mama blogs.Dear "Hip Mamas",It is NOT cute when your kids learn the cuss words you like to pepper your blogs with, or come out with dialogue from the R rated movies you w]]></description></item><item><title>All Alone By the Telephone</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/all_alone_by_the_telephone.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/all_alone_by_the_telephone.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=all%5Falone%5Fby%5Fthe%5Ftelephone</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After a nervous time of it on Monday, I didn't worry when SC didn't call me until 4PM on Wednesday to report she was home safely from school. But then it turned out, she had decided to quit her Wednesday afternoon drama club and was home by 3PM.  Wh]]></description></item><item><title>Pre-School&apos;s BAD For Kids?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/preschools_bad_for_kids_phooey.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/preschools_bad_for_kids_phooey.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=preschools%5Fbad%5Ffor%5Fkids%5Fphooey</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But that's just what a brief bit on NPR said this morning. That studies show that kids in preschools show increased signs of bullying and inability to share.Please tell me which preschools they studied for this, because my immediate gut reaction was:]]></description></item><item><title>Okay, I&apos;m A Wimpy Mom</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/okay_im_a_wimpy_mom.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/okay_im_a_wimpy_mom.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=okay%5Fim%5Fa%5Fwimpy%5Fmom</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've always tried not to be the sort of "smother-mother" who wraps her kids in bubble wrap and worries all about them. But I had a time of it today.SC has been SO miserable at after school care that we decided to let her try latch keying. T]]></description></item><item><title>Toilet Training, Or, I&apos;ve Heard of Attachment Parenting, But I Think This Takes It a Wee Bit Too Far!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/toilet_training.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/toilet_training.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=toilet%5Ftraining</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>&quot;A Pox on Them&quot; Revisited</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/followup_to_a_pox_on_them.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/followup_to_a_pox_on_them.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=followup%5Fto%5Fa%5Fpox%5Fon%5Fthem</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jen of Jensgalore ( who incidentally is one of the 100 Jennifers on my Jennifer blog list ) did a blog entry on September 22 called "The Best Defense". In it she recounts her own harrowing experience with chicken pox as an adult.Needless]]></description></item></channel></rss>