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I just finished reading “Pick Up Your Socks… and other skills growing children need!: A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children” by Elizabeth Crary. We use some of her books for preschool children and their parents at work, so I picked up this one when I saw it at a used bookstore. It’s old enough that I thought it might be out of print, but it looks like Amazon has it in stock.Anyway, it’s really interesting — more than being just about chores, it’s also about practical ways of doing gentle discipline with school-aged kids and teens, helping them become internally motivated, etc. It also has what I thought was some useful info on the ages at which kids are commonly able to start doing different chores with help, doing it on their own with reminders, and doing it on their own completely independently. It’s a very practical, tips-based book, with detailed examples that take into account different learning and communication styles. It also takes into account the idea that

How did you pick your children’s middle names?
Or how would you pick them for your future kids?I don’t live in any country where it’s common to use Your Pick a middle name to honor a family member, which I think is a very thoughtful tradition.I know a lot of you are familiar with it, but even so, I think more and more people choose the middle name only because they like it.And to think that there are so many names to choose from.So what’s your story?
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