We love that the children get to see the development of the baby from very early in its life to when it will be ready to have babies of its own. They are enjoying this process and still go out every day to check on our little friend.

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You can see the original video of when we first discovered the wee ones here.

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Then one day last week my husband and I were doing some work in the yard when I noticed what appeared to be a dead baby bunny along the fence. I did what all girls would do: I screamed, wiggled my hands in that oh there’s something so upsetting and sad and icky over there! way. I sent him over to have a look – grateful that he would have the courage to deal with the remains. It turns out this baby was not only alive but was laying on top of another perfectly alive bunny. Turns out they were too young to know they should fear me. Too small to consider bounding away in fright. Their only defense seemed to be perfect stillness so as to appear dead. Worked on me, well done baby bunnies.

We eventually discovered that there were 5 such babies laying in little beds they’d created along the fence. Here is a short video of the first two we found.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s trainer Tracy Anderson prepared this video for Gwyneth while she was on the set of Iron Man 2. Tracy obviously knows what she’s talking about so I’m going to give this series of leg exercises a try. Anyone want to join me?

We have recently discovered that some schools are using Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of HIghly Effective People as the foundation of their curriculum with great success. Dr. Covey writes about this in his blog at The Huffington Post:

“The winds of education reform are beginning to stir once again. Our collective conscience is being nudged. And there’s good reason. The world has moved into one of the most profound eras of change in human history. Yet our children, for the most part, are simply not prepared for the new reality. The gap is widening. And we know it.”

Thankfully, many schools have begun to be aware of this shift and the need for children to develop with the times. Some schools have adopted Covey’s 7 habits specifically while others have adopted other social models. This is an important step in a positive direction but it is also important for parents to fan these flames of change within the home.

Covey has designed a program specifically for children called The Leader In Me. There are several interesting videos on the website which talk about the program and how well it is working in those places it has been implemented.

After watching several of the videos and reading more on the subject, my husband and I have decided that the 7 Habits are a good fit for our family. The concept suits our core parenting beliefs and goals while also being well suited to our overall ideology. We watched some videos with the children and discussed whether this was something they would feel good about participating in – their willing involvement is important for the habits to take root. They were both enthusiastic and wanted to get started right away.

Here’s what we’re doing:

~We’ve discussed what the 7 Habits are and what each of them means.
~We have put a list of these habits up in each of their rooms.

~We will focus on each habit exclusively for one week at a time to learn it well and incorporate it into our lifestyle and habits. The habit of the week is posted on the side of the fridge and talked about every morning with gentle reminders throughout the day to think of ways to apply the new habit.

~For this week’s Habit – Be Proactive – we are encouraging the children to come up with ways they can be proactive (brush teeth before being asked, help set the table when you see it’s getting close to dinner time). We are also providing a list of Proactive Ideas which is on the table when they get home from school. They look at the list and decide when and how they will or will not be using those ideas. It’s important that they each be actively involved in creating the habit themselves and seeing what works and why.

There are a lot of choices for parents and educators to make when working with the children in our care. Helping children develop socially is of paramount importance and this is one method of teaching them to respect themselves and others while encouraging positive leadership skills. I am excited as we begin this project within our family and am happy to say we are already seeing positive results. I plan to post a weekly update for each new Habit we are working on with a report on how effective the program has been for us.

I thought, yeah, you can do that.

Her mother, however, laughed at her and told her that there was no way that could ever happen.

I was shocked. The mother’s response had nothing to do with the girl or what she could accomplish and had everything to do with her own fears and personal limitations. The best thing we can give a child is belief in the power of possibility, in the power of their own possibility. It is a cruelty with long term effect to steal a person’s dreams from them because you fear you cannot achieve your own.

Mothers and Fathers should encourage their children to dream and DREAM BIG while also giving them the tools to protect those dreams and make them come true.