links for 2009-09-25

• Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids » The Importance of Pain
  Yes, yes, YES. "The Blessing of the Skinned Knee" -- one of my favorite parenting books. Via @rookiemoms on Twitter.
• Cleaning Children's Rooms : Organizing : Home & Garden Television
  Great ideas, many of which I MUST implement tonight. I never learned this stuff myself, so it's a challenge to teach it to my kids. Thanks for the link, Mom!
• Back-to-school template collection at Microsoft Office online
  As part of my research for the Parent Toolbox, I uncovered this resource -- pretty impressive collection.

Comments

[Marita]

The bedroom cleaning link is great, love the room map idea. We do something similar with pictures on the front of our draws for what goes inside them. Same with our toy storage system - http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/ypwVEC3kP6n6PVH8hXGM5g (thanks ikea)

There are some .pdf files at this link that have picture schedules for cleaning rooms. I've found them very helpful and had several visiting parents ask for copies.
http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/SubCategory.aspx?id=58

[baby bows]

Thank you for sharing the links. These will be good reads while waiting for my baby to finally come out. ^_^