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If you put a live frog in boiling water, his lightening quick reflexes along with his jumping ability will catapult him immediately out of the pot. But if you put frogs into a pan of cool or luke-warm water they feel comfortable there, they relax and sit back in their natural watery environment and don't make much effort to escape. Then you turn up the heat so gradually that the frogs don't notice what's happening until it's too late ... Read this great parenting lesson on awareness by Richard and Linda Eyre.

Near the small town in Idaho where I (Linda) grew up, there is a bird refuge frequented in the warmer months by Canadian Geese. I first remember being aware of the big birds each fall when I would hear their distant honking and look up to see their perfect V formations high above me ... Read the great parenting lessons that geese teach us.

Our first encounter was while we were scuba diving at Molokini Island off the coast of Maui. I (Richard) was with two of our sons ... and we were about fifty feet down, just minding our own business, watching schools of brightly-colored reef fish. Suddenly we heard (and felt) the pulsing, echoing, squeaking, vibrating, harmonizing song of the humpbacks ... Read the great parenting lessons learned from this unforgettable experience.

The (elephant's) trunk is surprisingly tender and light of touch as the mother elephant caresses and fondles her baby, then remarkably strong as it effortlessly picks up and throws aside a 500 pound log in its baby's path. It's hard to imagine anything in nature that is so strong, so tender, so versatile, and so flexible ... Read this great parenting lesson on finding the fine balance between "tough love" and "tender love that the elephant's trunk teaches us.

Two hikers were walking up a trail high in the Rocky Mountains one day, and as they came around a bend, they found themselves face to face with a large bear ... Read about what happened next and the great parenting lessons bears teach us.

Learn ten ways to teach kids responsibility and raise more responsible children in this outstanding article.

An excellent selection of articles for moms written by Lori Radun, CEC, on personal development, relationships, career, personal finance, family, parenting and much more.