The Importance of Ritual in Child Rearing

 If you wish to be removed, please [click here]( to unsubscribe.     [The Conservative Mom]( ---------------------------------------------------------------      [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](   The Importance of Ritual in Child Rearing The Conservative Moms  Ritual and ceremony are integral parts of how we define ourselves as a culture and as human beings. Anthropological evidence exists that seems to indicate that the earliest people who can be described as "human" believed in a power higher than themselves and developed rituals to show respect to that deity. Gravesites of our stone-age Neanderthal cousins that date back at least 80,000 years or more show signs of detailed sacred beliefs and ceremonial practices. Bodies were discovered decorated with paint and draped with ornaments. Flowers and herbs had been gathered and placed upon the bodies, and they had been buried along with food, utensils, and objects of power. Each body had been consistently placed, seeming lovingly into their graves in a fetal position, as if waiting to be reborn -- lying on their sides with their heads pointing north and faces turned to await the rising sun....[More](      [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](   Moms Need to Know... Dear Sara, I am very concerned about the time my two preteen girls spend on the internet. This seems to be a big part of their life. I try to limit their time but they say they need the internet for school and I know the time they spend on it is not all for school. I am also worried about the internet predators. Things seem so out of my control at this point. They almost seem addicted. What can I do to keep control of this? Sandra[See Sara's Answer](     [The Conservative Mom](  Help The Daily Grind support our Friends at Lady Freethinker  You Might Like        [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](   [Remove]( your email address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. [View our policy](. This email was sent by: [The Conservative Mom - The Leader in Conservative Family News]( 6890 E. Sunrise Dr. Ste 120-137 Tucson, AZ. 85750  Â