{"id":1876,"date":"2011-05-30T21:51:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T01:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growmama.com\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2011-05-30T21:51:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T01:51:24","slug":"growmama-picks-for-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/growmama\/picks\/growmama-picks-for-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Growmama Picks for May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1885\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/362\/2011\/05\/MC9004411641-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"205\">1. Art Time with Yusuf videos are creative and adorable! We especially liked <a href=\"http:\/\/nurkose.net\/2011\/02\/22\/art-time-with-yusuf-how-to-make-your-own-earth-friendly-boat\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">how to make an earth-friendly boat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.productivemuslim.com\/six-secrets-to-saying-no\/#utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ProductiveMuslim+%28ProductiveMuslim.com+%E2%80%94+Towards+a+Productive+Ummah%21%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Six Secrets to Saying No<\/a> from The Productive Muslim blog.<\/p>\n<p>3. Hesham Al-Awadi\u2019s Women Inspired by the Beloved is a unique series about female companions. Order the audiobook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaudiobookstore.com\/dr-hesham-al-awadi\/women-inspired-by-beloved_bkmeem000003.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> or search the web to download in mp3 format. It is also available as a CD set from retailers.<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/withasaudiaccent.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/lonely-am-i.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This poem<\/a> is a startling reminder not to forget the new Muslims among us.<\/p>\n<p>5. Isn\u2019t this the cutest <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimtoysanddolls.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=72&amp;products_id=1507\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hajj poster<\/a> for a child\u2019s room?<\/p>\n<p>6. On the forum, we shared thoughts on the father-daughter relationship, spurred by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/peggy-drexler\/fathers-daughters-and-que_b_859844.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this article<\/a> from the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p>7. Confused about whether to praise your child and if saying \u201cGood job\u201d is a bad thing? This <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.essentialparenting.com\/2010\/10\/unpacking-praise\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">article<\/a> from one of our favorite parenting blogs unpacks it for you.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Art Time with Yusuf videos are creative and adorable! We especially liked how to make an earth-friendly boat. 2. Six Secrets to Saying No from The Productive Muslim blog. 3. Hesham Al-Awadi\u2019s Women Inspired by the Beloved is a unique series about female companions. Order the audiobook here or search the web to download [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1572,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[220,356,425,512,555,632,630,828,859,934,1114,1233],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picks","tag-chris-white","tag-earth-friendly-boat","tag-female-companions","tag-hajj-poster","tag-hesham-al-awadi","tag-islamic-craft","tag-islamic-parenting","tag-muslim-mom","tag-new-muslim","tag-peggy-drexler","tag-saying-no","tag-sugar-coated-manipulative-praise"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Growmama Picks for May 2011<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1. Art Time with Yusuf videos are creative and adorable! 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