"No one puts Baby in a corner!"

Remember in "Dirty Dancing" (circa 1988) when Johnny Castle has the last dance with Baby and she runs and jumps into his arms...well, to bring it all back, here is a little treat from Hannah and Claire:

Oh...but there is one more...

FYI

The information following this post is an article I found on the Internet about children keeping a secret from their parents. My daughter was recently told by a "trusted" family member not to tell me something and I found myself having a very long discussion with my child on why it is so dangerous for ANY ADULT to tell a child to keep something from a parent. Not only was I shocked that this individual would be so malicious but she also put my daughter in a very difficult position of feeling as though she would "get into trouble" by telling. It was an unnecessary burden that had been placed on my child which she did not ask for nor did she need to be privy to adult issues...children have their own stresses...why would we place our stresses on them???? Most parents/adults SHOULD know this but I guess some people miss the boat on that one. As parents, it is difficult enough to have our children trust us and tell us what is going on in their lives so when a FAMILY member tries to ruin that trust and sabotage the relationship that has been built between parent and child it is completely inappropriate and damaging on many, many levels. I had to tell my daughter that if ANY ADULT, a priest, a doctor, a teacher, a grandparent, tells her not to tell me something, she is to come to me immediately. Sadly, the individual that abused her trust with my daughter and myself has ruined any opportunity to have any type of relationship with myself or my family. She did it for her own selfish needs. A very sad individual. Check with your kids...make sure they tell you everything and ask if anyone has ever told them not to tell you something. The last sentence of the information below really makes a strong statement...read it to your children and discuss.

"As parents we have so much to worry about in regards to our children. We want to protect them from all of life's dangers, yet we want to accomplish this without putting unnecessary fear into their lives.
When my children were small, we began talking about secrets. What is a good secret and what is a bad secret? This seemed to be a concept my children could understand, while accomplishing my goal of not scaring them.
Good secrets are things that you get to tell mommy or daddy. Such as we bought daddy a birthday gift. Today it's a secret but tomorrow we get to tell daddy. Another good secret is when the principal at school tells you there will be a party for your teacher but today it's a secret. Tomorrow however we get to tell the teacher.
As your children get a bit older, a good secret might even be your friend telling you she likes a boy. While your child may be asked not to tell the boy, your child could certainly tell you this secret.
So what is a bad secret? A bad secret is a secret that your child is asked to NEVER tell. A bad secret might be another child admitting they did something wrong and asking your child not to tell. It might also be an adult acting/talking inappropriately with your child and telling the child to keep this a secret and not tell mommy.
My kids asked of course, "who will tell us bad secrets?". I began to tell them that bad people tell bad secrets, and quickly realized this is not true at all. Instead I chose to tell them that a bad secret can come from both a child and an adult who is doing something wrong. To this day I still believe that only someone doing something wrong will ask a child to keep a secret from mommy or daddy."