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- How Fathers Can Keep Their Son's From Falling Into The Sexting Trap - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2016 from Tyler JacobsonThere is a serious threat that is looming over our sons, and they have no idea how dangerous it really is. Sexting has become an epidemic, and a shocking number of teenagers are engaging in it. This could be through text, programs like Snapchat, or on other sites across the web. Wherever it is ...
Views: 1475 - How a Stay at Home Dad Learned Effective Discipline Techniques - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2013 from Ken WeissOne of the hardest tasks stay at home parents have is to be the disciplinarian to their children. This is because children usually see the stay home parent as the nurturer, while the parent who works outside of the home is often tasked with the role of disciplinarian. With the increase in the ...
Views: 1474 - How to know if your child is too busy - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2013 from Alex OtaToday’s parenting culture is one of ambition and high expectation. In an age of increasing competition in all areas of the socioeconomic spectrum, we all want our kids not just to do well but to excel. In light of this, many parents forget to leave their children time for the simple ...
Views: 1474 - Character Building ~ 5 Mistakes And 10 Parenting Affirmations For Helping With Homework - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2008 from Jean TracyWhen you try to help your child with homework, does he pout? Do you get mad? Do you regret what you say? Inside you’ll find 5 mistakes and 10 parenting affirmations to motivate your child and build character too. Character Building Quote: “It is easier and wiser to raise a happy, healthy child ...
Views: 1473(3 votes) - Gratitude Is More Than Simply Saying Thank You - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2014 from Homaira KabirThere is a general sense that children today are unhappier and more ungrateful than a generation ago. On the face of it, it seems strange. Our children have more than we could have ever imagined possessing – more gadgets, more clothes, more experiences, more opportunities – and yet somehow it ...
Views: 1473 - The Recipe - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Take the mix and put it in a bowl, add one cup of flour. Then add a dash of salt and add in 3 eggs. You can translate this recipe into the life of a child; a child that will learn how to walk, talk, run and play. The cup of flour symbolizes the love and encouragement that you instill in them. It ...
Views: 1473(5 votes) - Bullying: Who and What is a Bully? Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2013 from Erin KurtThis week my son started a conversation with me out of the blue; something was on his mind and bothering him. He began by saying, “There’s a naughty boy at school. He’s bigger than me and older than me.” “Why is he naughty?” I asked. “Well, he doesn’t let me do things.” “Like ...
Views: 1471 - MarvinDiscovers School - 10 Steps to Creating Effective Study Habits for Your Child - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2011 from Kathryn KesslerNow that you have establish the "family routine" for the new school year; it's time to help create great study habits for your children. Tests and assignments are part of the school routine and encouraging good work and study habits will help improve your child's grades and confidence in ...
Views: 1471 - What New Life Skills Will Your Kids Learn This Summer? - by Submitted on May 15, 2009 from Kathy SlattengrenWe have until our children are about 18 years old to teach them all the basic skills they'll need to live on their own. Although it sounds like a lot of time, it goes by amazingly fast. Summertime can provide a little more free time for teaching our kids something new. Children often enjoy ...
Views: 1470(1 vote) - 2 Things I've Taught My Daughter About Health and Beauty That You Should ,Too - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2016 from Tyler JacobsonWomen of the world are under attack. All around them are messages from magazines. TV shows, peers and the internet, telling them what they are supposed to look like. They are being told what the ideal body shape is: how fat is too fat, how skinny is too skinny, what they have to do to be ...
Views: 1469(1 vote) - Cooperative Games for Children - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockJanet and I decided play a little tennis recently to get a cardio workout. The last time we played was almost 30 years ago when we first met, so we knew the fundamentals but were, to say the least, a bit rusty! At 56 and 66 respectively, Janet and I aren't exactly Serena Williams and Roger ...
Views: 1469 - She's Your Daughter – Make Her Strong - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2008 from Sarah MariaGrowing up is difficult, very difficult. Children are constantly subject to the message that they need to do more, be more, and have more in order to be successful. Media messages teach young girls that their bodies should be unreasonably thin and blemish-free. In addition to having the perfect ...
Views: 1469 - Should You Let Your Child Meet Their Internet Friend in Person? - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2017 from KidGuard Inc.Mom/Dad, can I go meet my Internet friend in person? To be absolutely-100%-embarrassingly-so-honest, my gut reaction to this question would be “No!! What if it’s some creep! Or a scammer!! What if they kidnap you!! Or worse! Don’t you know how dangerous that is?!?!?!” But, of course, I ...
Views: 1467 - Unspoken Words of Every Child - by Submitted on May 29, 2011 from Randi FineMany of us, myself included, have suffered through difficult childhoods. It is with greater clarity that we are able to evaluate our past from an adult perspective. Though we may be cognizant of the root of our pain, our childhood experiences were tightly woven into the cloth that made us who ...
Views: 1467 - 10 Ways to Raise Children to USE Drugs - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Leah DaviesObey their demands. Give in to their tantrums. Deny them nothing. If they want it, indulge them. Make sure they know you will always be there to get them out of trouble. If they break a toy or wreck a car, replace it. Overlook, defend, or rescue them from the consequences of their negative ...
Views: 1465 - Bullying Still on the Rise, Studies Show - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Olga VladiThe US Department of Health and Human Services reports that 15 to 25 percent of students across the nation are bullied on a regular basis—a 5 percent increase since 1999. “Bullying is a hot-button issue these days,” says Leslie Ann Keatley, author of the new YA novel “The Sea Wall,” which ...
Views: 1465 - Important Advice For All New Parents - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Emily SaarObviously I'm a mom or I wouldn't be here trying to push my ideas on you. Being a "seasoned" professional with two grown boys (21 & 18) I can reflect and be able to protect others from making the same mistake. #1 Mistake: Not taking pictures or having a video camera. My nephew and his wife ...
Views: 1465 - 7 Tips on Setting Cell Phone Rules with Your Child - by Submitted on May 26, 2017 from KidGuard Inc.According to the Pew Research Center: "Only 12 percent of children ages 13 to 17 don’t have access to a cell phone". Whoa! That means more kids either have their own mobile phone or have access to mom and dad’s. If your child is begging for a phone, they’re not exactly alone. When you decide ...
Views: 1464 - Being A Father - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from Ken ThomAnother Father's Day has passed. This was a time of family gatherings to celebrate fathers. Family traditions of cookouts, picnics, sports, and dining out are fairly common. I believe that the role of fathers has been diminished over time. There’s been an evolution of his earlier role of ...
Views: 1464 - Discipline for Young Children - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Leah DaviesWhat is discipline? Teaching and training done for the child. Goals? --> To help the child: Feel capable. Learn self-control. Learn to respect the rights of others. Learn acceptable rules of behavior. Learn coping skills to use throughout life. Learn to accept responsibility for his or ...
Views: 1464 - Dr. Romance: Married, Different Shifts - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2015 from Tina TessinaIn this tougher economy, couples are finding it necessary to take the jobs they can get, and that means more couples work different shifts. If one of you works a “graveyard shift” or rotating shift job that limits your time together; the difference in your shifts and commutes may mean you ...
Views: 1464(2 votes) - 3 Tips For Making Dinner Time A GREAT Family Time - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Shaya KassYou pick up 5 year old Jimmy from soccer practice, 8 year old Alice gets dropped off from ballet lessons and 11 year old Zach comes in from Little League. It is 5:30 and you have to start dinner. While you are working on dinner you have to help Zach with a report on Italy and you have to help ...
Views: 1463(5 votes) - Building Character in Kids ~ One Self-Esteem Mistake and Three Solutions - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2007 from Jean TracyAre your children self-centered? Are you worried that their self-esteem is on the wrong track? Inside you'll learn 3 parenting tips for increasing self-esteem and decreasing selfishness. This Parenting Request Comes from a Valued Newsletter Subscriber: "Dear Jean, I would like to get some ...
Views: 1462(5 votes) - Communication with Your Teenage Daughter can be as Difficult as a Toothless Man Winning a Rib Eating Contest At a Dental Convention. - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Dr. Cheryl GuyAs a mother, do you ever wonder why the parent child communication process seems so difficult? "The Secrets to Having the Teenage Daughter you Actually Like" with Dr. Cheryl Guy It is a fact that parent communication and teenage communication can be vastly different. When it seems as ...
Views: 1462 - How do you balance teenage and tween privacy with safe use of technology? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2017 from KidGuard Inc.Your little one isn’t so little anymore. And with their age also comes increased curiosity and responsibilities--both in real life and on the net. The World Wide Web is a fascinating place, but it’s also somewhere you should tread carefully. Instill in your child the right amount of caution and ...
Views: 1462 - Tips To Secure Your Multifunctional Convenience As A Pare - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2017 from Emma LawsonParents, as occurred and applied to everyone, are fantastic divine blessings in our lives. Parents are usually your first lovers. A parent always serves as the first natural motivation for a child in all conditions of the ramification of life. One incredible fact about parents is that they ...
Views: 1462 - A Parents Guide: Coping With The Challenges Of Colic - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2004 from Rita LouiseColic is a common problem in infants and an even more frustrating condition for parents to deal with. Approximately 10 to 30% of all infants born have colic. If an infant is going to experience colic in its life, it will typically appear within the first few weeks of life and will subside by ...
Views: 1461(2 votes) - Keeping a Curious Child Away from the Dangers of Your Home - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2014 from John AndersonImage Courtesy of Chris&Rhiannon via Flickr, Creative Commons Babies are born with a natural curiosity to figure out how the world works. Because being inquisitive drives the eagerness to explore and discover, the more curious a child is, the more he learns. But parents don’t really have ...
Views: 1461 - "There's a Lollipop on Your Bottom" (and Other Terms of Endearment) - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2004 from Susie Cortright"I took care of Callie," my three-year-old announced. Callie had been starting with that little whine that babies adopt to alert mothers and sisters that their new crawling tricks have them wedged behind the furniture. But the whining had stopped--rather suddenly it seems in ...
Views: 1460(1 vote) - Increase Your Business by Providing Out Promotional T-shirts - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2020 from kingof seoThere are lots of times when you will dsicover people wearing exciting looking T-shirts with styles and words which interest you as you move by. These T-shirts which in the beginning view seem to be your average looking T-shirt are in fact promotional Tshirts. Unlike the standard T shirts which ...
Views: 1460 - The Age of Reason (Does that exist in the life of a working mom?) - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Jamee TenzerDoes this sound familiar? In addition to showing up at work, doing a fantastic job, keeping hearth and home moving along with enthusiasm and brilliance (and looking great all the while,) you maintain a second career as social secretary to your children. This is the reality of many working moms ...
Views: 1460(2 votes) - Adults Teaching Children: The Legitimization of Bullying - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2016 from Suzanne St. John SmithWhen I was in Grade 4, I struggled with an ability to read, especially when asked to read in front of the class. I wasn’t dyslexic but I was quite shy, and not at all confident about my intellectual abilities relative to my peers. Unfortunately, I had a teacher who, I discovered many years ...
Views: 1459(1 vote) - Better Together: How to Improve the Quality of Your Family Time - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2016 from Anica OaksFamily is probably at the top of your priority list. For many people, family is the most important and enduring thing in their lives. But it can often be difficult to stay connected and maintain those very important relationships. Life gets in the way, we get busy, little kids take up a lot of ...
Views: 1459 - Neighborhood Dangers: How to Protect Your Children from Threats - by Submitted on May 17, 2017 from Anica OaksDid you know that a half a million kids under the age of four are injured in the home each year? Or that more than 500 children are seriously injured as they cross the road? These are just some of the statistics that show the danger facing your children each day. Although facts like these can ...
Views: 1458 - HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHILD INTO A READER – PART TWO - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2010 from Shaya KassIn part one of this article, I wrote about the reading environment you should create to help your child become a better reader. But what about how you should actually be reading? First, some good news, DON’T WORRY, you cannot do it wrong. As long as you read to your child, it’s good. You cannot ...
Views: 1457(1 vote) - 5 Principles of Happiness After Divorce - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Iris FanningMost people are a bit "shell shocked" and anxious after a divorce. Good judgement often is lacking during this time. Learn 5 simple principles to remember so that you can come out of your divorce as a happy, healthy person. Refer to these simple principles when you feel shaky about your future ...
Views: 1456(4 votes) - Building Self Esteem in Chilren: 10 Days to Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Elizabeth MorrisLet's be right up front about this. There is no way that can happen! Anyone who says they have a course and a 10 day plan to give you sound self esteem is just plain wrong. Self esteem development is a process. You have to do it with someone else because it is too hard to see yourself truly ...
Views: 1456(1 vote) - How Does an Ultrasound Scan Help a Mother Bond with Her Baby? - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Maria BronsonThe technology of ultrasound scanning is a wonderful thing. This is especially true for a mother awaiting the arrival of her baby. There is nothing like seeing your child before they are even born. Pregnancy can be a difficult time of waiting, and health challenges can make this wait even ...
Views: 1456 - Felt Guilty Lately? 4 Ways to Break Free from that Useless Mom Guilt - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2013 from Erin Kurt“I feel so guilty!” is a common phrase with most moms. We tend to feel guilty about everything, even if we’re doing something away from our kids that’s good for us! Where does this guilt come from anyway? Dads don’t seem to have the same issue. They are more matter-of-fact about things. ...
Views: 1455(5 votes) - A Mothers Parting Gift - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2010 from Dellaina van der LeerIn the sixteen years that I have been in the field of healing arts I have experienced others with a great sense of hopelessness and purposelessness change their lives around. I have seen people that have been given a death sentence ‘regress it’ and I have seen those that have been shot, tortured ...
Views: 1454(4 votes) - Divorced or Separated With Kids? Here Are 3 Tips for Helping Them Through This Holiday Season - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2015 from Michael BroderThe holiday season seems to come upon us earlier and earlier each year. Even before Thanksgiving, I started to notice all of the signs -- colorful lights strung in front of houses, a glimpse of lit trees through windows and cheerful holiday tunes on the radio. Along with the high spirits the ...
Views: 1453 - Life Skills for Teens, Greater Sanity for Parents - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Janice RussellAs a professional organizer working with the chronically disorganized, I see teens everywhere who could use some help in getting organized. It’s a skill set schools tend to overlook, but one that parents know is crucial for success in every area of life. In the blink of an eye, those teens ...
Views: 1453 - Staying Safe on Hot Days - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Lisa SiegleOverheating is dangerous, even deadly, and by the time an overheated person experiences symptoms he may be in trouble. Kids are at special risk because they can get so caught up in playing they don’t take time to drink, seek shade, or slow down when the temperature climbs. To keep yourself and ...
Views: 1453(2 votes) - Are You Estranged From A Child? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2008 from Carolyn BatesOne of life’s most difficult situations is when someone you love is no longer present in your life, especially if that someone is a child. It’s a given thing that sometime, as a parent, you and a child are going to have a major disagreement. This so frequently happens with life ...
Views: 1452 - Free Baby Shower Invitations - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from indri hapsariYou'll find numerous free baby shower invitations around. Just investigation the Internet to locate them. You'll find a lot of fantastic Internet sites that offer these sorts of free invitation. There is certainly no have to pay for them when they’re a lot of free around to choose from. Free ...
Views: 1452 - It's Not Just For 'Bad Parents!' - by Submitted on May 14, 2008 from Jennifer McLeodAre you a manager or business owner in denial? • Are you one of those managers or business owner who denies that your personal life is creating havoc for you? • Do you deny the impact that your personal life’s challenges is having on your work and business environment? ...
Views: 1452 - Seven Ways to Help Kids Get a Great Start to The School Day - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Kellie HuffBack to School Basics The Absolute, Easiest Way Ever to Help Our Children Have a Successful Start to The School Day We know the drill, we begin about a week before school starts sending our children to bed earlier and rousing them earlier in the morning, trying to re-set that summer-time ...
Views: 1451(1 vote) - Bringing A New Baby Home? Change the Air Filter First - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from Jim GatesThe cleanliness of the air inside of your home is a very important consideration all the time, but especially when you are bringing a new baby home. An infant’s respiratory system is very delicate and will not cope with air pollutants well, so it is essential to ensure that the air the baby is ...
Views: 1450 - Teens and Dating--Help!! (for parents) - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Catherine CardinalTeens and Dating Attention Adults! If you are feeling that the world is tough and life’s stressful, imagine how it feels to a teenager who is an becoming an adult but no longer a child. The pressure on them to figure out difficult issues is relentless. ...
Views: 1450(3 votes) - How I became a better parent through my kids' sports experiences - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Janis MeredithHow I became a better parent through my kids' sports experiences Character Lasts, Sports Don't, Part 2 of a 4 part series in the month of September. Sometimes kids are not the only ones who learn character lessons from playing sports. Parents can learn too. After 16 years of being a sports ...
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