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- Hold a Child's Birthday Party for Charity By Rachel Goldstein
As a parent, you probably know that the birthday party routine can be an almost painful experience. With about 20 children in your child's class, going to more than one birthday party in one weekend can occur quite often. If you have more than one child, birthday-party weekends can take over your entire life. Finding the right gift takes hours, wrapping the present and preparing the card is more time. When it is your child's turn for a birthday party, do you really want to put other parents th…
- Kids and Books: Cultivating Imagination By Patricia Gresham
Have you purchased a "self-help" book lately? A motivational tape? How about an ebook about "achieving success"? What do they have in common?Nine times out of ten you're given the same instruction, "Visualize". "See
yourself 10 lbs. lighter" or "See yourself as CEO of Acme Industries". To
visualize is to see and to visualize in the mind's eye is to IMAGINE. It's the
alpha tool of possibilities and, often, the springboard to accomplishment.Today's parents have all kinds of options to occupy…
- How To Teach Children Loyalty and Dependability By Alvin Poh Hee Kwang
Individualism is a common thing in today's modern society. Many people care more about themselves than others and do what they like with little consideration for people whom may be affected by their action. It is quite a sad thing. You can see that there are is a general lack of loyalty and commitment to people own belongings. For example,increasing number of adultery cases (a lack of loyalty to family and spouse)vandalism and destroying of public properties (lack of loyalty to country)increas…
- The Long Journey Home By Angela Atkinson
Once upon a time, I thought I had it all. I had a child, a career, the world at my feet. Or, so I thought.With the birth of my second son, my whole world changed. I moved into a new home, got a new car, made new friends. The biggest change, though, was internal. Suddenly, my head started listening to my heart a little more. My career and moving up in the corporate world suddenly became something I HAD to do, because I needed to pay the bills. Suddenly, I wanted what other people had. I wanted …
- Child's Play: Treating The Insanity of the Mental Health System By Dan Edmunds
In today's mental health system there is a pattern of fraud and coercion that takes way the freedoms and dignity of children and their families. Children are receiving stigmatizing labels and being prescribed psychotropic drugs with many untoward effects. Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, MD made the comment that if an individual hit us with a blackjack and robbed us of our dignity we would call them thugs, yet psychiatrists label and drug children and rob them of their dingity and nothing is said. A…
- Parenting Advice: Putting in the Time By Jeff Herring
My son's private school requires families to put in at least 10 hours of volumnteer work a year at the school.One of the ways I like to put in my time is to chaperone some of the fields trips the class goes on.Dodging sink holesThis month's field trip was a four mile hike in the woods learning about sink holes.Picture four adults and 30 fifth graders in the woods.Unlimited mosquitoes.Unseasonbly hot weather in November.The biggest challenge was convincing the kids why they could not run down t…
- What Julia Roberts has to Say about Motherhood By Alli Ross
Julia Roberts recently gave birth to twins: Hazel and Phinnaeus. At 37, America’s Pretty Woman couldn’t be happier in her new role of motherhood.The twins were delivered at a hospital in Southern California. Since the twin’s birth Julia has done voice-over work for the remake of E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web”. She is also set to work on a film for children called “Ant Bully”.Roberts has often told reporters that she’d like nine children. She claimed that pregnancy was a breeze and she certainl…
- Vision: 20/20 Is Not Enough! By Fran Santoro Hamilton
Now is an excellent time to have your child's vision checked. Don't be too quick to say, "My child's vision is fine: 20/20!" In many cases that is not enough.The Snellen chart, the instrument most frequently used to test eyesight, often gives people a false sense of security about their vision. It measures only acuity -- and that at a distance of 20 feet. How much does your child read at that distance?The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that about 25 percent of children enter s…
- Books Around the House Make A Difference in Literacy Rates By Lance Winslow
We need a grass roots campaign targeted towards parents to have books around the house. Reading times where TV is turned off and kids are reading. The parents can read what ever they want, the newspaper, a novel, picture book, magazine, perhaps mix it up a little something different each night. With plenty of reading material around the house. There should be public service announcements in the Media and the Media should also be involved along with the TV and Movie industry.There should be con…
- School Classroom Parties 101 By Chris Yates
In the past several years I've volunteered to help in my children's classrooms in a lot of different capacities. To me, being a room mother is the most challenging and stressful volunteer positions I've held.Room mothers are usually responsible for planning and hosting holiday parties for the class. Unfortunately, teachers often don't provide much information or guidance, and children have high hopes for a fun party.Here's what I've learned over the years to make it the most fun for everyone i…
- Summer Marks the Time to Remember Active Supervision Around Family Swimming Pools By Todd Appleman
LOS ANGELES (May 19, 2005) — With Memorial Day weekend, and summer fast approaching, EMS, first responders, and water safety advocates, are bracing for the unthinkable – the unfortunate drowning accidents in backyard swimming pools that annually claim the lives of nearly 500 children under the age of five, and an estimated 2,800 “near-drowning” incidents.1The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, for every child who drowns, six more children are involved in “near-drowning” incidents – acc…
- Parenting Failure? It May Not Be All It Seems! By Frank McGinty
I'll never forget my first lesson in a glider.I'd been interested in gliding, or soaring as it's known in
the USA, for some time - and now the big day had arrived.As I approached the airfield the words of some 'friends'
came back to haunt me. 'Going up in a sailplane without an
engine? You must be mad! How these things stay up there in
empty space is beyond me!'After a lesson or two on the principles of flight, it was
time to take to the air. And I needn't have worried about
'empty space' . .…
- Raising Boys By Michael Grose
The last decade has seen heightened interest in and awareness of the issues surrounding boys in most of the western world. It is common knowledge that boys lead the way in all the wrong statistics, including; problematic behaviours, learning difficulties and health problems. Educators and professionals around the world are looking for ways to cater for and engage young males.Approval and high regard lie at the heart of raising happy, well-adjusted boys. Boys are approval-seeking creatures. The…
- Teenagers and What Parents Should Do About Them By Tom Cooper
Chiladult? Whatever you call them, teenagers are a changin' and parents need to know what to do.Wow... What Happened?That's what most parents find themselves asking about the time their kids hit twelve or thirteen. But the changes really start unfolding between nine to eleven years old.Your sweet little babies who's whole world has revolved around you start revolving around everything but you. This can be really hard on the old ego, but it requires a steady hand, and an even temper. While your…
- Understanding A Child's Beliefs, Nuturing Young Beliefs By Stuart Malkin
Children are moral and make moral determinations... at least until their view becomes jaded through doctrinal or extremist teachings. But if they are nurtured and encouraged to live under the umbrella of Right Action, then there is a bright future for their Spiritual development. Their lives can unfold into understanding, compassion, warmth and beauty. These are the duties of all family and all friends. Empowerment.The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child specifies Religious and Spiritual…
- Son, Can I Use The Car Tonight? By Douglas G. Burkland
I recall somewhere in the recesses of my aging brain a time past when kids actually asked to borrow the family car for the evening. Heck, I even recall myself uttering that request to my folks many times. In fact, it was a science. If you had a hot date (in my case that was more a generic term for any reason to get away) you waited all day for the right time to pop the request.Sometimes doing those little chores you normally avoided just to put the parental decision-maker (knowing which parent…
- Ultimate Airplane Themed Games & Activities for your Child's Birthday Party By Geoff Schurman
Are you looking for the Ultimate Airplane Themed Party Games and Activities? Well stop looking because they are right here...Good Luck and happy reading..."Paper Airplane Contest" Have each child make a paper airplane. Depending on the age of the children, you can either have them create their own, follow a pattern or make them ahead of time. Have various contests, such as, longest flight, highest flight, furthest from a target, best crash, most flips, largest flip, etc. Provide enough catego…
- Teaching Our Kids RITE from RONG - Education By Kathleen Carr
Are we as caring parents doing more harm than good by sitting down to teach our kids what we were taught from our school days? Mum and dads want the best for their kids and encourage them by dedicating their free time to help with their sums.In some cases it is hard for the concerned parent to find quality time that is needed for their child/children to excel, reasons maybe due to working long hours to put a crust on the table.There could be a number of reasons as to why mum and dad are handic…
- Exams Cause Stress For Parents Too By Carol Shepley
When it comes to exams, or indeed any academic work, parents feel that they should be encouraging their teen to try hard and do well. The problem is that in trying to achieve this, many parents end up causing stress either for themselves, their teen or both.So what causes this stress? Basically, it boils down to one key belief; a belief held by many parents and one that is reinforced by most schools.To do well you must work hardConsequently parents spend much of their time trying to get their …
- 10 Commandments for Parenting By Michael Grose
Here are the wisest commandments ever commended to parents:1.Thou shalt be consistent: Do as you say you will. Children know where they stand when you are consistent, follow through and mean what you say.2.Thou shalt expect children to contribute (without being paid): Expect children to help at home but don’t expect them to do so graciously all the time. Here is a question to ask yourself from time to time: What do your children do that someone else relies on?3.Thou shalt encourage regularly …
- Choosing a Daycare or Pre-School – Top Ten Safety Tips By Michelle Annese
When it’s time to put your child into a daycare or pre-school, there is some homework involved. Here are the top ten safety tips that are useful when looking for a pre-school or daycare center.1. Take the time to make sure the program is reputable and whether the facility has had any past complaints. Either with parents, previous teachers or care-givers. You also want to know about the existing teachers.2. Talk with other moms on where they bring their kids. They will let you know if they had …
- Child Education By Brigette Meier
The initial state of happiness about an own child is often overcome with annoyance after even a short period of time. Children quickly grow an own personality, and it's the most vital task of the parents to help develop it and give it a shape. Otherwise, the little angel can turn into a little devil adding considerably to the stress in life you already have.Like everything else in life, child education is a tightrope walk between strictness and letting loose. Drifting off either way causes mor…
- Help! My Kids Don't Listen to Me By Orly Szerman
Does this sound familiar? Have your kids not listened to you when you wanted them to? This is one of the most common issues that parents bring to me seeking help and support. Parents tell me that instead of listening to them, their kids sometimes ignore them, walk away, don’t do what they are told, laugh at them, turn up the radio or TV, talk back to them or give them the silent treatment. Parents say that they feel tired, frustrated, upset and at times at their wits end. By the time they come…
- Don't Worry, It's Normal! Calming Fears about Separation Anxiety in Children By KC Smith
It is not unusual to be concerned when we notice Separation Anxiety in children. It usually manifests in babies around eight or nine months and continues until about three years of age. Most children will cry when a parent leaves them, especially in an unfamiliar environment. Many parents become very distressed when this happens and worry that they are causing psychological damage to their youngster or that perhaps they have spoiled the child. Typically, there is no need for alarm.Separati…
- "You Make Me Sick" And Other Things Parents Say in Anger By Patricia Gatto
Maryann is so focused she's blind. She's slipped over the edge of responsibility and forgot the real reason she is working so hard. It's for her daughter.Being a single parent isn't easy. Between working, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning and homework, there isn't much time left in the day. It's a heavy burden to be the sole supporter of a young child. But when pressures and tensions are so great that harmful words spill out like bitter pills, isn't it time to stop and take inventory?"Clean …
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