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- Dealing with Early Teenage Behavior Problems By Kelly Nault
Parenting Question“My lovely, cheerful, ever-helpful 11-year-old daughter has recently turned into
the troublemaker in my house. I have 2 other girls, ages 7 and 9, who are also
influenced by her behavior. Now, every meal seems like a battleground. The
11-year-old is usually making mean remarks and bossing everyone around. I try to
be patient, but it's very difficult!! She is also prone to raising her voice and
shouting at anything. Is this early teenage behavior problems and what can I
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- Drowning Prevention Tips By Jill L. Ferguson
The death of any child is a tragedy. But nothing prepares parents for unexpected, accidental deaths of infants, toddlers and preschoolers—especially when that death is by drowning. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children under the age of five. Many of these children die in less than two-inches of water in the bathtub, toilet, pools and buckets.Drowning can happen in a small amount of water because the immediate reaction …
- Banishing Bedtime Blues By Chick Moorman
“My son won't go to bed at night without a struggle. He keeps getting up with all kinds of excuses. It doesn't seem to matter what we tell him. Nothing works. What do you recommend?"This question was posed by a concerned parent in the middle of a fifteen-minute question and answer period following one of my Parent Talk System presentations. I knew a five-minute response to this important question was inadequate, but I offered advice anyway. I don't recall my exact answer - I think I mumbled so…
- Kids Party Etiquette for Parents By Patricia Jensen
Ever feel like you're out of the loop when it comes to the unspoken rules of kids party etiquette?Experienced Moms and Dads know the do's and don'ts of both hosting and attending kids parties.Here are some pearls of wisdom from these parent experts to those just starting out on the party circuit...INVITATIONSThe rule of thumb passed down by experienced Moms and Dads is to invite the same number of party guests as your child's age. Resist the temptation to invite every child in your child's cl…
- Is Your Child Having Trouble in School? By Barbara White
Did you know that the school system is only able to meet 50% of student learning needs?That’s right! - only 50% of the student population is in an environment at school which enables them to be successful learners.The reason for this is not because of bad teachers.There are many excellent, dedicated teachers in schools, whose life’s work and passion is to educate their students to the best of their ability. Teachers want to see their students successful, that is why they have given years to t…
- How To Live With Your Teenager's Untidy Room By Frank McGinty
'Whose room is it anyway?'If you have a teenager, you're no doubt familiar
with the warcry of independence:'It's my room and I should be allowed to do as I
please.'You hear the aggrieved voice, but for the life of you, you
can't see beyondthe unmade bedthe piles of discarded clothingthe litter of booksmagazinesscattered CD coverspizza boxesand soft drinks cans.
Your spirits plummet as you prepare to join battle yet
again.But let's stop for a moment and take stock. Do we really
need to creat…
- Read This Article If You Want To Stop Your Teens From Doing Drugs By Lance Winslow
Teenage drug abuse is running ramped in the United States and we need another Nancy Reagan type to get the kids to ‘just say no.’ We must do something as it seems that everywhere in the country the kids are doing the crystal meth. Many seem to get addicted and they are filling up our jails, rehabilitation centers and causing a real labor problem in this country.The problem is so bad that many employers assume everyone who comes in to get a job has drug problem or they would already have a job,…
- 5 Great Tips For Choosing Safe Toys For Your Children By Ispas Marin
Every children in the world whishes to have toys and every parent trys to give them what they want. So until they grow-up children spend most of their time playing with different toys. If you are careful when you choose toys for your kids you can even consider that you are making an investment. But you have to know if you are making a good investment or not. There are many educative and safe toys. but you can also find many dangerous toys on the market this days. In this article you will find …
- Should I Get My Child to Learn How to Type as Soon as Possible? By Joyce Svitak
The answer is an astounding YES, for the following benefits I am about to show you.Most educators and parents still believe that we should wait until the student is ready before we can teach them how to type. The truth of the matter is that typing doesn’t require more motor skills than handwriting. If we don’t wait till children are “ready” to hold a pencil to write, we shouldn’t wait till they are “ready” to touch the keyboard. The most effective way to teach young children how to write is to…
- Ten Ways Your Family Can Help Hurricane Victims By Dawn Miller
Good things can come from sour lemons – at least sometimes. Today at our church a merry gaggle of children organized a “Lemon-Aid” stand – complete with splattery hand-lettered signs. The lemonade tasted great, the customer service was fabulous and dollar bills fell into the collection basket. All of the proceeds will go to relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims.It was a bright spot in a bleak week. If you’re like our family – you’ve watched the images on the news showing horrific devast…
- Pieces of Time and Pivotal Moments By Patricia Gatto
Life is comprised of pieces of time sprinkled with pivotal moments. Sometimes these moments have immediate impact. Other times, they are slow to manifest and reveal their importance. But if you listen closely to the soft whispers of life, they will guide you on an unexpected journey filled with beauty, understanding and fulfillment. One such moment occurred for me about eight years ago.On this particular day, I was helping my mom redo her bedroom. We rearranged the furniture, cleaned, polishe…
- How to Handle Child Tantrums? By Balaji B
Child tantrums are a way for children to express their feelings and thoughts. Child tantrums are common in young children. Children below the age group of 4 are the most affected by child tantrums. They may not know how to express their anger and frustration. Hence they throw tantrums when they need to express. Different methods are used to handle child tantrums. Parents can use methods like isolating the child for the time they throw tantrums and ignoring the tantrum when they want to handle …
- The Truth Behind Having Children By Dr. Randy Wysong
In the beginning, having children was just a byproduct of sexual instinct. Later it was a means to increase manpower for survival (hunting the mastodon, tilling the fields). It was just a part of life, even what one aspired to. A strapping daughter was great, a robust son perhaps even better.Having children can be an expression of love to our mate. How more intimate can two people be than to literally mix their biological (genetic) essence into a tangible package. Children also help cement the…
- Parenting Advice: Playing Favorites By Jeff Herring
Q: We have quite a dilemma in our house and I'm not sure which way to go. We have two daughters, ages 15 and 11. The 15-year-old has taken to blaming all her bad behavior on her sister because she thinks we treat her younger sister as the favorite. Can this make her behave badly? Do you think we should change how we treat them?A: Put two or more children in one family and someone will eventually cry "you treat him/her better than me!"So that leads to the question, should you take this seriousl…
- Homeschooling Takes Your Child Out of Public School --- A Unique Benefit By Joel Turtel
Home-schooling removes children from public school. That alone makes home-schooling worthwhile. Unlike public-school children, home-schooled kids are not prisoners of a system that can wreck their self-esteem, ability to read, and love of learning.Home-schooled kids don’t have to read dumb-downed text-books, study subjects they hate, or endure meaningless classes six to eight hours a day. Home-schooled kids won’t be subject to drugs, bullies, violence, or peer pressure, as they are in public s…
- If at First They Don't Succeed - What a Great Opportunity! By Andrea Patten
When kids try new things, sometimes it’s a ‘fit’ and sometimes a struggle.So what’s a parent to do when they find that a child is floundering in a new activity? What if your son is in over his head? Or your daughter is not doing as well as either of you had hoped? What if they even fail outright?Often, they’re tempted to give up. Just to quit. And with the busy schedule facing most families, supporting that decision can be a real temptation.But what’s the lesson from that? Quitting just ma…
- Cloning; is it for you? By Lance Winslow
What would it be like to have a clone? What would it be like to be a clone? If you end up cloning yourself you just might have the opportunity to find out what you might do in those shoes, but it takes about 16 years of times on the investment side until the new clone is viable enough and taught enough to perform up to your required ability to propel your goals.As a new founded and more powerful family you may decide you want many of these clones to help. All this costing you, “the clonor” muc…
- Coping Strategies for Parents Who Have Children with Disabilities By Laura Gillson
The only thing more devastating than enduring a disease or disabling condition is when it happens to a loved one, especially your child. For me, growing up while going blind might have been an altogether different experience, and I may have become someone very different than who I am, if it were not for all the things my parents did to give me a full life. As a blind adult, I consider myself among the most fortunate of daughters. A disability does not have to be a barrier to your child’s sen…
- Don’t Make Fast and Furious Food Changes By Sue DeFiore
OK, moms and dads out there, we hear you when you say, my children won’t eat healthy foods. If we even say the word, they tune out and already decide they don’t like it. Well, my first response to this is “who is running the house, you or the kids”. If you say the kids, you have more problems than I can help you with. Put your foot down, you and your husband, spouse, significant other, (fill in the blank) are the ones making the living and doing the providing. I fully realize that children don…
- Parenting Advice: When Your Kids Fight By Jean Tracy
Researchers tell us that 36 million acts of sibling rivalry occur every year. Some are severe. Most are normal. When your kids fight, they want you in the middle. They want you to be the judge and jury. They each want you to take their side. I remember my own mother’s reaction.When I was a kid, my brother, Art, and I fought constantly. We kicked, we teased, we shoved, we called each other names, and we rolled over and over on the ground punching each other as hard as we could. My mother said, …
- Up to Your Neck in Parenting Dogma-Doo? 5 Warning Signs That Big Mother is Watching By Joan Bechtel
WHO’S MAKING YOUR PARENTING DECISIONS?You or the Mommy Police?The Mommy Police? They’re just a fiction--an adult version of the Bogey Man, aren’t they?Well, maybe they don’t actually inhabit the bodies of the living dead like your mother-in-law, your ex-pediatrician and that busybody next door. But there is one place this Gestapo may be alive and well and controlling your life. And that’s inside your own head—enforcing the Shoulds, Shouldn’ts and Shame of Parenting Absolutes.YES, BIG MOTHER IS…
- Monsters Under the Bed By Lina-Marie Catto
When my brother was young, he had a fear of monsters hiding in the dark at night. To combat his fear, he would check that all windows and doors in the house were locked, turn on the lights in every room and check under the beds and in the wardrobes for ghouls and monsters, switch off his light and launch himself onto his bed from the doorway. It sounds funny now when I look back at it, but at the time, this process was deadly serious. Many children believed there were things under the bed t…
- How Kids Learn To Cooperate In Video Games -- A Guide for Parents and Teachers By Marc Prensky
A great many parents are concerned that the electronic games their kids play are teaching the kids “negative” messages such as aggression, violence, and isolation from real people. I want to illustrate here how computer and video game playing, can have positive effects on kids. This includes even the “addictive” game playing associated with many of these games. The learning from these games is well worth the effort the kids put in playing them, and kids typically sense this at some level, w…
- Thriving As A Family When You Live In The Fast lane By Michael Grose
It is extraordinary times that we find ourselves in. Change is now an entrenched way of life. Most of us don't blink when new piece of technology comes out. Just the other day I read about the death of the desktop computer. The big lump of plastic and glass that used to sit on my desk has been replaced by a laptop. Email is quickly making those twentieth communication icons, the telephone and the fax, redundant. The way we live, do business, even shop is undergoing rapid change.Living success…
- Backpacks and Bullies. Is Your Child Prepared? By Patricia Gatto
As the flurry of Back to School activities subside, parents are left to ponder more pressing issues than notebooks, backpacks, and sneakers.Will my child succeed this year? Will his academic and social growth meet my hopes and expectations? Have I done everything I can to make this possible?If you haven't prepared your child for the school bully, not only could your dreams and aspirations end in failure, but your child could fall victim to the violence, and suffer long-lasting repercussions.Ma…
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