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- Ten Tips to Stimulate Your Newborn's Senses By Amy Fadden
A number of scientific studies have shown the way a baby uses her senses in the early months of life is crucial to future development. A baby, whose senses are stimulated develop a sharper memory, inquisitiveness and a better concentration. Besides, babies who are stimulated attain developmental milestones earlier have superior muscle coordination, and a safer and sounder personality.Here a few effective tips that you will find particularly useful to stimulate your newborn's senses and develop…
- Teenagers and Stress: What Parents Can Do to Help By Sue Blaney
More and more parents are expressing their concerns about how to support their teenagers who are complaining about the stress in their lives.What parents may not realize, is that what they do every day by providing healthy food, support, and a comforting home, provides the very stress-antidotes their teens need. Deborah Weinstock-Savoy, Ph.D.,a psychologist who specializes in working with families says “The basic nurturing that parents offer in providing a loving and comfortable home is the fi…
- How NOT to Motivate Your Children and Students By Azriel Winnett
Chaim Ginott was a schoolteacher whose ideas and observations helped to bring about a near revolution in the way teachers interact with their young charges.
He later practiced as a psychologist.
The phone rang, he relates in one of his books, early on a Monday following Thanksgiving weekend. The woman on the line was clearly very agitated.
"Try and figure this out, if you can!" she pleaded.
"There we were in t…
- Jammin' with Your Kids: The Wonderful World of Music By Francie Kelley
Does music need to be “dumbed-down” for kids? The answer became quite clear to me and my husband as we observed how our own child responded to complex melodies and varied musical styles in the first months of her life.When I embarked on the recording of my children’s music CD (“Wake Up & Go To Sleep”, Artsong Music) shortly after my daughter was born, it didn’t occur to me to create a happy little watered down collection of songs made just for young listeners. The songs simply evolved as the e…
- How to Get a Good Diagnosis to See If Your Child Has ADHD By Douglas Cowan, Psy.D.
Your child's teacher says that you need to find out if your child has ADHD or not. What do you do? Here are some tips from the ADHD Information Library.
First, find a clinician, a Psychologist, or Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist, or Psychiatrist, who has a good working knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD or ADHD. Most mental health professionals do NOT know much about the disorder, even if they tell you that they do. During my formal training in psychology at both the Master's…
- The Seven Keys of Being a Father By Michael Grose
Is there a fathering instinct?Celebrated child development expert Erik Erikson maintains that adults have a fierce desire to protect and nurture the next generation. This is the generative nature of parenting– to nurture and protect the next generationWe recognise this desire in women as the maternal instinct. Men’s strong desire to look after the next generation is best recognised through their protective instincts. Man as hunter and gatherer has always had the survival of his family and comm…
- Disciplining the Wild Child By Dr. Debby Hirschhorn, Ph.D.
Do you have a wild child? Then this article may be for you. Do you just blow up when you can't take it any more? Then this article is definitely for you.Abuse victims, when they become parents, are handicapped in two ways. One, they have no clue how to give good discipline because they never saw it done. A parent who knows how does not resort to abuse. Or, I should say, a parent who knows how deep in his/her bones, not just intellectually, does not need to resort to abuse. So if you were beate…
- Parenting Your Teenager: 6 Things to Stop Doing Right Away By Jeff Herring
1. STOP focusing on what you are going to make your teen-ager doIt doesn't work. When our kids are infants, we are in total charge. Between ages 3 to 13, kids still really like us, and often will go along with what we want.However, from 13 on they realize they are as big as we are, and they can really do a lot of what they want. So, stop focusing on what you are going to make them do and start focusing on what you are going to do. How you are going to respond to what they do; what you will giv…
- Parenting By Clive Taylor
This article on parenting is by a practicing relationship counsellor/therapist, and father.The following suggestions will be useful for any parent or caregiver who wants to improve their relationships with their children.In more extreme situations, many of the approaches will still be directly useful, and the overall approach is a guide for what the extreme situation needs to come back to.It would also be very useful to attend relationship and/or family counselling to uncover the deeper source…
- It's a Year Already! : Baby's Twelfth Month Guide By Michelle Higgins
Congratulations on completing one year of (successful?) parenthood!Happy Birthday!Your lively little darling has become fiercely independent and more adventurous. Watch his first unaided strides into the big world. Start planning for his first birthday party! Your little one may even 'dance' to the music much to your delight.Your one year-old baby's developmentYour one year-old baby can stand well without support and walk without help too (She loves to 'stand' so much, she may refuse to sit do…
- Nanny 911 and Disciplining Your Child By Fern Kuhn
Nanny 911 Interview with Montel WilliamsI saw an interview with Nanny 911 with Montel Williams and I have to say I was really impressed.One of the clips that was shown was Nanny 911 going into a home with 3 or 4 boys. The mother, father and boys were out of control. The boys ranged in age, I think the one that was the most trouble was about 9 or 10 years old.There was a lot of cursing and yelling between the whole family, especially the mother. The father had a home that was electrically dange…
- The Importance of Mothers By Rexanne Mancini
Moms, did you ever question your value as a role model, caretaker, administer of hugs and Band-Aids? I think we all have in today's climate of "do more, get more, have more." Many of us work to bring home a paycheck and others work for our sanity. Have you ever wondered if your children were better off with the baby sitter than you? Scientific studies are beginning to point to the overwhelming value of a mother's love, hugs and support. Nannies, baby-sitters and relatives are terrific. They ju…
- ParentingYour Teenager: Don't Buy the "I Don't Know and I Don't Care" Attitude By Jeff Herring
"I don't know and I don't care."I've heard those words more than a few times in my office. Sometimes I think "I don't know and I don't care" is the universal teen tribal motto.So what to do?I remember working with one kid who said absolutely nothing in the first session but "I don't know and I don't care" at least 10 times each.So just before he came for his next session, I wrote "I don't know" on one side of a sheet of paper and "I don't care" on the other side. I then taped the piece of pape…
- Raise Your Child to Be a Leader Not a Follower By Edith Vosefski
Your child’s leadership skills begin at the family dinner table. In this day of working moms and fast food eating, sitting down together for dinner is sometimes neglected. However, it is often the foundation of family life and should become a treasured tradition.The dining table functions like a corporate meeting, it is where the parents set the family agenda and model both the attitudes and traditional modes of behavior and decorum. They set the example of pleasing conversation, showing an …
- In Search Of Self-Esteem By David Aronsohn
Mark and JoAnne are the parents of a daughter who recently graduated eighth grade and will be attending high school. The girl is a straight "A" student and though slated to attend public school, her parents felt that she will have better social influences and curriculum at a p rivate school believing that her recent rebellion and acting out sexual behavior with boys was a reflection on her previous school setting. In order for them to ensure she was in the best possible environment, Mark and J…
- The Challenges of Single Parenting By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Having worked with parents for the last 35 years and written books on parenting and relationships, I’ve discovered that one of the greatest challenges for us as parents is to be loving role-models for our children, showing our children through our behavior how to take personal responsibility for their own feelings and needs. Our children need to learn from our role-modeling how to nurture themselves within and how to create a sense of safety in the world. In families where both a mother and …
- How DOES Divorce Affect Teenagers? By Kelly Nault
Parenting Question“After a turbulent 18 years of marriage, I believe my husband and I will be
getting a divorce soon. We’ve split up lots of times before (due to both his and
my affairs) and we’ve tried counseling, but this time I think it is finally
over. There is too much hurt and too much anger. Cliché of me perhaps, but I
have stayed because of my kids. I just want to know, how does divorce really
affect teenagers? I have two teens: a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy.”
—Soon-To-…
- Teaching Reading : Part Two By Tom Cooper
We know that you want your little guy or gal to have the best start. The greatest thing you can do for your child is to provide a home filled with love and laughter. Spend as much time as you can with your child. Add lots of great children's books and read and cuddle with him as much as possible. Enjoy exploring his world and showing him things. Cherish each day with him---don't be in a hurry to see him grow, but enjoy what each stage brings. These young years are a gift from God for your …
- 7 Breastfeeding Myths Dispelled! By Michelle Higgins
Despite the tons of scientific literature available, these breastfeeding myths are a cause of concern for every nursing mother. Read on to see a few common myths dispelled.Myth #1"My breasts will sag if I breast-feed"Not true! Pregnancy does bring about some changes in the breast (Yes, that one is not a myth). But breastfeeding does not play a big role in determining the future shape of your breasts.Heredity, your body type and excessive weight gain or loss, have a role to play. In fact, breas…
- Helping Your Kids Handle Divorce By Dr. Charles Sophy
Every year over one million parents have to talk to their kids about divorce. For each parent, the discussions differ, but the goals of the discussions are universal: to openly and honestly reassure your child of your love.Divorce is painful and traumatic for all involved – spouses and children alike. We all happily begin our lives together full of shared hopes and dreams and committed to a lasting and loving relationship. Yet almost 50 % of today’s marriages end in divorce. How parents ha…
- Two Means Trouble By Caitlyn Carrington
You have two kids who are 14 months apart. How cute, they look alot alike...are they twins? One is taller and more mature than the other, so that can't be.Two can be a blessing, yet can also be trouble at times. I will be writing a series of "sibling" articles in the future about raising my 9 1/2 year old girl and almost 11 year old boy. I will be sharing with you the joys and the whoas, and hope that I can help others understand their kids more and why they do and say the things that they do.…
- The Teenagers' Nightmare: Loving Mom By Gabrielle Guichard
In Poil de Carotte, Jules Renard wrote: "Not everybody is lucky enough to be an orphan." I have had many opportunities to notice that young people might have some reason to think the sentence to be true.Once, a knock at the door. Whatever their age, pupils like this noise. It is the signal for a minute break or, at least, for the hope of it. It is amazing how the lightest knock at the door is bound to be heard, even while the whole class is "singing" a Latin declination.
"Come in!" I say.A wom…
- Personal Honor By Jeannine Schenewerk
There are moments in a parent’s or grandparent’s life, when they receive validation for the way they are living, or, have lived, that life. These moments are usually quiet ones, with no fanfare celebrating the occasion. Yet, the importance of these moments has no equal. To those of us who have given of our time, our love, our care, ourselves, they are of far greater private, personal significance, than can be stated.A few years ago, I found myself in a personally trying situation. It was duri…
- Peer Pressure - Five Ways to Help Teenagers Beat Peer Influence By Michael Grose
Young people generally want to fit in to their various social groups so peer approval is a significant driver for their behaviour. For a young person resisting peer influence can mean isolation or instant ostracising so it sometimes takes great strength of will to refuse to follow the crowd.It is important for parents to understand the value of peer groups for young people and also remember that peers can be positive influences.While the increased influence of peers is a normal part of a youn…
- Chore and Reward Systems that Work By Brook Noel
Chore and reward systems are one of the most impor-tant keys for managing the busy household. A good system can inspire children while teaching them re-sponsibility and discipline — not to mention easing your own commitments.The basics. A chore and reward system is a visual tool that lets children perform household tasks in order to earn something they would really like.Make a list of what you need help with. If you had it your way, what would you delegate around the house? Perhaps cooking or…
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