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- Myths and Wives Tales By Tyler Brooker
I was told today, by a close friend, that if you get canker sores, it is your bodies way of punishing you for lying. What?! Have you ever heard that? Me neither. Isn't just the feeling you get after you lie to someone bad enough? All these old myths and wives tales are not working for me. In fact, they are not working in our society...Today, kids are smarter than they ever have been, and telling them that if they make a funny face it will stay that way, no longer works. Granted, it worked on m…
- Surprising "Fun" Solution to Kids Moods and Attitudes By Nicole MacKenzie
As a parent, are you at your wits end? Does your child control you? Does your child act up in public? Does your child ignore you, whine, argue, show disrespect, have "moods" or "attitudes", throw tantrums, and drive you crazy? If this sounds familiar, you aren't alone. Parents across the country face the same problems. And, teachers tell us over and over that kids are often disrespectful. Education can take a back seat because so much time and energy is spent on discipline. Are your childr…
- Because Every Child Is A Born Genuis By Nilesh B Gore
Graphology for Child development.:- Graphology is the science of understanding the human mind through person’s handwriting. When a person writes, the signal in the form of letters get decoded / printed on the paper by the fingers. Graphology aims at understanding & interpreting these signals through the writing. Using this we can know a persons mind so the thoughts, character and behavior.Every child’s mind is programmed in the childhood by the influence of the male and female images in th…
- Reinventing Time-Out By Karen Alonge
Parents are often advised to put their child in time-out as a form of discipline. While this sure beats the old-fashioned method of spanking as a behavior management tool, it still presents a few problems. Not the least of which is … who’s gonna make him go?If he refuses, and you pick him up or drag him over there, haven’t you just resorted to controlling your child using physical force? And how much different is that, truly, from spanking?I have a proposition for you. Instead of giving yo…
- Water Hazards For Young Children By Frank G
Unfortunately each year many young children drown in swimming pools, other bodies of water, and standing water around the home area. Children must be watched by an adult at all times when in or near water. Children are very inquisitive and love to get themselves into trouble. They love to get there little frail bodies into buckets, bathtubs and such items. Did you know children may drown in an inch or 2 of water!Always keep buckets and pails, especially 3 to 5-gallon buckets and diaper pails a…
- Over-Focused ADHD By Douglas Cowan, Psy.D.
The least flexible character in all of the stories of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin has got to be Rabbit. Oh, he can get a lot of things done, and he's the one character who will be prepared when winter comes, but he has a very hard time shifting from one activity to another. He is absolutely "task oriented" and is focused to whatever that task might be.
The person with "Over-Focused ADHD" is much the same. He has trouble shifting attention from one activity to another, and he frequen…
- Top Three Ways To Communicate With Your Child By Danielle Hollister
Although many parents become frustrated as they try to maintain an open line of communication between themselves and their children, regardless of age, there are three quite simple ways to attempt to achieve this goal effectively.
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Talk to your kids. Every day. More than once a day. Every morning before school. Every afternoon after school. Every evening (preferably as you sit down TOGETHER at the dinner table). Every night before they go to bed (preferably as you ARE THE PERSON who tucks…
- Teacher Tips: Your Room Set-Up and ADHD Students By Douglas Cowan, Psy.D.
Thank you to all of our professional educators who dedicate themselves to our children! We know how difficult it can be working with ADHD children, so here are your teacher tips for the week, brought to you by the ADHD Information Library and ADDinSchool.com. You can read over 500 classroom interventions at http://www.ADDinSchool.com.
Right from day one, make clear rules and post them, with logical consequences and with rewards.
Move the ADHD student's desk to where there are fewer distract…
- Parenting Your Teenager: Driving and Having a Car is a Privilege, Not a Right By Jeff Herring
Q. My teenage son is turning 16 early next year and he's already lobbying us for a new car. He says all his friends are getting new cars, that he deserves one because it's his right when he turns 16, and he won't drive what he calls a POS car. Do you think he is trying to manipulate us, and what do you think we should do? And since he won't tell us what a POS car is, do you know?A. What to do depends on what you want to accomplish.If you want to teach your son that he can pester and manipulate…
- Potty Training Tips For Stubborn Children That Work! By Kelly Nault
“Plop. Plop. Fizz. Fizz. Oh, what a relief it is.”
—Old Potty Training Song
Many moms are not experiencing relief when their stubborn child resists potty
training all together. With the laundry piling up and the cost of pull-ups
eating away at the weekly budget, it's no wonder many parents feel like they're
ready to flush those unsuccessful potty training techniques down the toilet! I
receive at least one email a week from a mom in the parenting “deep end” asking
for suggestions in this …
- Educational Toys - How Do Parents Choose The Best Toys For Their Child By Royce Armstrong
The choices are mind numbing. Walk into any toy store or the toy section of any department store and there are shelves and tiers of toys labeled ‘educational toys’. There are books, games, dolls and the list just goes on and on. It includes everything from an infant’s building blocks to Leapfrog interactive games. The sheer variety is overwhelming. How does a parent or a grandparent choose the best educational toys for the children in their lives? Will the child like it? Will it hold up under …
- Pay Attention! It's Your Most Important Job By Audrey Burton
Anyone can become a parent; there are no tests or interviews to pass. Children can become parents, mentally disabled people – it’s even possible to become a parent while in a coma!When my mother, who is a truly great parent still, became a mom the first time, she was 19 and had very little experience with children. The hospital gave her 1 piece of paper with instructions and sent her on her way. Dolls come with more instructions than that!We sometimes take for granted all the information at…
- How Public Schools Lie to Parents and Betray Our Children By Joel Turtel
Under the "No Child Left Behind Act," public schools whose students consistently fail standardized tests can now be shut down. To protect their jobs, teachers and principals are now under intense pressure to cheat — to fudge test scores and report cards to fool parents and school administrators.How do public schools deceive parents? Joel Turtel, author of the new book, "Public Schools, Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie to Parents and Betray Our Children," lists some of the ways public scho…
- Parents --- Your Children's Report Card May Be Rigged By Joel Turtel
Under the "No Child Left Behind Act," public schools whose students consistently fail standardized tests can be shut down. To protect their jobs, teachers and principals are now under intense pressure to cheat — to fudge test scores and report cards to fool parents and school administrators.Myron Lieberman, author and former high-school teacher, listed some of the ways public schools can “cheat” in his book “Public Education: an Autopsy”:1. Poor students were excluded or discouraged from takin…
- PG Rating Isn't What It Used To Be By Victor Holtreman
If there are any parents reading this who are thinking of taking their under-10 year olds to see the PG rated Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, please read the following from a ScreenIt.com review:Rated PG, the film contains a handful of mild expletives; some non-explicit, but sexually related dialogue; one teen who sexually pursues her soccer coach nonstop until he finally can't resist anymore and they apparently have sex (off-camera, after some making out, and she feels empty afterwards)...…
- Summer Survival By Amy Allen Clark
Summer Survival
The summer season is here and along with it comes summer vacation for the school-aged kids. Moms are now responsible for coming up with the ideas and curriculum for their children and I am the first to admit that by the summer my creative juices have just about run out. How can you make summer another time of fun and enjoyment rather than boredom? And just how do you do this on a budget? There are lots of great things that you can do this summer and ways to keep organized…
- Problem at School? Universal Laws for Talking Wtih Your Child's Teacher By Jeff Herring
The Law of AleadyIf this is the first time you have spoken wtih your child's teacher this year, well...shame on you. You really need to have done this already.The good news is you can start over again next year with the next teacher.The Law of Not My KidOne of the most difficult type of parents teachers have to deal with is the Not My Kid parent. An NMK parent is the kind who believes their child could do not wrong and any problem is always the fault of someone else.A couple of years ago we ha…
- Bedtime and Kids: Is The Best Discipline Spanking? By Kelly Nault
Parenting Question
“Kelly, I’ve got five words for you: bedtime, kids, discipline, spanking and
HELP! Our two sons are next to impossible to get to bed at night, and in the
last while we’ve started spanking them. We’ve always threatened to, but really
didn’t have to follow through. But when it started taking over 90 minutes to get
them to bed, enough was enough! Now they are trying to hit us back, run around
and it’s exhausting. I don’t know if you can help, but I would like to know what…
- Top Ten Ways to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids By Mark Brandenburg
Having a high level of emotional intelligence in your children is the best way to ensure that they live a happy, successful, and responsible life as an adult. Here are ten ways to help your kids attain a high degree of emotional intelligence:1. Model emotional intelligence yourselfYes, your kids are watching very closely. They see how you respond to frustration, they see how resilient you are, and they see whether you’re aware of your own feelings and the feelings of others.2. Be willing to sa…
- 5 Tips for Improving Communication With Your Teenager By Sue Blaney
Parents are always looking for ways to open up the communication with their teenagers. Here are 5 ideas that are all within your control. Some may represent an attitude shift, some are tactics you can apply; all have the potential to dramatically improve the communication between you and your teen.1.) Stephen Covey has provided us with some of the best advice for improving all communication: “Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.”* This is especially helpful to apply to your com…
- Late Night Adventures with Your Children By Kate Hufstetler
Vacations are fun ! Weekends with the family are nice. But, Late Night Adventures are "simply marvelous". If you really want to shine in your child's eyes on a more regular basis-- try some late night adventures with them.By late night I am talking about adventures that start from 10pm on.Shouldn't kids be in bed at that time? -- yesShouldn't parents keep structure? -- yesDon't parents need to set an example? -- yesAren't kids only young once? -- YES and that is the point.Take time to …
- Understanding The Report By Sandy Gauvin
"No thank you. Don't bother to send me the report about the testing results. I won't understand it anyway. I'll just listen at the meeting."
Those were the words of more than one parent I spoke with whose children had been tested to see if they needed special education services. I could always hear the discouragement in their voices as they spoke.
I heard the same tone of voice in a person a little closer to home just recently. A relative of mine has a son who has just been evaluated,…
- What Do You Teach Your Children About Money? By Kimberly Chastain
Whether we realize it or not we teach our children about money every day. Sometimes we teach with words and sometimes with actions. I’m sure at one time or another the following scenario as happened to you or something close to it: “Mom, can we go buy some toys?” You say, “We don’t have the money for that right now.” Your children reply, “Just go to the ATM and get the money.” You then make a comment to the effect, “There has to be money in my account in order to get money from the ATM.” I…
- Dealing with a Suicidal Teenager By Jill L. Ferguson
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for American 15 to 19-year-olds, according to the most recent statistics. But many researchers feel these numbers are underrepresented and that suicide may actually be the number one cause of death for that age group since it is hard to get accurate statistics since many suicides are listed as accidental deaths. Suicide takes more young lives each year than cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung d…
- How Fathers Can Step Up to Fathering By Jeff Herring
When our oldest son was 2, my wife went out of town for a weekend. When a friend of hers called and I told her she was out of town, she said"So you're home baby-sitting."My response was"No, I'm home being a father."I'm sure my wife's friend meant no harm. It's just that I dislike the assumption that if a father is with his children without his wife, then he is baby-sitting.Not so.He is being a father.It did get me thinking, however, about the role of fathers in our society.I suppose that I am …
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