Why Are Parents Permitted To Destroy Their Own Children?Children are being abused every day. What's even more disturbing is that parents are responsible for this abuse. Why are we permitting this? What can be done to protect children from abusive parents?
Natural Parenting, An Innate Desire to Create Healthy and Happy BabiesIn the modern world, we have become lost and disconnected. We are sort of like isolated particles floating around in a vast space, trying to bring some sort of meaning to our meaningless existence. This paper summarizes how this affliction affects child raising. Most child raising practices are not based on the Natural principles of life encoded in our DNA.
The Hunger for PlayAre children today starving for real play time? Many doctors and child development experts think so!
Is it Possible that Johnny Struggles with a Learning Disability AND ADHD?This article is fifth in a series describing the progressive evaluative steps parents can take when their child is described with inattention and performance deficits in the classroom. This article describes the advantages of using the PDA, a questionnaire used to determine the need for a private ADHD evaluation.
Help! My Baby is Crying!Crying is a normal event in the lives of all babies. We all know that a baby cannot tell his or her needs or troubles in words. The only way for him or her to communicate with others is by crying. The causes of crying extends from simple reasons to life threatening conditions. Hence crying of a baby should not be ignored. Common causes are discussed in this article here...
Organizing Kid Rooms Made Easy With TeamworkWhether you’re decorating an empty kid’s room from scratch, freshening up their room with a little paint, creating a functional storage system or simply trying to clear the clutter –it’s important that you work as a team. Decorating and organizing kid rooms takes teamwork. Of course, with babies and toddlers you need to take full control but as your children grow so should their responsibility in caring for their room.
Parental Control - TV Rating SystemFor parents who want to monitor the programs their children watch, the TV rating system comes into play, rating shows from TV Y for young kids to TV M for mature audiences only. This complete guide should help.
Parental Control - The V-ChipA look at probably the most important invention in the war against screening violence on TV from our children, the creation of the V-Chip by professor Tim Collings.
Motherhood; A Good Long LookWith the kind of hours we have to put in caring, feeding, cooking for, cleaning after, bathing, scolding, worrying about our children, you’d imagine it to be an extremely lucrative career, wouldn’t you? One that would not only give you monetary rewards but also emotional satisfaction....
Social Skills and Feelings Education: Five Ways to Coach Your Child on Emotions in Everyday LifeUnderstanding emotions can make the difference between a deep breath and a physical fight. Feelings education is particularly important and especially challenging for our kids and adults with Asperger Syndrome, Autism and ADHD. With a little extra attention, parents, educators and caregivers can weave in through the daily routine, these 'in the moment' strategies.
Parenting Tips: How To Get Your Child To Bed At Night Without A FussMany parents find trying to get their child to bed at night to be one big struggle. The child may play up, whinge and even cry. When in bed, the child may then repeatedly keep getting out of bed and coming downstairs. This article gives advice on how to successfully get your child in bed at night, without all of this fuss.
Getting Pregnant - How to Improve your FertilityAre you finding it difficult to become pregnant? If so you can do many simple things to improve your chances of conception, the way we live can have a big effect on the reproductive system of both men and women.
How to Program Your Children Against Impulse BuyingThis happened over 40 years ago, but the story replays in my head every time I walk into a store.
Natural Child's PlayMany child development experts are saying children need to return to the more natural, creative play of yesteryear. High-tech toys may decrease imagination and out-of-the-box thinking.
Parents and ADHD Patients Caught in the Middle as FDA Committees DisagreeBlack Box Labeling Recommendation for ADHD Medications in Debate
The WolvesSetting: My son Joel's bedroom. About 9:30 pm on a Wednesday night. I'm there to tuck him in. He's been in bed for at least 15 minutes before I get there.
Motivating Students To LearnMost children need little motivation to learn when they are young. Everything is new and exciting. So what happens when they get older? This article explores ways in which students can be motivated to learn.
An Organized Workspace Helps Keep Kids On TrackHomework is a fact of life for most school kids and their parents. For me keeping my kids on track starts with creating a positive and well organized workspace.As a founder of a local neighborhood after school program, I have come up with a list of ideas I believe go along way to encouraging and enhancing homework completion.First and foremost, develop an organized homework routine.
An Organized School Year In 10 Easy StepsOrganizing your kids and keeping them organized throughout the school year can be a real challenge. But it doesn’t have to be. With an effective organizational system, your family can experience a life without chaos and clutter.It all starts with establishing a system that works. As parents we’re in the driver’s seat when it comes to teaching our children how to be responsible individuals.
Parental Control - YouWith all the talk about the technology available for parental control, the experts all agree that parental control starts with the parent. We examine what the parent can do to keep their kids out of trouble.
I Want To Be Heard!There are a lot of people that want and need to be heard in a stepfamily. It’s vital that you do hear and listen to everyone. Find out how you can make sure all your family's needs are heard.
DOs and DON'Ts For Kids Parties - A Parents' GuideYou'd love to throw a birthday party for your child, but such events are not without their headaches. Kids expectations, the clown that did not turn up, the treasure hunt with permanently hidden treasure. All parents have party stories to tell, and I gathered dozens of them together to give you a list of children's party DOs and DON'Ts which will hopefully make your party pains a thing of the past.
Are Team Sports Right for Your Special Needs Child?Make sure you know who will be coaching your child, and make sure that he or she is someone who you want in charge of your child’s self-esteem for the next few months.
Children's Athletics - What Went Wrong?How can it be that we live in such a sports-crazed society, yet child obesity is soaring. The answer is that American sports society has lost the "Olympic Spirit." Here is how to keep that spirit alive in your home.
Is Johnny's Primary Handicap a Learning Disability or ADHD?This the fourth article in a series describing a sequence of interventions offered to a student identified with inattention and under performance in the classroom. The article describes inattention as a product of learning disabilities, lower cognitive ability, or ADHD. Special education testing is necessary to identify the primary interference
Preparing for a Second Child: Tips to Ease the Transition from One Child to TwoPreparing for a second child is important. Follow these tips from an award-winning
author to get yourself, your marriage and your firstborn ready to welcome your second
baby.
The Surprise FactorLife is mostly all about process. But sometimes it’s about the actual performance. And the surprises that come with it.
What Mums Deal With – a Dad's PerspectiveLife at home for a working Dad who becomes unemployed - and learns what life is REALLY like looking after 4 kids under 5.Office life has nothing on this job!
Your Child's Emotional Bank AccountMost parents spend numerous hours working and worrying about their children's monetary bank account. Yet, how much time do we parents really devote to being concerned about our children's emotional bank account?
Listening for Your Children's LoveSo you say listening is a skill that has discreet steps?So you say that listening can be learned, and practiced, and what's more, pays big dividends?