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Top Ten Ways Working Moms Can Take Care of ThemselvesJean Johnson 1. Get enough sleep. This means making sure the kids go to bed early enough so you can. Have an evening routine that is calming for everyone. 2. Eat well. Yes you know it. Most of you don’t do it. It is just as easy to grab a piece of fruit as a basket of fries. You and your kids will feel better if you eat three good meals a day. Do the shopping, planning and cooking together. This gives you bonding time and teaches the kids good skills to help out around the house. 3. Exercise. I know you’re exhausted at night and don’t have time in the morning, but if you’re stopping for coffee or vegging out in front of the TV you have time. Do something - anything. It all helps. Better yet - take a class with the kids. 4. Look your best. Get a great haircut. Wear the best clothes you can afford. When we look good we feel good and we smile more. 5. Smile. You’ll automatically feel better. Even better - laugh. 6. Count your blessings. Your mother was right, count your blessings. Make a gratitude list. We all have a multitude of things to be grateful for. Post your list and add to it. Have the kids make one too. 7. Ask for help. We don’t have to do it all alone. Ask family, friends, co-workers, and organizations for help. From babysitting to yard cleanup to a ride to the store. People love to be needed. Just don’t use them 8. Help others. Nothing feels as good as service. Get the kids involved. Help clean up the beach or mow the elderly neighbor’s lawn. Helping each other makes all our lives easier. 9. Connect to your spirituality. Whatever that is for you. Nature, music, church, gardening. Do something at least once a week that makes you feel whole. 10. Lower your expectations. Yes - LOWER your expectations. Of yourself and of your kids. You’re not supermom and they aren’t superkids. Cut all of you some slack.
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It is the child who must attend father and son day at school without a dad. They have to grow up with all the stigma attached to coming from a "broken home". These are just a few of the many potential problems that a single parents household are faced with. This article is aimed at providing single parents with some strategies for raising a good child despite what other people may say. When Parents Disagree Moms and dads, are there times you think that parenting would be easier if you didnt have to make family decisionsHaving a partner that is not in agreement with your parenting ideas or discipline approaches is more than just frustrating.It can be a cause of division in even the best of relationships.Furthermore, how you handle your disagreements will have a direct impact on your relationship with your partner and with your children. Are You Truly Thankful For Everything Thanksgiving is the time of year when we stop and are thankful for all our blessings. Of course, we should be thankful every day of the year. I want you to take a different look at Thanksgiving this year. You certainly can list all of your many blessings and be thankful. But, are you truly thankful for everything Mom Can I Have The Car Keys Parents find peace of mind with high-tech vehicle tracking system So You Want to Start a Home Daycare I hang out with the other mommies.No, I am not a "Mister Mom" or a "Househusband".I do have one enviable situation, though.I work from home and I have the flexibility to say, "This morning I am going to spend with my daughters.I can play with them.I can sing with them.I can laugh with them.I can clean up their ice cream that drips all over me." Quality Time From the book Spider’s Big CatchGary Andersonwww.abciowa.com The Pregnancy Glow and Other Myths of Motherhood It happened during the ninth month of my first pregnancy. I was going through a department store check-out lane where a teenage girl was ringing up my purchases. She looked shyly at my burgeoning belly with an expression that could only be described as reverent. Seeing The Souls of Your Children Your toddler is having her second tantrum of the day while your four year old son is racing around the house with the neighbor’s child. You feel completely stressed out and are questioning your decision to have these kids, with a third on the way! What were you thinking! Eight Out Of 10 Kids In Child Safety Seats Are At Risk – And Their Parents DonT Even Realize It NC—Even the most informed parents make mistakes when installing child safety seats. According to a recent study by Transport Canada, eight out of 10 child safety seats are improperly installed. DaimlerChrysler Canada recognized the need to help parents properly install car seats and as a result has developed a free safety seat inspection service called Fit for a Kid®, that is open to any make or model of vehicle. What the Matter Is When my oldest boy was really young, he tickled my mother with thatphrase.I would ask him, "Whats the matter" and he would answer me, "Well, what the matter is..." followed by whatever it was that he needed todiscuss with me.He would say it with that very serious face thatchildren get when they are expecting to be taken very seriously.We all loved the cute way he prefaced his concerns. Really Good News About Your Children’s Video Games Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier has grabbed national attention for suggesting that playing “action” video and computer games has positive effects – enhancing student’s visual selective attention.But that finding is just one small part of a more important message that all parents and educators need to hear:video games are not the enemy, but the best opportunity we have to engage our kids in real learning. Where Will YOUR Kids Get A Job Lets face it. Digital Natives and Immigrants Perhaps the least understood and least appreciated notion among those who design and deliver education today is the fact that our students have changed radically.A really big discontinuity has taken place – the arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century. Birth of a Parent So you’re pregnant. Congratulations! Your life is about to change in ways you might find unthinkable and we’re not even talking about the surrender of your once slim waistline to proportions most comparable to that of a Dr. Suess character. Pregnancy is the beginning of a new life for a baby, but also a new life for you as a parent. If this is your first baby, you may be filled with an endless list of questions and concerns. If you’re a veteran of the labor and delivery room, you’ve got a better idea what to expect, yet every pregnancy, like every mother and child, is different. Using Music To Calm Your Baby Music is a wonderful way for you to calm and soothe your baby, especially during the first year.How many times have your heard parents say that there was nothing that they could do with their crying, fussing baby until they tried music.This is because music does indeed soothe the savage beast, or in this case, the baby. Authoritarian Parenting, Permissive Parenting, or Loving Parenting Angie was brought up by rigid, authoritarian parents who kept her on a tight leash. They rarely considered her feelings about anything, showing a complete lack of empathy and compassion for her feelings and desires. If she came home five minutes late from school or from an activity, she was punished. Yelling and hitting were their favorite forms of punishment. Children, Entitlement and God “Setting the alarm on Sunday mornings is inhuman…..God should know that!” Those were my adolescent thoughts every weekend when my parents forced me to church. “I can get more out of my headphones and the Beatles.”It was this way as far back as I can remember. Early Sunday school, then later Bible studies, liturgies in another language, all culminating in a weekly teen rebellion against God and my parents. I really hated my parents especially my Mother for forcing religion on me. “Besides, I don’t think the Smothers Brothers forced their kids, and they are political giants!”I would brood the entire hour’s drive to church just to make my parents as miserable as I felt. It never changed in all those years. His Toy, Her Toy I remember when my daughter was born. Visions of her and I dressed in pinks and purples sitting in her lacy pink room playing dolls danced threw my head. A year later my son was born ;My husbands vision of sports and trucks revved around like mad men threw his manly mind. Children’s Birthday Party Planning: When and When Not to Have a Big Party Age 1: Invite only family members and close friends only because this birthday is more for the parents than for the child. At age 1, a child doesn’t understand the concept of “Birthday Party.” He or she is getting a lot of attention---which is all a 1-year-old wants or understands anyway. You should not go overboard on presents because too much could scare or confuse a child. You should consider getting specialty items such as a plate that says “First Birthday,” a 1-year-old candle, and possible a table cover that everyone could sign with fabric paint to have as keepsakes that can someday be shown or given to to your grown child. |
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