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More Articles from Parenting Information: | | | | RELATED ARTICLES Ten Suggestions For The Overscheduled Child Ever wonder what happened to the family dinner hour Or for that matter the family dinner half hour Monday is Soccer Practice, Tuesday is Piano lesson, Wednesday is Church Activities, Thursday is a Soccer Game, Friday a birthday partyto attend. A number of events will fill up the weekend. Do you feel like a professional scheduler and taxi driver Are you finding yourself increasingly irritable as you go from one activity to the next Maybe you and your children are overscheduled. Concerta: Benefits and Side Effects A number of ADHD medications are hitting the market, joining the old Ritalin standby. Concerta, in its relatively short existence, has already grabbed a sizeable portion of the ADHD medication market share. Children are People, Not Machines When growing up, my father frequently reminded me to "pay attention tothe details." That saying became very real to me in the area ofparenting. While raising children, the details make great differences in development. Friends Are A Gift You Give Yourself My oldest boy is fifteen and was a real jerk about a month ago.He had gotten pretty full of himself and acted like he was too cool for the rest of the family.Pretty typical teenager behavior, but I didnt like it.I had gotten to the end of my patience with him and laid into him about how lousy it felt to be treated that way.We ended up in a huge fight.He argued that he wasnt acting any different than normal and that I was just choosing to see things negatively.So, I laid out numerous examples of his selfish "me me me" behaviors without stopping to take a second breath.He hates it when I go off like that, but once he was ready to really talk, I came down off of my soapbox.He was close to tears.Apparently, Id hit a nerve.He confessed that his closest friends at school had been trying to tell him the same thing recently and he wasnt hearing them.Now he suddenly knew what it was they had been trying to say.He felt awful and began to make immediate changes in his behaviors towards others.He really hated the idea that he was hurting anyones feelings by being cold and uncaring. How to Pick the Best Name for Your Baby Expectant parents spend hours preparing the nursery, poring over pregnancy and delivery books and going to childbirth classes.Yet surprisingly, many decide their child’s given name within a matter of minutes, often spending more time selecting the right car seat or stroller. We All Wish That Our Children have Good Virtues, but... Are We Setting A Good Example Ourselves We all wish that our children should not smoke or drink, should not speak lies, should not steal, should not have a violent nature, etc... but are we setting a good example ourselves The 7 Feng Shui Fundamentals for Childrens Bedrooms Relaxation Couldnt Be Simpler Many people use their sofa and TV to help them switch off and relax. In reality, television programs can suspend you n stress for yours, with depressing or thrilling storylines, violence and madness! I Just Love It! You know the scenario. Youre sitting at the family Christmas gathering and your ten-year-old opens one of Aunt Marthas itchy homemade sweaters. Or Uncle Bobby, whos been swearing to lose twenty pounds for years, opens an exercise cycle. Of course, if Uncle Bobby follows the politeness rule, hell say, "Thank you, its just what I wanted." Then hell conveniently "forget" about it in the basement or storage closet. your ten-year-old may not be as skilled at pretending as Uncle Bobby, but kids know enough to know that any answer other than "Thank you, Aunt Martha, I love it" will raise the roof. Parenting Starts Before Pregnancy While it may seem farfetched to some people, many of my clients remember what they felt and experienced while still in the womb. Comments such as these are not unusual: 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. Fuzzy Names, Sweet Names As with everything, names go through cycles of change with passing generations.I also tend to think that names have improved immensely since the first Elmas, Minervas, Bufords, and Alfreds graced the baby’s room wearing appropriate nametags on their cribs. 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! Celebrity Baby Names It seems that the days of naming your son or daughter with your own name and adding a second, third or a fourth sign in roman numerals at the end are fading away. This seems to be especially the case with celebrities. The more unique, the better! As to whether celebrities are simply a little loopy, or whether they simply like the attention that a unique baby name will bring, we do not know. What we do know is that the names just keep getting crazier and crazier. Below is a list of some of our favorite celebrity baby names over the years. 10 Reasons Why People Dont Buy From You 1. You dont make people feel safe when they order. Remind people that they are ordering through a secure server. Tell them you wont sell their e-mail address and all their information will be kept confidential. Exercising With Kids -- Tips For Parents Making exercise a priority is a challenge for everyone. And for parents it can be especially difficult to find time to workout because of the full plates that they often juggle. When summer arrives the juggling act becomes even more tricky with kids home from school and involved in extracurricular activities. Family Life or How to Buy: Chair for a New Baby Even if your baby is just weeks old now, youll soon see how amazingly quickly she develops. Most expected parents want to buy their new baby the world.But you dont need to spend a lot of money.Before you blow the budget check out online sources for reviews and recommendation and then selectively purchase new items with safety. Go Online.Youll be able to find almost everything you need. Browse the bargain hunters guides like "Baby Bargains" and "Bargain Buys For Babys First Year". Consult websites: ConsumerReports.org and DrSpock.com. So buy the best quality you can afford. Am I Really A Stroller-Monger I was reading "A Modern Infant Armada", a humor column in Macleans Magazine written by a fellow humor columnist.Writing about it now is a bit like a painter painting another painter or a singer singing about another singer but it not like a cook cooking another cook.. Parents - Who’s Looking Out For You I couldn’t stop thinking about Marcy after my phone session with her. I was really worried about her. Graphology - Reveal the Inner Personality & Talent of a Child Graphology isthe science of understanding the human mind through person’shandwriting. 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. |
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