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Negotiating with Children – The Pros and Cons
Negotiating with children is like trying to swim against a rip tide. It is difficult, tiring at best and a complete waste of time. Although out of habit or a willingness to please many parents (including me) negotiate everything from when it is time to take a shower to...
My Baby is Growing Up – Enjoy Your Babies As Much as You Can
It’s almost sudden the way our kids grow up. It’s similar to how sometimes summer just blows out of the spring air without warning and one day you find yourself outside sweating just wishing that it was spring again. The only difference is that spring will soon come back...
Lazy Children – Who Should Take the Blame?
Do you ever find yourself complaining about the laziness of your children? Can you spend several hours cleaning your home only for the kids to come home and wreck your efforts in less than an hour? Do you have a hard time walking through your house without finding the...
I want THIS and I Need THAT, Mommy
Summer has just passed and weeks shy of Halloween, the stores are already filling up with Christmas decorations. Commercials on kids channels are now a melody of the ‘the latest and greatest,’ new toys on the market, which has children excitedly watching and saying, “I want this and I...
Is a Good Night’s Sleep a Thing of the Past after having Children?
Of all the relationships that change when you have children, your relationship with sleep changes the most. Actually, for women the ‘lack of sleep’ conditioning seems to start long before the child arrives when you are forced to find a comfortable position while sleeping on top of a balance...
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The Problem with School Curriculum
The world of 2012 is far different from the world of 1870. Yet while technology, culture, art, and media have utterly transformed the culture of America during those intervening years, the American education system has remained disappointingly stagnant. Having not improved on the traditions of class lectures, age divisions,...
Teaching Children about Politics
Children are curious about the world, and it seems no matter how much information that you give them they are continuously seeking more. Political views are typically something that children at least initially pick up from their parents. Regardless of a parent’s political affiliation and viewpoint, it is only...
Taking Responsibility for Your Childs Grades
A group called the National Coalition for Accountable Parenting is focused on encouraging a national discussion about the roles that parents take when it comes to their children’s grades. It goes one step further to call for an action plan that would literally hold parents responsible for the grades...
Starting Middle School
Starting Middle School is a pivotal event in your child’s life. Coming from elementary school where there was still a party forever-frivolous holiday can make Middle School feel like the Ice Age for kids. Most children have to accustom to having a new teacher for every class rather than...
Should Teachers Fail Students – Our Conclusion is That They Should
This is a question that pokes at the heart of our personal philosophies about the world of education: should students be relentlessly encouraged to avoid a hit to their self-esteem, or should they be expected to live up to certain standards just as they would in the real world?...
Getting Your Toddler to Eat Fruit and Vegetables
A friend recently asked me about her daughter’s sudden refusal to eat fruit and vegetables....
The Great Extended Breastfeeding Controversy
You would have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the fact...
Picking Up Baby or Rocking a Baby to Sleep
New parents face many challenges, among them getting a baby to fall asleep and stay...
Five Common Issues New Moms Face with Breastfeeding
Everywhere you look today, there is evidence and encouragement to breastfeed your baby. Truth is,...
The Family Bed – Should your Baby Sleep with You?
Want to stir the pot with the new parents you know? Tell them you sleep...
Birthing Plans
Women today are given great liberties when it comes to planning their birth. Some go so far as to opt for Cesarean sections and...
What Exercises Can I Do When Pregnant
If you're expecting a baby, there's no doubt that there's much excitement in your life right now. You're redecorating a special room in your...
Preparing To Adopt
The choice to start a family, whether you are going to have children biologically or through adoption, is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. For many people, preparation to adopt a child can be overwhelming. Most...
Adoption – What you Need to Know About Adopting a Child
Each year, there are thousands of families that choose to adopt a child. These arent always childless or infertile couples, as many adoptive parents simply feel they have an immense amount of love to share with a child in...
One of the Biggest Mistakes Parents of Teens Make
When it comes to the mistakes that parents of teens make, the list is endless....
Dealing with a Teenage Drama Queen
Sometimes the changes in your child as they progress from childhood to teen hood occur...
Violence in Teens – When Teenagers Rebel
It is becoming a common theme as older generations look around and ask the vital...
Letting Your Teenager Attend Parties
It’s a scary proposition to allow them to grow up, especially when they only think...
Getting Your Teenager to Wake up in the Morning
Getting your teenager to wake up in the morning can be a constant struggle in...
