Thirteen Values You Can Teach Through Homework
Are you a parent concerned about passing values on to your kids? Do you worry that you can't find the time, or don't know how? You don't need thirty-minute multi-media presentations! You can do it with homework. In those precious moments you spend supervising your child's homework, here are thirteen... Read More
What Is Homeschooling And How Do I know If Its Right For My Family?
Do you know what these famous people have in common?Alexander Graham BellGeorge PattonAlbert EinsteinBenjamin FranklinWinston ChurchillAgatha ChristieGeorge Bernard ShawWill RogersIf you guessed that they were all homeschoolers, you'd be correct. This is a very short list of famous and successful people who were educated at home. If you would like... Read More
The Seven Keys to Child Obedience
Learning obedience is an important part of child development. This is the tool that allows you as parents to train your child. Through obedience your child will learn self-control and develop other positive character traits that he will need as an adult.However, obedience cannot be forced upon the child. Parents... Read More
When A Parent Is Deployed
When a parent is deployed with the military it can be very traumatic for the children left behind. Having things for them to do, that makes them feel a part of the family and helping the parent who is gone, is really important.Here is a list of things you can... Read More
Summer Survival
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... Read More
Defrazzle with a Hearty Guffaw
"The best blush to use is laughter: It put roses in your cheeks and in your soul."Linda KnightWe all know the old adage that "Laugher is the best medicine" - but what does that mean, actually?Well, research has shown that laughing can help in:* Lowering blood pressure* Reducing stress hormones*... Read More
How to Set Healthy Limits at Work
Back in college, I wrote for a five-day-a-week, award-winning campus newpaper. My skills were growing and I was earning a reputation as a solid reporter.I was miserable.If I wasn't in class, I was out inverviewing sources or toiling in the newsroom. I missed seeing my friends at the dorm, got... Read More
Book Review: The Ring Bear Depicts Turmoil of Becoming A Stepchild
In "The Ring Bear," a picture book by Tigard resident David Michael Slater (Flashlight Press, 2004), a single mother and her son, Westley, love to play rascally pirates. Like many single parents and their kids, it's clear the mom and her son are incredibly close: They've created their own fantasy... Read More
Missing The Bus
As a step daughter and step grand daughter, I followed the examples that were set for me years before when I became a step parent. The way my stepson finally came to love and respect me as his step mother, was through all of the "trying" experiences we had. Excuse... Read More
Watch What You Say
"Now don't you go getting any ideas, Harold.""Don't you get any ideas either, Terry.""Don't you two get any ideas."The young mother's words to her small children echoed in my head for several days. While I realized she was probably warning them to not do something against her wishes or something... Read More
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How to Teach Anger Management to Your Child
Most of us recognize the continuing escalation of violence around... Read More
What Makes a Good Evaluation for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
So you have just returned home from your third meeting... Read More
Illegal and Legal Drug Usage in the United States
How bad is the illegal drug problem here in the... Read More
Top 10 Ways to Motivate Your Student
As the new school year begins, parents play a pivotal... Read More
Encourage Your Children Potential By Your Modeling
All responsible parents would want to support their children, find... Read More
Raising Happy Diabetic Kids Part III Help Your Child Develop Self-Control
This is the third and final article in a series... Read More
How to Get Your Children Brand Free
Those of you that have children know what an excursion... Read More
Five Ways To Build Super-Strong Relationships With Your Children
One of the questions I ask in parenting presentations is... Read More
Don?t Make Fast and Furious Food Changes
OK, moms and dads out there, we hear you when... Read More
Is it Attention Deficit Disorder or is it Tourettes Syndrome?
During the assessment process it is of great importance for... Read More
Its OK For Your Child To Be Bored - In Fact, Its Recommended!
NY -- Strange as it may sound, bordom promotes happier,... Read More
Gifts From The Heart: Moms Remember...
To the untrained eye, it might look like a piece... Read More
Over-Focused ADHD
The least flexible character in all of the stories of... Read More
Ten Reasons to Tell your Kids Stories
In today's busy world, many parents have lost the art... Read More
Role Models for Your Teen
By the time your children reach their teens, there is... Read More
Public Schools Can Waste 12 Years of Your Child?s Life
For over fifty years, public-school officials and politicians have tried... Read More
Helping Your Children Develop Their Self-Discipline
We want our children to do the right thing, especially... Read More
Childrens Safety in Public Places - 10 Useful Tips
My kids ask me all the time to take them... Read More
Teaching Your Children About the Value of Money
We take it for granted that children know how money... Read More
Back to School Feng Shui
Every school year parents and students dutifully trudge through the... Read More
From Go Fast Kids to Calm Kids
How excited do kids get with the start of school... Read More
?I?M OVERWHELMED? -- 5 Tips On How Parents Can Take Control Of Their Lives
Are you feeling overwhelmed being a parent? Do you want... Read More
The Family Guy - Parenting From a Single Dads Perspective
It was a hot summer day in august and The... Read More
Secret Of Your Genuis Child
Here is a top secret to make your child genius... Read More
Coping with the Stress of Moving Home and Childrens Concerns
Moving house can be an emotional experience for adults, so... Read More
Just What Is A Learning Disability?
A learning disability is defined as a permanent problem that... Read More
Family Meals: When Dinner Schedules Dont Match
Mealtimes together deserve an important place in any family. Around... Read More
Help! My Kids Dont Listen to Me
Does this sound familiar? Have your kids not listened to... Read More
How to Prepare for Labor
Although nothing anybody says can ever completely prepare a woman... Read More
How Is Peaceful Parenting® Different?
Peaceful Parenting® ideas are very different from other kinds of... Read More
While You Have the Time, Take the Time
Here in Kansas, where we live, the leaves are turning... Read More
Meet The Twixters!
There is a new stage of development for parents to... Read More
Parenting Problem? 5 Simple Things That Will Help
What is a parenting problem?Parenting is a tough job, we... Read More
Is Your Discipline Damaging the Spirit of the Child?
If your parenting methods include abuse of any kind; physical,... Read More
ZERO Tolerance: How Firm the Line?
A friend phoned her neighbor, complaining about the wafts of... Read More
Develop Your Childs Genius: Improving Concentration and Focus
Some people can concentrate on an assignment, to the exclusion... Read More
Caretaking Parents, Entitled Kids
Demanding children ? children who have entitlement issues ? seem... Read More
Committed Parenting
When you think about it, probably the one thing that... Read More
Parental Involvement in Learning
Whether children attend public or private schools, they benefit when... Read More
What To Do With A 6 Year Old Smart Mouth Know It All
Just the other day, I was talking to some other... Read More
Pay Attention! Its Your Most Important Job
Anyone can become a parent; there are no tests or... Read More
From Childrens Stories to Study Skills: Help Your Children Succeed in School
IntroductionAs a parent who wants the best for your children,... Read More
Is Your Behavioural Change Strategy Working?
'How can I start getting my children to help out... Read More
Awesome Dads Top Ten Communication Intentions
An Awesome Dad in by no means perfect. But that... Read More
A Guide To Help You Teach Your Children Positve Self-Image Through Fitness
Raising a pre-teen or teenage daughter (or son) is not... Read More
Teaching Respect And Values In Todays Society
The girl's jaw dropped in horror as the police officer... Read More
Meet The Twixters!
There is a new stage of development for parents to... Read More
Guerilla Parenting Techniques: What Are They?
When you hear the phrase, 'guerrilla parenting techniques', what images... Read More
Drugs and Violence In Public Schools
Many public schools not only fail to educate our children,... Read More
Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Never Went To Public School
Most of our Founding Fathers, including Ben Franklin, Sam Adams,... Read More
Children - Blessing or Curse
You're trying to catch up on some sleep on a... Read More
Picky Eaters - Successful Strategies Part 1
What is in a name?The answer is everything!Jo J. of... Read More
The Truth About Motherhood
What is the mystery of motherhood? I know that when... Read More
Gifts From The Heart: Moms Remember...
To the untrained eye, it might look like a piece... Read More
Quality Time?
There's a phrase that's become popular over the past few... Read More
Fun Things to Do with Your Kids this Summer
10 Fun Things You Can Do With Your Children this... Read More
Parents --- Homeschooling Can Take a Lot Less Time Than You Think
The time you will need to teach your children the... Read More
Is Your Child Having Trouble in School?
Did you know that the school system is only able... Read More
Helping Your Child Develop
Here are some things that you can do to help... Read More
Gaining a Child?s Trust
My daughters and I went to the beach several weeks... Read More
Back to School Success Tips
Q. With the school year just beginning, what can we... Read More
Top Ten Common Sense Rules for Fathers
There are a lot of sophisticated parenting theories and techniques... Read More
How to Help Your Child be Successful in Kindergarten
Your child's first year of school should be a fun... Read More
Spending Time With Your Child
Why Is Spending Time with Your Child So Important?For children... Read More
Being A Mum - It?s About Them And Not About You!
So you want to be a mum? Every time you... Read More
Honey I Can?t Afford The Kids
Sex has a lot to answer for ? babies usually... Read More
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