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- Significance of Child-Centric Learning Approaches in Daycare - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2019 from David ColleenwoodChild-centric programs are an important factor for the basic education of your child. It’s the basic educational base that helps him/her to acquire the first ‘fruit of cognitive knowledge’. As a guardian, it's your responsibility to select the right educational program for ...
Views: 619(1 vote) - Single Parents and Children - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2013 from Bob LancerBeing a parent is never a cakewalk but being a single parent is a tremendously difficult job. For the most part, single parents must hold a fulltime job, chauffer the children to and from school, extracurricular activities and sporting events. Many receive financial help for parents without ...
Views: 1691(2 votes) - Socratic Parenting - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2012 from Laurie GrayParenting isn't about having all the answers. It's about helping children learn to think for themselves and rediscovering yourself and the world through the eyes of your child. Socratic Parenting focuses on knowing yourself, knowing your child, and becoming the change you wish to see in your ...
Views: 4081(1 vote) - Soothing Children Without Using Food: 10 Strategies - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Kathleen CuneoAs parents we need to be mindful of not only what foods we choose to offer our children, but also of what patterns and associations between food and emotion we are establishing. Patterns set in childhood can be carried forward into adulthood and possibly lead to problems with weight management ...
Views: 1246(3 votes) - Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Adele McDowellDo you believe in reincarnation? Past lives? A regular, hard-working, church-going couple, Andrea and Bruce Leininger were faced with these very questions when their two-year-old son, James, began have unremitting nightmares and shouting the words, “Plane on fire! Little man can’t get ...
Views: 4181(2 votes) - Steps to Letting Your Adolescent Grow Independent - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from Victoria CummingsThe adolescent years bring transition in the life of a child. A new phase of life begins as signs of deeper levels of maturity become apparent. This is the time when children begin to assert their independence. They seek to be with friends more and generally spend less time with the ...
Views: 1615(2 votes) - Stop the Show: Putting a Lid on Your Child’s Attention-seeking Behavior - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from James LehmanSome children think they’re the center of the universe, and behave as if everyone should revolve around them like the planets orbit the sun. From the 10-year-old “diva” who demands center stage at all times to the 17-year-old who takes out his frustrations on his family when his girlfriend ...
Views: 2351(3 votes) - Sweet as Pie: A Doula Role In the Birthing Process - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2003 from Giuditta TornettaIf you have not heard the term Doula yet, you are bound to soon. Doulas are sprouting up all over the country and many mothers refer to them as the women who have made their birthing experience a ‘dreamy’ one. What is a Doula, anyway? A Doula is a trained birth coach -- a surrogate mother ...
Views: 2156(1 vote) - Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Your Kindergartner - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2003 from Susan DunnCasey’s 5 years old and reminds me of Edith-Ann. She sometimes even stomps her foot and tosses her head. And that’s the truth! Casey’s what you’d call “high-maintenance.” She likes things to be just so, reacts strongly to what’s going on, and tends to get wound-up. We’ve been working on ...
Views: 1755(1 vote) - Teaching Your Baby to Read - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Dzagbe CudjoeRecently it came to my notice that Physical Therapist Dr Glenn Dorman has celebrated his nintieth birthday. His book, "How to Teach Your Baby to Read," co-athored with Janet Dorman over forty years ago, started a whole new approach to teaching reading to the very young. It all began while ...
Views: 1710(1 vote) - Ten Common Sense Rules for Fathers - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2004 from Mark BrandenburgThere are a lot of fairly sophisticated parentingtechniques and ideas out there that are attractingattention. To be an effective father, you can skipmost of them and concentrate on common sense rulesthat have always worked. They won’t always makeyou the most popular Dad, but they’ll always ...
Views: 2174(1 vote) - The Bullying Epidemic - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from amy lewisBy the time this article is published,it will have been a day or two since I read an article about a young man in college whose body was found Monday.He was a student at Ruetgers University in New Jersey who commited suicide. His roommate and a friend of the roommate,placed a webcam in the ...
Views: 1473(1 vote) - The Core Psychology of Shyness - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2011 from Eduard EzeanuShyness is a very common psychological occurrence. Oddly enough, recent studies are pointing out that our society is slowly but surely getting shyer, despite the fact methods of interacting with others are now more available than ever. Psychologists are giving a lot of attention to the study ...
Views: 2143(1 vote) - The Effective Parent - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Susan HaidHere are Ten Principles of the Effective Parent: 1) Offer your children committed love. Let your children know, without a shadow of a doubt, that you love them and you will always love them no matter what. Make this a clear and consistent message. 2) Become the best educator of your ...
Views: 1536(3 votes) - The Extraordinary Child by Susan A. Haid - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Susan Haidby Susan A. Haid All children are extraordinary. The messages our children receive from the world around them affect their developing perception of themselves, often damaging their self-esteem very early on. If we want our children to grow up with a strong sense of self-worth, feeling free to ...
Views: 1208(4 votes) - The Game of Life - Chutes & Ladders - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Joseph GandolfoThe Game of Life – Chutes and Ladders by Joe Gandolfo My youngest son Duncan, now 8 and age 3 at the time, came to me one morning and asked if I wanted to play. Being a part-time stay-at-home Dad in those days mixed with the responsibility of growing a company, I was torn like an old faded ...
Views: 2379(4 votes) - The Last Day of 'Who Cares?' - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2004 from Skye ThomasYesterday was the last day of 'Who Cares?' for my oldest child. Today is his first day of high school. From now on, his choices will have a long-term effect on his life. Nothing will ever be the same for him. Our culture doesn't make a big deal of that moment when a teen is officially ...
Views: 1494(1 vote) - The Look of Love - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Glenn BergerAsk any parent what they want for their children and they will say happiness. But what can parents do to insure their child’s well being? Imagine a scene. Soft warm lighting, gentle sounds. A close up on two faces. One, a mother, the other, her infant. Mom holds baby securely in her arms and ...
Views: 1769(3 votes) - The Naked Truth About Emotional Intelligence - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2003 from margaret AltmanNancy came to work the other day in a pretty good mood. It ended when her boss suddenly threw a fit over a simple typo in the first draft of a letter that he had dictated. Red-faced and irate, her boss flung the letter on her desk and said; “What kind of stupidity is this, Nancy? Do you have any ...
Views: 4098(1 vote) - The Naked Truth About Emotional Intelligence - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2003 from margaret AltmanThe Naked Truth about Emotional Intelligence By Margaret Altman Nancy came to work the other day in a pretty good mood. It ended when her boss suddenly threw a fit over a simple typo in the first draft of a letter that he had dictated Red-faced and irate her boss flung the letter on her desk ...
Views: 1837(1 vote) - The Power of Children's Imagination: Teresa's Healing Toolbox - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Your imagination can help you heal.” This simple and elegant statement was the response nine-year-old Teresa gave me when asked what she had learned from our work together as we were wrapping up our counseling relationship. Teresa is a beautiful, doe-eyed girl who first came to me a year ago ...
Views: 1083(2 votes) - Three Ways to Handle Your Child Throwing a Tantrum in Public - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Ugochukwu UchePicture this: A ubiquitous cashier’s counter at a grocery store. A mother and her young child (let’s go with five years of age), have pulled up with their shopping cart by the cashier’s counter. As the cashier begins ringing up the mother’s items, the child spots an assortment of candy bars on ...
Views: 1610(2 votes) - Tips For Planning Great Baby Showers - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2009 from Chris SmithBaby showers are parties thrown for friends that are pregnant. This practice has significantly changed over the course of the years and has gradually become more and more elaborate and planned. Baby showers can make an expectant mother feel more secure in the fact that her friends are all ...
Views: 765(3 votes) - Tips On Getting Your Children To Listen To You - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Greg BakerGetting your kids to listen to you can be a problem at times. Undoubtedly, you've tried a variety of methods from shouting, finger pointing, scowling, threatening, and the famous counting to ten. Kids seem to tune out your words if your tone is saying something else. Your tone of voice ...
Views: 2325(4 votes) - To All of the Fathers of the World Who Left, and To all the Children Who’ve Never Met Them - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2011 from Womens Recreation, Inc.While reading this, please bear in mind that it is not just father's who leave. There are also mothers who chose to leave. Whatever their reasons are; try your best to put yourself in their shoes. This is a tool for those whom might need it. I love my father, I just don't know him. I never ...
Views: 1753(1 vote) - Top 3 Ways to Teach Your Child to Accept Children Who Are Different - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2019 from Laura St JohnYour children are going to encounter other children who are different than them. Here's three ways to teach your children to accept other children. 1. Understanding: We all have situations. There are always underlying circumstances that people are going through that they don’t outwardly ...
Views: 1318(1 vote) - Top 5 Tips to raise your child’s self-esteem - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Seema ThobhaniTop 5 Tips to raise your child’s self-esteem: Encourage the best in them - consider encouraging them to focus on the things they do best. As parents we would know our children’s good qualities so why not focus on them to promote their self-esteem. Give unconditional love – accept your ...
Views: 799(2 votes) - Transition Times-A Time For Learning - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2010 from Sandra DyeTransition times are often stressful for parents and children. Your child may experience transitions in many different ways. Their response may be of great excitement and anticipation which puts them in an emotionally charged or at the other end of the continuum, they might be so engrossed in ...
Views: 1620(1 vote) - Traps to Avoid When It Comes to Behaviors That Can Annoy - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2013 from Connie HammerAs parents we would all love to have a quick and efficient way of changing some of the negative behaviors our children display. There are behaviors that irritate us, embarrass us and exasperate us, and ones that present a safety issue at times. And then there are those unique, repetitive ...
Views: 1614(2 votes) - Trust: Why Do Some People Find It Hard To Trust? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2013 from Oliver JR CooperBeing able to trust is an important part of life. And this not only relates to trusting other people, it also relates to trusting oneself. Having trust in life, is another expression of this. This could be trusting in some kind of god for some and for others it could simply be a sense of trust ...
Views: 5236(1 vote) - Turn Your Words Into Gold - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Carl LogreccoTurn your words into gold, by using enforceable statements without threatening, reminding or nagging your children/teens to do what you ask of them. Do you as a parent often find yourself repeating yourself to your children/teens? Do you often find times when you have to be stern, mean or ...
Views: 1850(1 vote) - We Really Do Want What Is Best For Our Children - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Rebecca MoreheadOf course we want what is best for our children, right? How outrageous the thought of anything contrary to that belief. However, most people commonly remark to their children to "do as I say, not as I do" or "don't do what I did son, take your own path", and other phrases just like this. We ...
Views: 1855(2 votes) - What Are You Doing to Your Child? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Jan DeniseINSIDE RELATIONSHIPS WEEKLY COLUMN RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 What Are You Doing to Your Child? When you hold a newborn baby, you sense something God-like … I dare say, even if you're an atheist. A baby is untainted, sacred, perfect! It's important to hold that thought because ...
Views: 1390(3 votes) - What are you teaching your children about money? - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from Daniel BrittonMost people inherit their beliefs and values from their parents. So along with Mum’s eyes and occasionally Dad’s nose, we are likely to become conditioned by their set of rules around money, which in turn came from their previous generation. This may work very well if your surname is Rothschild ...
Views: 1290(5 votes) - What is Loyalty? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2012 from Jennifer RussellHow to teach your child about loyalty? As your children begin elementary school they learn a lot about relationships. Your daughter's best friend today may betray her trust tomorrow. Or possibly your son wants to leave his basketball team because there's someone he doesn't get along ...
Views: 2360(1 vote) - What is ‘The Greatest Love of All’? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Seema ThobhaniProbably the majority of parents would say ‘best education!’ But is this enough? Or do children need more than just the best education? I believe that they need more! Education - that is to say traditional formal education - is very important for children but they should also receive education ...
Views: 814(2 votes) - When A Crisis Strikes…Hope Is The Door Out of The Darkness - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Karin VoloHope is probably the most important factor to dealing with any difficult time. Hope is what drives us forward and gives us the energy to endure and prevail over any circumstances. When someone has lost hope, it makes a person’s life so much harder, suffering even more. Hope is the light at the ...
Views: 1125(1 vote) - Which are the Arch Concerns Before Finding a Preschool For Kids - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2019 from David ColleenwoodPreschools are an important phase of your child’s career. One single mistake in choosing the right daycare for your kid and the future is doomed! If you want to see your kid thriving in his career, take the effort to find the right preschool for him/her. Now, what’s the definition ...
Views: 565(1 vote) - Which One is the Introvert? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2003 from Nancy Fenn[graphic from www.clipart.com]"I asked these three adorable little guys here to model for me about introversion. 30% of the people in the world are introverts. 33 1/3% of the people in this photo are introverts. Introversion is a legitimate personality style. Are you wondering what it means to ...
Views: 6039(1 vote) - Why Fathers Matter to Their Kids - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from Judy WrightThe family is the foundation of life. It is the basic organization and where family members learn what is expected of them in life and their part in the scheme of things. It is in the family setting that children understand their external environment. Young children and teenagers figure out ...
Views: 1578(3 votes) - Yoga for Happy Kids - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2013 from Irena VagnerYoga for Happy and Healthy Kids The yogis consider searching for happiness as everybody’s main goal. Most people, however, settle for a brief, watered-down version of temporary pleasures. When people become dissatisfied with brief, temporary pleasures and find out that relationships, money, ...
Views: 2410(2 votes) - Young Baby - How To Succeed - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Peter RadfordOverview A baby, or infant, may be defined as a human child at the earliest stage of life. In particular, it refers to that period before they can walk, and essentially before they attain the age of one year. The term "infant" is derived from the Latin in-fans, which means "unable to ...
Views: 1687(1 vote) - Young Baby - How To Succeed 3 - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Peter RadfordNewborn Baby Appearance: Conclusion It is possible for female, and sometimes even male, newborns to discharge milk from their nipples. This is called witch's milk, also known as neonatal milk, and is due to the mother's hormones before birth. This only occurs with some infants born at full ...
Views: 833(2 votes) - Young Baby - How To Succeed 5 - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Peter RadfordNewborn Senses Conclusion A newborn can respond to and readily differentiate between substances with a number of different taste sensations, such as sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. However, it should come as no surprise that, of all of these, there is a marked preference towards ...
Views: 1082(3 votes) - Unrecognized and Unconscious Emotional Injuries of Childhood, Part I - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Carl H. Shubs, Ph.D.In Memoriam: Alice Miller One of the great advocates of children and their struggles against unrecognized mistreatment has died. “Alice Miller, a psychoanalyst who repositioned the family as a locus of dysfunction with her theory that parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly ...
Views: 3030(16 votes) - Is Getting Mad Bad? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Forrest SamnikI have asked countless number of children “Is getting mad bad?” Very close to 100% answered yes. This has made me very curious as to the message we are presenting to children about anger. It has made me wonder how we adults express our anger and how that affects our children’s perspective ...
Views: 4554(8 votes) - "I'm a Victim, So the Rules Don't Apply to Me!" How to Stop "Victim Thinking" in Kids - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from James LehmanWhenever an adolescent doesn’t want to take responsibility, it’s very likely they’ll present themselves as a victim. When your child says, “You don’t understand me,” that’s playing the victim, because what they’re really saying is, “I’m a victim of your misunderstanding." When they say, “My ...
Views: 2754(6 votes) - Creating Bullies - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThe first thing you want to do is scream at your kids. That makes them afraid and teaches them to become pushy themselves, connecting verbal abuse with authority and influence. (Never use compassion or loving kindness - that will make girlie men out of them). If you are dead, so to speak, ...
Views: 1960(5 votes) - *** What’s Up With Your 8-11-Year-Old? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Toni SchuttaIf you’re the parent of an 8-to-11-year-old, perhaps you’ve noticed a surge in back talk, defiance and sensitivity. Simple requests may be met with intense outbursts. You may be asking, whatever happened to my amiable child who liked pleasing me? If so, you’re not alone! And your child is not ...
Views: 11945(4 votes) - 6 Myths about Breastfeeding and Sleep in Babies - by Submitted on May 30, 2012 from Heidi HolvoetTo breastfeed or not ought to be a well-considered personal choice for every mother. But fear for poor sleep should never be a reason not to breastfeed. The positive effect of breastfeeding on baby’s sleep is easily illustrated by looking at a few common myths and misconceptions. Breast is ...
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