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Organize Your Children for Current and Future Success

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:19:34 PDT

As a parent, teaching children the skill of organization is not just one less cleaning job on the household chore checklist. Some experts consider teaching children organizational skills as fundamental as instructing them about morals, values and other personal signposts. In fact, organization skills taught during childhood are likely to follow the child through adolescence [...]

Changing Your Child’s Behavior With Positive Reinforcement

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:29:24 PDT

Think about your interactions with your children today. How many things did you notice they did wrong? What did you do or say to them because of their wrong doings? Have they engaged in the same kind of behavior before? What did you do or say the times before? Is it working? How many things [...]

Babies: Breastfeeding sleep

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:32:29 PDT

Besides being the optimal source of nutrition for your baby in her first year, nursing has obvious psychological benefits for both mother and baby. At birth, infants see only 12 to 15 inches, the distance between a nursing baby and its mother’s face. Studies have found that infants as young as 1 week prefer the [...]

Becoming a parent - your first baby

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:15:37 PDT

Having a baby - The start of parenting … So you’re having a baby, Fantastic News! In no time at all you will be a member of the parenting club. It’s not a closed group, almost any person passed the point of puberty can be part of it but make no mistake it will alter your [...]

Makeup Tips For Teenagers

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:35:15 PDT

There is no question that being a teenager is hard. The stress of making important choices about the future, a changing body, romantic entanglements, a first job, driving lessons, and so many other countless items only serve to make the teenage years more difficult. One thing that does not have to add unneeded pressure to [...]

Getting Help for Troubled Teens: When and Where to Go

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:40:47 PDT

When your teenager starts to get out of hand you have to ask yourself some hard questions. The first step is to honestly evaluate how you think you’re doing when communicating with your teen. Do you feel you are sharing valuable information and time? Or do you feel there is a communication gap and he’s [...]

Creating A Great Parenting Plan

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:03:11 PDT

When you are a divorced parent, you’ve got your hands quite full. There never seems to be enough time in the day to get everything done, and your kids can fire questions at you more rapidly than a cherry-spitting contest. Arguments over dinner and homework abound. Sometimes, you can get overwhelmed and want to throw [...]

New Teen Art Trends - Personalize and Customize My Bed!

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:40:08 PDT

It is said that a picture is worth one thousand words. Teens cover their walls and bodies with pictures of their favorite movie stars, bands, and other pop icons. Why stop there? With personalized teen bedding products and an extensive variety of photographic designs, VisionBedding equips bedrooms with the coolest teen bedding around. VisionBedding’s design [...]

Great Idea’s for Baby’s First Birthday

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:40:06 PDT

You made it through the ups and downs of baby’s first year. Now it’s time to celebrate! Some parents choose to keep the first birthday simple and small - just the immediate family. After all, baby is too young to appreciate a big bash. But others just can’t resist and they spend months planning a lavish [...]

When Baby is in the NICU: 10 Ways to Bond With Your Child

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:09:45 PDT

The birth of your child should be a happy occasion. But what happens when his arrival comes too soon and your baby is whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)? You wonder what your role is as a parent of a premature baby. Your baby appears so fragile. The machines alarm whenever your [...]