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Author :: Jeff Herring  |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: On the Importance of Fathers |
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| A bunch of years age, my wife was out of town on business for the weekend, and Jonathon, our then two year old son and I were at the house playing. The phone rings, and it’s a friend of my wife. When she finds out that my wife is out of town and I’m home with Jonathon, she says "So you’re home babysitting." My immediate response was, "No, I’m home being a father."I’m sure my wife’s friend meant no harm. It’s just that I dislike the assumption that if a father is with his children without his wife, then he is baby sitting. Not so. He is being a father.It did get me thinking, however, about the role of fathers in our society.I suppose that I am one of the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Teenagers and Violence: What Parents Can Do |
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| Q: The recent rash of school violence has my wife and me very upset and worried. Why does this stuff keep happening and what can we do to prevent it? How do we tell if our kids are at risk for violent behavior?I’ve been asked this question often in the wake of all the recent school violence. In a recent TV interview, I turned the questions around to ask, “How could this not be happening” and “Why doesn’t it happen even more often?”Here’s what I mean by these questions - although there are many more factors involved, just consider these three:¨ kids listen to increasingly violent music, see increasingly violent movies and TV shows, and play increa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: smartneurons |
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| Article Title :: Parrots to Poets -- Its all in learning to say words |
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| A ready reckoner for you to check your child’s development
As a parent you may spend many anxious moments worrying whether your child is developing well, whether anything is wrong, or worrying about illnesses or learning disabilities. Well, most developmental articles or charts are just general reference points. Some babies grow and pass each stage quickly while others develop slower but do catch up. So, don’t fret if John has not said “ ba, ba or da, da,” when your neighbor’s child born a few days later already has.
Every baby is like a sponge and receptive to things in his or her immediate environment. A baby who has people talking and interacting with (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Joan Bechtel |
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| Article Title :: A Free Speech Valentine For Mom: Permission to Kvetch-10 Antidotes for Toxic Taboos |
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| Are you a regular at the Shame Shack? It’s that all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of disapproval behind the paranoia warehouse inside your own Lizard Brain. Once we become mothers, some of us start hanging out there all day like judgment junkies, wolfing down all the self-denial it takes to honor The First Commandment of Martyrdom: Thou Shalt Not Complain. Motherhood’s primary taboo. Without that one, all the heapin’ helpin’s of shame in the world won’t stick to your ribs.When parenthood stunts your growth or stifles your self-expression, you can bet theres' a Big Mother behind it. The Big Mother of Should's, Shouldn'ts and Shame. Big Mother--who used to tell us nice gi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Karen Willson |
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| Article Title :: Survive Your Sitter |
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| Remember how curious you were when you were a teen? No one wants to admit it, but how many homes have you gone to for a party, found yourself in the bathroom, and curiosity got the better of you? Here are ten suggestions to help make your sitter experience happy and healthier.Lead Not a Sitter Into Temptation.1. Don't leave credit card bills or credit cards or large amounts of cash laying around. Or in a drawer. The nice girl down the street might get bored enough to look through your mail or dive in your garbage or your dresser drawers.2. Don't let your sitter use your computer. Lock it up. Hide the passwords and change them often.3. Put precious jewelry away (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Stephanie Marston |
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| Article Title :: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Children |
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| Not long ago a friend of mine had a baby. As I stared into the window at the rows of infants lying in their bassinettes, I was struck with how similar they looked. Yes, some had dark hair, some curly hair, and some had no hair at all. Some were larger or weighed a bit more than others, but mostly they were all pretty much the same. What would they be like, I asked myself, if they came back as adults for a reunion? What would we find?Both research and commonsense tells us that we'd find that some people took life by its tail and made the most of it. Some would be successes in business or art. Others would be exceptional parents, teachers, lawyers, nurses, etc. Statistics also t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Everte Farnell |
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| Article Title :: 5 Ways To Have Stronger More Physically Fit Children - They Will be Happier and Healthier |
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| As many of you know, my book “The Barbarian's Guide to Success” talks about not only making more money, but it also talks about having a successful family. Part of a successful family, is having successful children.I was talking to a Phys. Ed. coach in a public school the other day. He was telling me some amazing things about the children he coaches. Apparently most of the children are in horrible shape. He was telling me that he has children twist their ankles when running on the track on a regular basis. Most have problems with any physical activity.I heard a story on the news a few months ago that said the Army had to change its workout program in basic training (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Everte Farnell |
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| Article Title :: Expectations in Child Rearing - Your Children Will Acheive to the Level That You Expect Them To |
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| Today is a light day for me at work. The sales end just doesn't have much going on and I just have a few follow up calls other than that. I have a much needed day with my children and wife.My 3 year old "future warrior princess" and "barbarian in training" was working with some flash card with my wife. I walked into the room and watched her name,out of order, about 21 of the letters of the alphabet with no prompting. The rest she got with a small hint. So why can my daughter do this and her cousin, who is 6 mos older, can't even remember my wife's name. BTW my niece is a lovely and cute and has no mental problems. That would be another story.The reason is because we (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting: Children Should Play Not Pilot |
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| I wrote this article several years ago after an eight year old girl piloting an airplane crashed and was killed. While the story is old, the lessons we can lift from the story still ring true today, and always.Play, not pilotShould Jessica have been up there or not?That's the question I have been asked dozens of times since 8-year-old Jessica Dubroff died when her plane crashed during her attempt to become the youngest pilot to fly across America.In general, I'm very reluctant to comment on a situation involving parents and their children when I don't have all the facts. But this case is fairly cut and dried, and we have all the information we (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Rich Alexander |
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| Article Title :: Getting Your Kid Off The Payroll |
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| Do you have a recent college graduate who is unemployed, or if they are employed, dislikes and maybe even hates their first job? Well, don't feel bad, because by all estimates, at least half of all recent graduates are either unemployed or underemployed (working a job that doesn't use either their education or their ambition). It's difficult deciding who should feel worse, our kids or us.The children of baby boomers (our kids) are going to college in record numbers. There are more applicants to American universities today than at any time in our country's history. There are also record numbers of foreign students flocking to American universities taking up a limited number of s (read full article) |
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