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Author :: Chick Moorman  |
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| Article Title :: How to Say "I Love You" With Meaning |
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| “I love you” are three words all children need to hear often from their parents. Do you want those words to have real meaning to your child? Do you want them to connect one heart to another? Do you want to use these words to develop a level of intimacy in your family that communicates your heartfelt affection for your children? If so, consider strengthening I love you with the following suggestions.1.) Use eye contact. Give your children your eyes when you say, “I love you.” Souls touch when meaningful eye contact is made during moments of intimacy. Touch with your eyes. It’s a way of connecting that helps you bond.2.) Touch. A pat on the back, a hug, or a high-fiv (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Sanjay Johari |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Skill – Helping Children Build Strong Foundation – Part 1 |
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| Let me start by asking what is strong foundation in a child? It is self confidence, a positive attitude which will propel the child to greater achievements in life. Although humans have unlimited potential to attain greater heights, all of us put a limit to our potential by self-assessment – by deciding and fixing our worth in our subconscious mind. We develop our own opinion about ourselves in our childhood. At this stage we set a limit to what or how much we deserve and most of us honor this self-imposed limitation throughout our lives.During childhood parents look after the child when child is fixing her world-view in her subconscious. The parents have strong influence on this (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dionna Sanchez |
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| Article Title :: Teaching Homekeeping |
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| Are your children tired of the same old chores in your house? It can be tough enough to motivate a child to do chores, but if they are stuck with the same jobs day in and day out - you can bet you have a battle on your hands.Yes, children should help out around the house. It teaches them
household skills and gives them pride. As a parent, you can help your child stretch their learning and be more motivated by varying their responsibilities from time to time.You can implement a "chore jar". Write the names of different jobs and responsibilities on them. The next time you hear your child complain,(or maybe you just want to help them refresh their duties a little), have them d (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dionna Sanchez |
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| Article Title :: The Weight of Our Words |
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| Recently, my youngest daughter lost her very first tooth. She’d been waiting for over a year to have this exciting moment occur in her life. It was so cute to see her face filled with wonder and excitement.Then, the unthinkable happened. That night, Kayla lost her tooth. I mean – really lost it. I felt so terrible for her as tears flooded her eyes. Her very first tooth – lost! Would the tooth fairy still come?Our family all got on hands and knees and combed the bedroom floor looking for this tooth as tears turned into sobs for my daughter.Do you know what Kayla did? She went into her bedroom and prayed for Jesus to help her find her tooth. And hours later (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Keith Allen |
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| Article Title :: Teens and ADHD |
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| Teens with ADHD have a very difficult life. This condition is one that you may not even realize that your child has. In many cases, the symptoms are so few that you do not see that it is there. In fact, they know it is, but you do not. ADHD is a learning disability and a behavior disability that causes many more problems than just a temper tantrum when they are five years old. ADHD teens face many problems throughout their childhoods and well into their adult lives. What should be done for teens with ADHD?Here are some things you, as parents, can do for your teens with ADHD:Get them tested for the condition. If your child struggles with remaining focused (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Beth O'Malley |
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| Article Title :: Found Facts: Dr. Kay Johnson's Research on China Abandonment in China |
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| The facts about adoption keep changing. Changes occur not just in regulations and laws but even in the basics, such as how to talk with kids about adoption. Only eight short years ago there were a mere handful of adoption books. As of Fall 2002, there were 1,450 adoption-related books listed on Amazon.com.I am an adoption social worker. My career led me to write about how to create life history books for adopted children. I am always on the lookout for new resources and stories, and the Internet has become a great place to look.There, people can educate themselves at the speed of light. Listservs and online groups are examples: You can type in whatever subject moves you, an (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Sandy Kimball |
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| Article Title :: #1 Discipline Strategy That Works! |
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| Is it possible to get the kids to obey all the time?Have you tried everything and it doesn't seem to work?How do we get the kids to do their chores, homework, clean their
room with a good attitude.If the children have a safe environment and we expect them to be
responsible and competent, then that is a very important first step.If children feel safe they will be confident.
If children have responsibilty they will be competent.Remember, that we don't want perfect kids, we want happy kids.When RULES are consistently enforced the child will have strong
safe boundaries.This has been tough for me, I have always wanted
to make things easy and by gi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Bria Simpson |
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| Article Title :: Balanced Mom - Avoid The Nay-Sayers |
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| "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston ChurchillIf anyone had told me two years ago that I would write a book, I would have told them they were insane. I didn't think I knew how to write a book! A whole book? Are you crazy?And yet...gradually...from listening to the encouraging voices around me, and the passion within me, I realized I could at least try to write a book. I could at least try to get it published. And I would not have been able to muster up the courage, believe me, if I had listened to the nay-sayers. When one acquaintance heard of this endeavor, she remarked "and what make (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Hoe Bing Lo |
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| Article Title :: Six Steps To Powerful Communication With Your Child |
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| As a guardian of ADHD children I often see the myriad of emotions that a parent with an ADHD child has to go through. I also get to see the happiness that they experience once they learn the secrets of minimizing hazardous communication and decrease their 'parenting errors'.Some of the most common parenting errors are1) Latent errors: there errors are inherent within the system. For example in a family, there is organizational sloppiness. Responsibilities are not defined; assumptions are made and not communicated etc.2) Predisposing errors:a. Work overload: parents forgetting to leave work at the office and bringing the problems home. The frustration is picked (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Sapna Ganeshan |
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| Article Title :: Easy, Simple Ways to Build up your Child's Brainpower |
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| So, it is important for both parents but especially mothers to avoid smoking, alcohol, and substance abuse when pregnant and to adopt a healthy lifestyle. It is just not about food and exercise. It is about staying positive in thoughts, keeping a happy frame of mind, exposing the child in the womb to wonderful happy thoughts and music. There are parents who talk to the unborn child and swear that their child is clever and an achiever because of this. Try it, ask your doctors about it.Changes in Routine HelpBabies as well as toddlers and older kids respond to the stimulus offered by experiences in their home and environment. Did you know that the brain of children is stimulat (read full article) |
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