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Author :: Audrey Burton  |
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| Article Title :: Pay Attention! It's Your Most Important Job |
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Pay Attention! It's Your Most Important Job
by: Audrey Burton
Anyone can become a parent; there are no tests or interviews to pass. Children can become parents, mentally disabled people – it’s even possible to become a parent while in a coma!
When my mother, who is a truly great parent still, became a mom the first time, she was 19 and had very little experience with children. The hospital gave her 1 piece of paper with instructions and sent her on her way. Dolls come with more instructions than that!
We sometimes take for granted all the information at our fingertips today that didn’t exist as recently as 30 years ago. When I was a baby, if it wasn’t in Dr. Spock’s (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: News Canada |
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| Article Title :: How To Stop Bullying |
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How To Stop Bullying
by: News Canada
(NC)—According to Family Services Canada, approximately 12% of children are bullies. Additional research confirms that bullying occurs frequently: once every seven minutes on the playground and once every twenty-five minutes in class (Craig and Pepler, 1997).
To prevent bullying, it is important to consider not only the bully and victim, but also peers, school staff, parents, and the broader community. The best approach at school, is to develop a clearly stated code of behaviour with consistent follow-through.
All school staff should participate in educational sessions, together with parent and student representatives. Once adults learn to recog (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: News Canada |
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| Article Title :: Tips For Parents On How To Deal With Bullying |
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Tips For Parents On How To Deal With Bullying
by: News Canada
(NC)—Bullying behaviour may seem rather insignificant compared to the trouble that some kids can get into. Many dismiss it as just another part of "growing up." But we can't anymore. Statistics show that one in four children who bully will have a criminal record before the age of thirty. Teasing on playgrounds and at bus stops, taking other children's lunch money, insults and threats, kicking and punching — it's all fair game to the bully.
On the flip side, fear of bullies causes many kids to avoid school or, in the extreme, carry and even use weapons for protection. While everyone is a potential bullying target, victim (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Cecile Peterkin |
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| Article Title :: Goal Setting for Kids |
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Goal Setting for Kids
by: Cecile Peterkin
Goal setting is essential for building a successful life. However, teaching kids how to set and achieve goals is not part of most school curriculums, nor is it taught in most homes. Many parents never learned the techniques of goal setting, and are still struggling with their own. You don't need to know it all. While you develop your own goal-setting skills, you can also be helping and encouraging your children to develop theirs. Goal setting is a life-long skill. It helps your child to focus their unique gifts and talents, it helps to cultivate and strengthening your child's self-worth, and equips them to lead a life full of meaning purpose, a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dr. Clare Albright |
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| Article Title :: The Top 10 Tips on Hiring a Babysitter |
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The Top 10 Tips on Hiring a Babysitter
by: Dr. Clare Albright
1. Encourage your babysitter by keeping their favorite foods/snacks on hand.
Write a thank you card to your babysitters a couple of times a year. Experienced parents always say, "When you find a good babysitter - keep them happy!"
2. Hire a "mother's helper" to come in to your home to play with your child.
This extra help will enable you to get those unfinished chores done - while knowing that your child is happy. Since you are in the home it is possible to hire a younger, less expensive babysitter.
3. Consider letting a teenage babysitter watch your child in their home instead of in your home.
If an emerg (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: News Canada |
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| Article Title :: Learning Through Senses – The Key To A Child's Dev |
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Learning Through Senses – The Key To A Child's Development
by: News Canada
(NC)—The first few years of a child's life are full of new and exciting experiences that are absorbed like a sponge through the five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight and sound. From birth, newborns are bombarded with a busy world that they must learn to master. It is the senses that pave the way for a child's development throughout his or her life.
"From birth, parents must choose toys and learning tools for their child that are fun and enjoyable to play with and that also foster sensorial growth to ensure a more complete development process," says Dr. Kathleen Alfano, leading child Researcher and Directo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: News Canada |
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| Article Title :: Play, Laugh, Grow – Learning To Play With Your Chi |
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Play, Laugh, Grow – Learning To Play With Your Child
by: News Canada
(NC)—The first year of a child's life is a prime time for exploring. Babies are excited and eager to learn about the world around them and playing is essential to a child's development. Parents are the best learning resource a child has, and playtime offers a chance for bonding between parents and children. By learning how to play with their children, parents can help them develop a sense of accomplishment and self-esteem.
Parents shouldn't feel that they have to constantly practice the alphabet or enroll their children in school at age two to stimulate learning. Instead, parents should provide toys that help str (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: News Canada |
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| Article Title :: Oh Baby! You Can Make It Happen |
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Oh Baby! You Can Make It Happen
by: News Canada
(NC)—Right from the beginning, a baby learns that certain actions within his or her environment can bring desired results. Typically the first sign of reinforcement comes from the baby's parents. For example, a baby learns early on in the development stage that crying will result in a parent picking him up, feeding him or changing his diaper.
Throughout this learning process it is important for parents to provide constant stimulation for their baby. Providing a baby with a selection of well-chosen toys that encourage activity and exploration is a step in the right direction.
According to the parents.com website, "a baby is fascinated (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: David Coyne |
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| Article Title :: 14 Ways To Boost Customer Response In A Tough Econ |
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14 Ways To Boost Customer Response In A Tough Economy
by: David Coyne
Things are rough today for online businesses. The economy is struggling to get back on track. Spam is clogging up the inboxes of everyone, making email marketing less effective. And anti-spam software seems delighted to target legitimate email as junk.
Today, you must step up your tactics to keep your customers buying and away from the competition next door on the cyberspace highway.
Study your competitor's marketing and advertising. Sign up to their email list. Can you offer more than they can? Does your competitor have a weakness that you can exploit? Use it as your main selling point.
Previous customers are 5 (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Murdo Macleod |
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| Article Title :: Where Will YOUR Kids Get A Job? |
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Where Will YOUR Kids Get A Job?
by: Murdo Macleod
Let's face it.
The job market is getting tougher every day.
Computerization is making many jobs redundant.
The Internet and modern telecommunications have allowed companies to outsource jobs to third-world countries where wage costs are much lower.
In fact thousands of jobs have already been shed in the United Kingdom as several major banks have outsourced their call center operations to the Indian subcontinent.
Other companies are following suit, sending their back- office and Information Technology jobs the same way.
This is a major trend that's only going to accelerate.
Have you ever wondered how your kids will get on w (read full article) |
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