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Author :: Crystal Paine  |
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| Article Title :: While You Have the Time, Take the Time |
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| Here in Kansas, where we live, the leaves are turning beautiful shades and falling off the trees. Just last week, I was babysitting some little boys and we were playing outside. The area around their home was carpeted in leaves—-ready for our enjoyment! We raked the leaves into huge piles, jumped in them, buried people underneath them, and threw leaves at each other. We had a blast! There was almost constant giggling, and no one was ready to go in when it was lunch time. (Except for the babysitter who had had enough leaves in her hair for one day!). Though such a simple thing, our time playing in the leaves brought such wholesome enjoyment. It also served to remind me of days gone by wh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Judy H. Wright |
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| Article Title :: Kids, Chores & More |
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| Are you a frustrated parent who sometimes finds it is easier to take the garbage out yourself than to keep nagging your son? Do you wonder what kind of employee he will become since he doesn't always follow through at home? Is it worth the effort on your part to insist that he do his share? The answer is a resounding Yes!The lessons of life and self that we want our children to learn in our homes are not only the practical ones, such as making a bed, sewing on a button or cooking a meal. They include intangible benefits as well; it is equally important for children to learn the art of cooperation, the satisfaction of finishing a job, the ease in following a schedule and the valu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dan Edmunds |
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| Article Title :: Hearing Our Seriously Distressed Children |
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| How do we deal with our seriously distressed children and adolescents?Adolescents are in a period of seeking autonomy and self-determination. These qualities can aid them in becoming agents of active transformation in their own lives. For one to recover from distress they are in need of being able to regain hope and to have an effective exercise of their free will. (Breggin, 1996). Adolescents based on their experiences formulate thoughts and feelings and begin to create values and meanings for themselves.Those adolescents who are suffering from serious emotional distress have become lost on this path to finding meaning in their lives. Once this occurs, they begin to develop (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dan Edmunds |
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| Article Title :: Examining Drugs for ADHD, Particularly 'Strattera' |
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| In memory of 14 year old Matthew Smith; 11 year old Stephanie Hall; and 10 year old Shaina Dunkle and other children who have died from the use of psychotropic drugs for "ADHD".The Eli Lilly company has been marketing a new drug for those who are labeled as ADHD known as Strattera. This drug is purported to be a non-stimulant medication, however the side effects are similar. Rather than effecting the dopamine system as do the stimulants such as methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine, it works upon the norepinephrine neurotransmitter. Strattera is considered a Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Norepinephrine is the brain's adrenalin. Norephinephrine is involved in the increased rate (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dr. Debby Hirschhorn, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Disciplining the Wild Child |
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| Do you have a wild child? Then this article may be for you. Do you just blow up when you can't take it any more? Then this article is definitely for you.Abuse victims, when they become parents, are handicapped in two ways. One, they have no clue how to give good discipline because they never saw it done. A parent who knows how does not resort to abuse. Or, I should say, a parent who knows how deep in his/her bones, not just intellectually, does not need to resort to abuse. So if you were beaten, humiliated, yelled at, ignored, neglected, abandoned, criticized, or any of the hundred other ways of being abused, you never saw good discipline in action. So you just don't know what it l (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Wilma Watson |
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| Article Title :: Naming Your Baby Is Part of The Challenge of Being a Parent |
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| Baby names are as diverse as the people to whom they are given. Choosing the right name for your baby can be a very challenging yet fun exercise! This is my story.Before I was married I used to work as a midwife in a Labor Ward. I have helped deliver over 1,000 babies. It was an awesome feeling every time I placed the baby in the mother's arms for the first time. Often I would ask, 'What's your baby's name?' The mother would look up at me with such pride and say, 'His (or her) name is....'. I loved sharing their joy. Seeing the mother snuggle up to her baby and announcing her baby's name!I was destined to be married! An unmistakable inner thought filled my mind at the age of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dr. Debby Hirschhorn, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Developing a Fantastic Relationship with Your Child |
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| Here's a scene: A parent "might suddenly grab a happliy playing child and shower him with excited hugs and kisses without warning." What's wrong with this picture?I would say that, simply, the parent is not in synch with
the child in the case described above. The parent is not on the
same page. Yes, parents have to move over to their child's
page to be "on the same page", not the other way around, starting in infancy. Parents who have no history of being treated with any sensitivity at all will have a hard time with this. But--here's the clincher--giving up is not an option! Here is how to practice getting more and more able to "read" what page someone is onStep 1: Guess (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Judy H. Wright |
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| Article Title :: Attaboy! Encouraging Phrases That Build Confidence |
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| Home, home on the range,
Where never is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day!Oh, that would be wonderful but most parents and bosses tend to feel that criticism and pointing out what is wrong will make others want to do what is right. However, people cannot improve unless they feel good enough about themselves to believe they are capable of improvement. An encouraging parent stops using negative comments about a child and uses methods, words and actions that indicate a respect for the child and a faith in his abilities.Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame often cites a study done by some graduate students who followed a normal (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Maria Estarellas |
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| Article Title :: Who Are Your Kids Talking To Online? |
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| Studies have shown that:1 out of 4 children were sent pictures of people who were
naked or having sex?1 out of 5 children were solicited for sex on the Internet50% of people have made phone calls with someone the
chatted with online.Do you know what strangers are saying to your kids?What can you do to protect your children from unscrupulous
people in the Internet?Today's children, and specially teens, spend more time on
the computer. Even though the Internet is nowadays the
primary source of communication for them, it is also a
dangerous place.There are some unscrupulous people out there that would go
to any extent to engage in indecent con (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Norma Schmidt |
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| Article Title :: How Being a Mom Makes You a Better Professional |
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| "Becoming a parent can make you a better worker," New York Times
writer Lisa Belkins said in a recent column.I'd always heard that becoming a parent made MEN better workers. The
common "wisdom" said fatherhood made men more stable and better
motivated.Women, the old prejudice held, would become unreliable once children
arrived. Motherhood would bring distractions and increased sick days
on account of small, runny noses at home.My own experience has been mixed. In my early days of motherhood, I
concluded that each sleep interruption meant a loss of 10 points from
my IQ the next day. And small, runny
noses, fevers and upset tummies did indeed take a toll on (read full article) |
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