 |
For the Love of Mommy |
| For most of you being a mother is one of the most wonderful and rewarding experiences that you will have in your life. It can also be a time when you feel lost and out of touch with who you are outside of being a mommy. Maintaining an identity outsi... |
|
What Kids Learn Thats POSITIVE from Playing Video Games |
| Our family engages in "mindless" video games from time to time ... but it's treated like "junk food". It really has no "nutritional" value for our minds. Ben Armstrong 1 Like the observer above, many parents and critics express the opinion that comp... |
|
Digital Natives and Immigrants |
| Perhaps the least understood and least appreciated notion among those who design and deliver education today is the fact that our students have changed radically. A really big discontinuity has taken place the arrival and rapid dissemination of digi... |
|
Really Good News About Your Childrens Video Games |
| Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier has grabbed national attention for suggesting that playing action video and computer games has positive effects enhancing students visual selective atte... |
|
How Kids Learn To Cooperate In Video Games -- A Guide for Parents and Teachers |
| A great many parents are concerned that the electronic games their kids play are teaching the kids negative messages such as aggression, violence, and isolation from real people. I want to illustrate here how computer and video game playing, can hav... |
|
Fostering Healthy Eating Habits In Your Baby |
| If youre concerned about your babys health, you want to be certain to start healthy eating habits early. The first year of solid foods is a very important time for establishing your childs eating habits. What your child eats, and more importantly, d... |
|
Protect your Allergic Child in School |
| A severe allergic reaction to milk, peanuts, wheat, shellfish, latex and other types of triggers can keep a youngster from fully enjoying childhood. And that's not right. We know how challenging and frightening it is to send a child with a severe al... |
|
Top 10 Ways To Prevent Obesity In Kids |
| Im sure youve seen the dire reports about childhood obesity becoming rampant in America. Its a scary thing and not an experience any of us wish upon our children. Preventing obesity can be easy and empowering for children. Give them control over the... |
|
Toddlers and Self-Esteem |
| Honestly, self-esteem is not taught to little babies and toddlers. It's an innate sense that drives them to roll over, to crawl, to walk, to begin speaking, and to learn how to get their basic needs met. Children are naturally self-confident. Babies... |
|
What the Matter Is |
| When my oldest boy was really young, he tickled my mother with that phrase. I would ask him, "What's the matter?" and he would answer me, "Well, what the matter is..." followed by whatever it was that he needed to discuss with me. He would say it wi... |
|
Saving Money on Preschool: Readiness Skills Needed for Kindergarten |
| As a mom of 4 who's youngest child is about to start Kindergarten this Fall, I'd like to share with you some things I've learned about Preschool over the last ten years, along with a list of readiness skills every child can be learning at home - whe... |
|
Children are People, Not Machines |
| When growing up, my father frequently reminded me to "pay attention to the details." That saying became very real to me in the area of parenting. While raising children, the details make great differences in development. Being that children are peop... |
|
Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Blackmail |
| Family decision-making is an intriguing phenomenon. Many factors become part of the decision-making process. Emotions play an important part in this activity. Parents and children each use emotions to steer decisions favorable way to themselves. Usi... |
|
Mutants or Clones? |
| In a single dose of children's television, I was bombarded with themes of mutants, cyborgs, evolving and the digital world. These words intimidated me at first, until I learned what the shows were talking about. I wondered how this prepares children... |
|
Self-Esteem and Teens |
| Ideally, we raise our children from the cradle to have a positive sense of self-esteem. A child that has always had a strong sense of who they are and were they want to go with their life isn't as likely to dabble in drugs, alcohol, and premarital s... |
|
Baby Clothes |
| There are a lot of important things to remember about buying baby clothes for your own baby, but especially if you are buying baby clothes for someone elses baby. If you want them to keep the baby clothes you buy and use them, put some thought into... |
|
What Does My New Baby Really Need? A Guide to Shopping for Your New Baby |
| What is it do I really need to buy for my new baby? While writing my latest book found at www.CareForMyBaby.com . I found that this is a question a lot of new moms must ask themselves. Having a new baby is a huge expense, and it is hard to stay on b... |
|
Baby Gifts A Guide for Men |
| Buying gifts for babies can be a difficult chore for men, especially for single men. After all, how can a man who has no children know what the best Baby Gifts are? With this article I hope to help men take some of the mystery out of shopping for Ba... |
