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Teaching Kids to Embrace Change

We try to create a world of structure and predictability for our children. We work hard to give them routines, a regular schedule and consistent expectations. We aim to make their lives predictable, stable, safe and secure. As they grow up, we hope t...

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Benefits That Your Child Gets From Reading

Most of us know how reading can benefit us both in our personal and business lives. When we read, we learn many things and we even have the opportunity to improve our communication skills although we may not be aware of it. This is because when we re...

Parenting  parenting reading read language
Grandparents! Help Your Grandkids Do Math!

Grandparents! Help Your Grandkids Do Math! by: Kenneth Williams This may come as a surprise. But despite all the advances in education, many kids still struggle in the math class. Math is an important subject, yet many kids just don't "ge...

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If You'd Like To Know Why Reading Matters

If You'd Like To Know Why Reading Matters by: Barbara Freedman-De Vito Here Are Some of the Reasons Why Reading Is So Important for Children Why Do We Tell Children to Read ? We're always telling children that books and reading are go...

Parenting  parenting children reading read
Make Your Child's First Days of School Memorable

Make Your Child's First Days of School Memorable by: Patricia Twitchell Do you have a child or grandchild getting ready to start the school year? If yes, you are in a position to make the experience a great one. The first few days of schoo...

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How to Listen to Your Teenager without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

How to Listen to Your Teenager without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) by: V. Michael Santoro, M. Ed. In one of the Family Circus cartoon strips, the little girl looks up at her father, who is reading the newspaper, and says, ...

Parenting  parenting listening teen
Expecting More Out Of Your Child: 4 Ways To Curb Indulgent Parenting

I wrote an article recently about having too much expectation for your children, and this can be a danger for some, but, by far, a greater risk for American parents is to be a little too indulgent with your kids. These days, many parents take a lazie...

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Advising Teens? Getting Your Point Across

Advising Teens? Getting Your Point Across by: Carol Shepley Giving advice to a teenager is very easy; getting a teenager to take that advice is another matter altogether. It's not only a case of the advice 'falling on deaf ears', ...

Parenting  parenting teen advice
Family Night on a Budget!

Family Night on a Budget! by: Cyndi Roberts When you and your family are on a tight budget, sometimes one of the first things to be cut out is money for entertainment. When our 3 children were small, my husband and I always tried to find fun th...

Parenting  parenting children family night things
The Importance of Mothers

The Importance of Mothers by: Rexanne Mancini Moms, did you ever question your value as a role model, caretaker, administer of hugs and Band-Aids? I think we all have in today's climate of "do more, get more, have more." Many of us work to...

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