1,046 articles on "children"

Elections Teaching Tip

An election brings many opportunities to relate curriculum to real life. Whether it is a local or national election, here are some ideas to try before and after Election Day.1. Discuss how the commercials for each candidate have been written to pers...

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Children - About 5-20% of Children Have it, and Why it Happens

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, is a common digestive disorder whose general symptoms include one or a combination of flatulence, abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, and an incomplete sensation or urgency of defecation. IBS is termed as a f...

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Fostering And Permanent Placements For Foster Children

Separation from family is one of the most disruptive events that can occur in a child's life. Simply Fostering has found that children suffering from the trauma of abuse and neglect may also be affected by the process of foster care itself. Ho...

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One Definition of Success

As parents, we want our children and teens to grow up and "be successful." But what "being successful" means depends on our definition of "success" in the first place. Obviously "success" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. ...

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Ever wanted to make your own Themed Gift Baskets?

Ever wanted to make your own Themed Gift Baskets? by: Donna Hamer If you’ve always wanted to know how to make your own gift baskets, this article will give you some tips to get started. Gift baskets are such a wonderful gift and can be given f...

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America's Achilles Heel: Its Children. The Unthinkable Terrorist Act

So Many Children So Much Blood So Many tears What will we do? The soldier stood there erect, proud, and with a heavy heart. He looked at his wife and two children and struggled with saying good-bye. He was going to leave to fight terrorism in a coun...

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Roe vs. Wade 32nd Anniversary

This weekend we had a rather somber church service. A service remembering the anniversay of the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade on abortion.And, of course, an occasion like that gets me thinking. Thinking about all the statistics of what has h...

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Are Emotions Really That Important? Teaching Children How to Deal With Negative Emotions

Consider events in your life that have generated an emotion within you. Events generate emotion because you care about the outcome. The emotion prepares you for action; consider how differently you approach a situation based on your emotional investm...

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Music and the Young Child

Having operated a successful Family Child Care in my home for over 10 years, I have had many opportunities to introduce various aspects of the Arts to young children. Being naturally musical myself, providing a musical curriculum to my kids was a sim...

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Gardens in fall - Travel - Cleveland Botanical Garden

Even as summer blooms fade, botanical gardens across the country come alive with new exhibits and classes to keep garden lovers busy well into the fall and winter months. Heres a sampling of whats happening in your region.CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDENC...

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