1,046 articles on "children"

Maturing As a Parent

I have three children, ages 19 and 16 (yes, the 16 year-olds are twins!) My older son just mailed his college deposit and will leave for school sometime in August. Thinking back over the past few years, I’ve just realized my children have been spr...

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Choosing The Best Type Of Toys For Your Kids

The holiday season has arrived, which means it is time to buy gifts for friends and relatives. Perhaps the lion's share of gift buying is done with children in mind. And out of this, the biggest share is buying toys for them. If there is one thi...

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Throwing a Dora the Explorer Party

Dora the Explorer has proven to be a phenomenon of mass proportion among young children. As with most things popular with children, Dora makes a great theme for a birthday party. Of course, planning and throwing a party is no small task, and a Dora t...

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How to Have the “Perfect” Christmas

How to Have the “Perfect” Christmas by: Kimberly Chastain “This year will be different. I vow I won’t get stressed out over presents, parties, cards, Christmas plays, putting up the tree and decorating, and all the many other tasks of th...

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A Brick Wall

A Brick Wall by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of August 18, 2003 Two years ago I divorced, and there is still a lot of hostility. My former husband has been served with contempt papers for not paying child support. He s...

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Prayer in Schools

Flaws in government fall back on the church, as, divided, we have no voice. Many have mixed thoughts in voting for prayer in schools.Do we want government to teach religion to our children? The next question being, "Which religion?" Once that's...

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Success Through The Eyes Of A Child

Success Through The Eyes Of A Child by: Barbara C White Adults, with eyes to see, can learn so much about success in life from children. When a baby is born, it has instinctively in it everything needed to succeed in life. A child is like a fre...

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Developing a Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Child

Developing a Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Child by: Brook Noel Children with healthy self-esteems try hard in school, get along well with others, hold a "can-do" attitude about life, and feel positive about their environment. They can accept ups ...

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Traveling On

Five weeks of bombing between Lebanese Hezbollah and the State of Israel ended in a fragile ceasefire last week that seems to be holding itself together. Since the ceasefire began on August 14, passages have been opening for delivery of humanitarian ...

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Who will be their Guardian

If you are like most people today, you do not have a will. The reasons for this failure are many, with the most common being along the lines of “I don’t have enough assets to worry about”, “I don’t know how to write a will”, or “Lawyer...

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