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The Ultimate Home Playground: 4 Additions To Make Your Child's At-Home Paradise

I love trying to come up with new ways to make kids thrilled with hanging out in the yard, doing something active. In fact, thinking back on my own childhood, I remember designing miniature playgrounds myself out of makeshift parts (think basketball ...

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The Greatest Gift You Can Give Children - Wherever You Are, Be There!

I believe most of us have what it takes to be genuinely great parents; regardless if we have been separated, divorced or attempting to co-parent. More often than not, it is through our efforts to juggle an already rather hectic lifestyle that we negl...

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Josh: Gone But Not Forgotten

Two years 1 hour and 30 minutes ago today. I laid beside my precious son in his hospital bed as he took his last breath and his heart beat so purely for the last time. Kathy and I both held him in our arms as he slipped away from us. Unlike three da...

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Baby Home Safety - Flat Screen Tv Baby Safety Guide: Kayla's Accident

Kayla is lucky to be alive after a 30kg large screen TV crushed her little body. Kayla's accident is a warning to all parents with large televisions and small children. Learn the essential baby home safety tips for large screen TV's to keep...

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Childrens Books

Getting your child to read can be a challenge. I will offer some insight on how to approach this. Many parents have to deal with this issue at some point while raising their children. I have been confronted on several occasions as to how to get a ch...

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A New School Year

A New School Year by: Kimberly Chastain Depending on where you live school will be starting this month or next month. A new school year is usually exciting and scary at the same time. Most children won’t admit it, but they are ready to get bac...

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You’re A Mom, She’s A Mom: Being An Adult With Your Parents

You’re A Mom, She’s A Mom: Being An Adult With Your Parents by: Mimi Azoubel Daniel, MS, CEC On one of her quarterly visits to see her grandson, my three-year-old son, my mother ignores the available front seat of the car, crowds into the ba...

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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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Promoting Safe Sports: Is Your Child's Sports Program Prepared To Keep Them Safe?

For a lot of parents, starting your children out in sports can be a stressful time, no matter what age they are. Most of us love to see them getting started on an active lifestyle because it is a lifestyle with so many rewards, but at the same time, ...

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How to Encourage Optimism in Children

Optimism. Seeing the glass half full. How important is it? Research has found that optimists are happier, experience less stress, are more successful, and are healthier than pessimists. Optimists also outlive pessimists. We teach our children manners...

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