Parenting
Expose Your Children to Their Own Creativity with Properly Selected Art Easels
- By Marina Neiman
- Published 09/19/2008
- Parenting
- Unrated
A proper easel or comfortable art table will encourage your child to use art more frequently than if they didn't have a special area dedicated to it. Through art experimentation, your child can develop his or her creativity. Art can help your child express themselves as they try to figure out who they are and what they are capable of.
Removals to Spain
- By Jenny Austin
- Published 08/28/2008
- Family , Parenting , Travel
- Unrated
Here are some ideas for activities for children; colouring or reading books, etch a sketch, game-boy, mp3 player and mini travel games such as draughts and snakes and ladders.
Honestly - Do You Drink, Take Drugs and Drive? – (Part One)
- By full house
- Published 07/27/2008
- Automotive , Parenting , Teenagers , Health
- Unrated
The effects of alcohol on your driving cannot be reversed. The only thing that will sober you up is time. Other drugs also impair your driving and we will look at these later. Read on to know more . . .
Make School Lunches Fun and Nutritious
- By upinder negi
- Published 07/15/2008
- Parenting , Recipes , Nutrition
- Unrated
(ARA) - As the beginning of the school year nears, parents once again face the challenge of preparing healthy lunches and snacks that their kids will actually eat. After all, you can send your child to school with a well-balanced lunch a home-ec teacher would be proud of, but if he trades his carrot sticks for a cupcake, all your efforts go down the drain.
How to Set Click on the "Ratings” Internet Explorer
- By Neha Arora
- Published 07/8/2008
- Parenting , Children
- Unrated
Are you the parent of a child or a teen who uses the internet? If you are, there is a good chance that you use Internet Explorer for your browser, as it comes standard on most computers. The good news is that if you are using Internet Explorer, which has the blue colored e icon, it is easy for you to set parental controls. These parental controls can block your child from viewing dangerous content online.
Preschool Mathematics
- By takuya okawa
- Published 03/13/2008
- Parenting
- Unrated
This article is brought to you by Bayhill Education, an Ontario Richmond hill after school tutoring services.
My preschooler can count twice as high as your preschooler -- but does that mean she really understands number concepts? In truth, she has memorized a sequence of words. Although children can't learn math unless they know how to count, counting is only one aspect of math.
Developing Your Child's Appreciation Of The Natural World
- By Rita Offen
- Published 02/24/2008
- Parenting
- Unrated
Encouraging an appreciation of the natural world and its beauty is a wonderful gift we can give our children, not just for today but for the future. An appreciation of nature is a gentle de-stresser which your children, when adults, can enjoy and benefit from. Such an appreciation gives them a well-balanced and pleasurable view of the world about them.
How To Help Your Child Do Well At School
- By Rita Offen
- Published 02/24/2008
- Parenting
- Unrated
If your child is doing well at school your job is easy. However, if not, it can be difficult when you feel, because you are not in the school with him, you have little control or motivational input in his education. Often the picture you only get to see is that of his homework tasks, and news of any misdemeanour. It is hard knowing what is really going on, and how you can do your absolute best to help him get the most he can out of the long time he has at school.
Stuff Matters To Kids
- By Rita Offen
- Published 01/28/2008
- Parenting
- Unrated
We often say ‘wealth and possessions are not important’ – true, but personal possessions are important to kids. Young children especially can become attached to their personal possessions. It may not seem important to adults, but small, simple and seemingly insignificant objects can have much significance in the lives of young children.
Are You Empowering Or Disempowering Your Kids?
- By Rita Offen
- Published 12/14/2007
- Parenting
- Unrated
Parents, being the role models, are in the best position to empower their kids to have the skills for success. It’s often the simple, everyday communication in our relationships that can make such a difference to encouraging our kids to be confident, courageous and happy.
Seven Steps To Making Time For The Family
- By Rita Offen
- Published 12/13/2007
- Parenting
- Unrated
Prince Andrew was reported as saying “I believe fundamentally that the family is the most important thing in life”. And this belief probably holds true for most people, but like the diet we have every intention on going on, or the cigarettes we have every intention on giving up, we just don’t get around to it, often until it’s too late. So, given that we are so caught up in work, DIY, housework, and life, how do we make time for the family?
How To Love Your Kids
- By Rita Offen
- Published 12/6/2007
- Parenting
- Unrated
Of course we love our kids – they're part of us. They can be funny, cheeky, sweet, loving, polite, giving, peaceful and cuddly, but equally they can be difficult, stubborn, hateful, rude, dishonest, selfish, noisy and demanding. Deep down we know they don't mean it, they're just being kids, but what do you do when you're at the end of your tether?
Creating a scrapbook will generate even more interest from your loved ones in those pictures taken at a reunion. It can be a shared project where everyone compiles their photos in one "all dressed up" photo album. But this isn't the old dime-store album of plain, clear vinyl pockets in a grid where you insert your 4X6's. If you're the "lucky" one who gets to amass this family treasure I can help you get started.
Nursery Sheet Sets & Crib Safety Reminders
- By Jerry Johnson
- Published 07/10/2007
- Parenting
- Unrated
Sheets in cribs or beds can sometimes be hazardous to babies. Since 1984, The Consumer Protection Safety Commision has learned of the deaths of 17 babies, most under 12 months old, who suffocated or strangled primarily when they became entangled in sheets in their cribs or beds.
Overnight Summer Camps - Nurse's Guide To The Best Tips
- By Helen Hecker
- Published 07/6/2007
- Parenting
- Unrated
The variety of camps available today is almost innumerable and there will be some specialized camps that have availability left even into the summer.