Archive for October, 2009

  • Parenting Tips – Making New Friends

    Parenting Tips – Making New Friends

    There are times when your child will need to learn how to make new friends.  These times include when they starting school or changing to a new school, if you move, or if people have moved into your neighborhood.  This can be scary for some kids.  Here are some ways to help your child make [...]

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  • Parenting Tips – Healthy Eating

    Parenting Tips – Healthy Eating

    Chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese seem to be the mainstream diet for many children.  Parents often struggle to get their children to eat healthy foods.  Our family started on a new diet.  We switched our white bread for wheat and started stocking the fridge with fruits and vegetables.  The kids rebelled for a while, [...]

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  • Parenting Tips – Discipline

    Parenting Tips – Discipline

    There are many books with varying opinions on how you should discipline your children.  However, I believe that the person that knows your child best is you.  Articles and books can give advice, but it is important to understand your child and what will work for them. Not all children are the same, and this applies [...]

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  • Parenting Tips – Arts and Crafts

    Parenting Tips – Arts and Crafts

    Most children love to do craft projects, and this can be a fun way to teach them new things.  There are endless possibilities on how you can do this.  Begin gathering supplies that they can use when they would like to.  Here are a few suggestions. Start collecting objects that can be reused.  Small baby food containers, empty [...]

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  • Parenting Tips – Kids and the Internet

    Parenting Tips – Kids and the Internet

    Kids today have a different perception of the computer and the internet.  Children in elementary school are being taught how to use a computer.  Some school reports require internet sources.  Teaching your children about the internet and setting some rules will help keep them safer. First, help your children understand that seeing something on the internet [...]

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  • Parenting Tips – Cleaning Their Room

    Parenting Tips – Cleaning Their Room

    I have had a lot of experience with getting a child to clean their room.  Each child is different and what works with one will not work with another.  Some children don’t need help in this area, this article is written for the ones that do.  Rewards and punishments work for some children, but not for others.  [...]

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