Parents Articles

1). Swing Sets for Your Children By : James Hunt
Every child wants a swing set in their backyard. They want to have competitions with their friends to see who can swing the highest...
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2). Helpful Tips For Planning A Wonderful Baby Shower By : Susan Anderson
A baby shower can be one of the most thoughtful gifts you can offer a new parent. Baby showers are a lot of fun, and can be a good first memory for the new parents. And of course, the obvious plus to the parents to be is all the great baby loot they get as well. Well planned baby showers can help save new parents a ton of money on baby necessities, often taking a lot of financial stress and worry away from them.
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3). How To Get Your Small Business Off The Ground By : blueboy
Many people have what they think is a great idea and would love to set up their own small business. The problem many of these people face is how to fund this idea, to get the business off the ground. Unfortunately many of these ideas never come to fruition because of these lack of funds, where in reality there are many avenues people could take to find this initial start-up capital.
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4). Diet Sodas - How They Can Affect Kids By : Kim Beardsmore
Many of us have grown up drinking caffeinated diet sodas as an alternative to sugary regular sodas. We figure this is a better choice rather than loading our and our children's bodies with large quantities of sugar. Whilst diet sodas do help us avoid a sugar overload (which can lead to weight gain) we should also be aware of the effects of caffeine contained in many cola flavored diet sodas.
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5). Help Seniors To Be Independent By : Jan Hayner
There are ways to help Senior Citizens remain independent without taking away the dignity that they so deserve to have. It is the little things that help them the most. the most important is to help to take away some of the fears without them having to tell you what they are.
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6). What You Don't Know Can Hurt You…And Them By : Vivian Banta
Copyright 2006 Vivian Banta When my mother had a massive stroke, I remember arriving in the emergency room and being asked a dozen questions about her medical history. My father was out of it, in shock, I think, and although my mother had been taken to the hospital she gone to for almost 40 years, they were still asking the standard questions. What.
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7). A National Holiday for Tolerance and Parenting (Part 1) By : Paul M. Jerard Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is explained in classrooms, to our children and grandchildren, in simplistic terms. Just this past week, I was surprised to listen to local children’s views on the subject. They explained discrimination with such acceptance that I just listened in amazement.
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8). Social Networking On Myspace And Friendster By : Brent Shields
If by now you have not heard of Mspace or Friendster then maybe the world is moving too slowly for you. Young adults (teens and college age adults) are using the world of the internet to communicate in ways we had no inkling of a few years ago. Social networking is booming as young adults find one another online to chat, post comments, post photos, and share info about the latest happenings in their world to their Myspace pages and Friendster networking sites.
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9). Oh, you’re good for nothing By : Marsha Maung
I don’t believe in good for nothing. I was walking down the aisle of a large supermarket when I heard a mother hissing to her crying child, “Good for nothing! Nothing! You better stop this now or I will leave you with the police man”. Not that I am angel when it comes to being a parent to my kids. Sometimes, I falter too and I will yell and shout and throw a massive, scary temper and my kids would cower in fright thinking that their mom was going crazy.
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10). Having A Heart To Heart With Your Teenagers By : Susan Sitton
Teen years are some of the most turbulent between a parent and a child. Often, you want to impart wisdom to them, but they don’t want to hear what you have to say. After all, you “don’t know what it’s like to be a kid today”. Wouldn’t you love to have a book that could help bridge the communication gap? Bill O’Reilly, anchor of Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor, has co-authored a book, The O’Reilly Factor for Kids, that does just that.
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11). How to get your Child to do Chores By : Joseph Then
If you find that you are repeating the same things repeatedly to your children about house hold chores, then there are a few things that you can do.
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12). How To Fight Back Against Depression By : blueboy
I am one of those people who can easily slip into a very negative state of mind. The slightest knockback or problem can lead to a cloud of doom descending over me, a cloud which I find hard to push away and remove. This article looks at ways in which we can fight back, to quickly get us back into a happy mode. I used to be quite a fragile character, some would say that I was even scared of my own shadow.
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13). How To Cope With And Reduce Stress By : blueboy
I have always struggled to live a stress-free life. I worry about almost every aspect of life and living this way has caused me a lot of problems including various bouts of ill health from time to time. I needed to find a way of coping with and reducing the amount of stress in my life and in this article I write about how I have managed to achieve this.
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14). Mmm Mmm - Gotta Love That Pie Mold By :
Copyright 2006 Mike Patrick Jr, MD Pie mold. No, it's not the fuzzy stuff you find a week after Aunt Loretta sends you home with left-overs. Campers know what I'm talking about. Pie molds were all the rage in the Seventies--and they're still popular today. One of my favorite childhood memories is sitting around the campfire as a kid, feeling the warmth on my face, watching the flames dance, listening to the hiss and pop of burning wood, and smelling the acrid aroma that will linger in your clothes until their next washing.
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15). How To Make A Memorable Scrapbook For Your Child…without Having A Masters Degree In Art! By : Jennifer Tarzian
When my son was only a few months old, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a scrapbooking party. I had no idea how much fun putting together a few pictures could be! Immediately, I was hooked. I had been taking pictures constantly since the day my baby was born, and now I finally had something to do with them all! Even though I take most of my photos with a digital camera, I really enjoy putting the “real” pictures down on paper.
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16). Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise By : Richard Wise
The annual cost of health care in the United States, is around two trillion dollars. In the United Kingdom, it is about ninety four billion pounds.
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17). Cookies And Kids By : Dana Goldberg
I don’t know what it is but there are some smells that bring back fond memories and one of them is the whiff of a freshly baked cookie. I don’t have a particularly sweet tooth and can actually survive without cakes or chocolates but once I am hit by that cookie smell I am taken to a warm and wonderful place. I want to enjoy the cookie all on my own and find myself a quiet place with a cup of my favourite coffee and prepare to be in heaven.
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18). Step Up to Memories - A Craft Project for Parents and Kids By : Chuck G. Greene
If you’ve been looking for a creative art project to do with the kids, look no further! I recently did a fun project with my daughter and thought I’d share the how-to for other parents who are looking for ways to keep their kids busy and creative all while making something useful for around the home! What You’ll Need A wooden step ladder Spray paint.
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19). Ways To Improve Your Lifestyle By : blueboy
Are you looking at ways to improve your lifestyle? Are you bored in your current role of employment? Do you think you could be achieving a lot more than you are at the moment? Are you seeking a new challenge? In this article, I give advice on how people can go about improving their lifestyle, this advice is based from my own personal experiences. I believe that we should always be looking into ways of expanding our knowledge and should never just accept second best.
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20). Child Custody and the Right to Move Away By : Donald P. Schweitzer
Copyright 2006 Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer For those of you who are interested in understanding the law concerning custodial parents who wish to move out of the area with children over the objections of the non-custodial parent, this article is for you. Presumptive Right to Move In our increasingly mobile society, custodial parent’s frequently desire to move out of state or to a different part of the state with the children, leaving the non-custodial parent far behind.
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21). Effective Discipline For Two Year Olds By : Kadence Buchanan
The "terrible" twos are a time of great change for most children. They are learning how to be independent and often defy their parents, yet this newfound freedom sometimes frightens them. They can understand far more complex concepts than they can express verbally, leading to frustration and tantrums. They are endlessly curious about the world around them but they have not developed a sense of personal safety, so they don't understand why certain activities are off limits.
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22). Having a bonus baby - two or more? By : Wintergreen
I once asked a friend of mine what it was like to give birth to twins. She said: ‘First one came out and then the other.’ I didn’t both to ask her whether raising twins was as simple. We all know the answer to that. As you know, New Zealand has a unique situation the envy of women and midwives worldwide. Here, pregnant women and their families have ‘choice’.
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23). The Pink Kit Method - a comprehensive, new and unique approach to childbirth preparation, labour management and coaching skills for expectant parents By : Wintergreen
There are 4 foundations to The Pink Kit Method for birthing body™. The 1st foundation has been put into the multi-media resource called The Pink Kit: Essential Preparations for your birthing body. In the video and interactive book, expectant parents will learn the body knowledge that makes such common sense you’ll wonder why you haven’t known it before.
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24). Babies: How to Get Your Children Excited About the New Arrival By : Barbara Freedman-De Vito
The sudden appearance of a new baby can be rough on the other children in the family. Daily routines are disrupted and suddenly mom and dad are too busy to pay attention to older siblings. Worst of all, the new baby is the instant star of the family - the center of attention. The adorable baby is the big attraction for everyone from mom and dad, to visiting relatives, to casual acquaintances bumped into at the mall, right down to strangers on the street.
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25). How And Why To Child-Proof Your Home By : Hege Crowton
Is your child reaching the age were you are starting to worry about everything he or she might get into? You have all the reason in the world to worry about this because there are more hidden dangers in your house, for your child, than you could ever imagine.
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