Parenting
Items in the Parenting folder address issuessuch as work/life balance, raising respectful children and managing changes within the family such as parents returning to work, divorce and death.
- How to Get Your Children Away from TV
- Does it seem that the kids have forgotten what the garden looks like or the park across the street? Is their conversation dotted with TV show ...
- How to Stop Your Child's Computer Addiction
- While the computer is an incredibly useful tool and can help you get a lot done, wasting time on it seems to be all too easy. Lots of kids have ...
- How to Handle Your Child's Temper Tantrum
- The only people who find temper tantrums amusing are a child's grandparents--because it's finally payback time as they watch their grown ...
- How to Answer When Your Kids Want It "Fair"
- Tired of hearing Johnny whine "It's not fair! He has more cake than me!" or "It's not fair! She gets to go; why can't I?" Here's a tried and tested ...
- How to Model Calm Behaviors for an Upset Child
- Upset children can try the best of us with their temper tantrums and expressions of anger, irritability, or blues over not getting their own way. ...
- How to Deal With Disrespectful Children
- Are your kids snobby or disrespectful? Do they sometimes act like brats? While you can't exactly turn them into angels overnight, there are ways to ...
- How to Enjoy Being a Stay at Home Mom
- Being a stay-at-home mom is no easy task. It takes intellect, skill, and the ability to be a multi-tasking guru. This article explores the ways in ...
- How to Be a Good Mother
- There's already a lot to cover when learning how to be the best parent you can be. But there are certain challenges a mother faces as a parent that ...
- How to Become the Best Working Mother There Is
- Being a working mom is a challenging job. You are trying to prove to yourself and to the world around you that you can do it. When sometimes you ...
- How to Organize Your Home as a Working Mom
- It's 9 pm. The kids are already in bed, the kitchen is a mess, so is the bathroom, living room and piles of dirty laundry are lying around. How can ...
- How to Grocery Shop With Kids
- Grocery shopping is one task that has to be done regularly, but also a forum for melt-downs. Taking the kids out grocery shopping with you can ...
- How to Choose a Good Babysitter
- So you think you're ready to enjoy a night free of stepping on plastic army men and tiaras barefoot, no washing crayon off the walls, or picking the ...
- How to Have a Good Family Life
- Despite the perfect picture families that always seem to loom over us on television, posters and bill boards, there are many more complexities and ...
- How to Build Children's Confidence
- Self-Confidence is important to achieve success. Children are sensitive and need encouragement to learn. They need the support from parents and ...
- How to Console a Child Who Has Not Won a Prize
- Children often enjoy competing in games, contests, sporting events, etc and sometimes there is a prize they really want to win. However, not ...
- How to Raise an Intelligent Child
- With the world turning out the way it is today, it helps to make sure that our future generations have the intelligence to deal with society and ...
- How to Encourage Your Child to Love Learning
- Ultimately, we want our kids to love to learn. A passion for learning is quite different from just studying to earn a grade or to please parents or ...
- How to Be Patient When Doing Homework with Your Young Child
- When working with small children, it's often easy to lose patience. This is especially true when looking at schoolwork. Many parents were conditioned ...
- How to Keep up With Your Internet Savvy Kids
- Kids sometimes want to hide the fact that they are doing things online of which their parents don't approve. Here's how to stay on top of what your ...
- How to Stop Cyber Bullying
- Many people go to chat rooms, interact in social media sites, send emails, etc., with the intent of making friends and having a good time. What ...
- How to Talk to Your Children About Death
- Death is a touchy subject, but it is best to talk about it with your children when they are young, so it is not such a shock when someone close to ...
- How to Survive the Death of Your Child
- The death of a child is the most devastating loss. You have mixed emotions; it's really painful. Read through this article to help you get through ...
- How to Cope with Divorce As a Child
- Divorces are a difficult time shared not only with the mother and father, but also the children. Everyone goes through a wide range of emotions ...
- How to Tell Children You Are Remarrying
- Congratulations, you're engaged, again. A great but emotional time for everyone. But how will you tell your children? Remember children are more ...
- How to Keep a Long Distance Relationship with Your Child
- There are a number of things that you can do to keep a relationship with a long distance child. Here are some ideas: