If you are celebrating Thanksgiving today, don’t forget to take the time and be thankful.  For many of us are day is filled with hectic activity.  Cooking, cleaning, making sure the kids are ready (for company or to travel), and more fill this holiday.

However, this day is based on the need to give thanks.  So, as a simple way to do this, when you sit down for dinner, before everyone begins to eat, ask each person to share one thing that he or she is grateful for.  Make sure everyone shares and also that everyone listens without commenting.

Happy Thanksgiving…

Today I found a study published by the Talk to Your Baby group that researched the effects of the direction a baby/toddler faces in her stroller (toward or away from the pusher).  The conclusion drawn from this study was that, “life is emotionally impoverished for too many babies in buggies facing away from their pusher.”

Reviewing the study it seemed like a pretty generous conclusion.  The study had 2 parts.  In the first, babies/toddlers in strollers were observed in public situations.  However, the observers did not follow the strollers, thus they only viewed each baby for 10 – 20 seconds. …

Children depend on their parents for all kinds of support when they’re young. Aside from food, shelter, and clothing, kids also need to be nurtured, educated, and loved during their early years. However, it is also important for parents to remember to teach independence to their kids, especially as they progress to adolescence.

Every time parents send their kids to boarding school or even camps, they are filled with contrary feelings. They know that they’re doing the right thing, but they also feel protective of their kids at the same time. Parents may feel guilty if their children call them when…

Recently, my husband was in the Dover area with two of our four children.  With a day of rain forecast for Saturday, he was looking for something to amuse our seven and eleven year olds.  Luckily for him, he found the Biggs Museum of American Art.

To read his full review and learn why this is a great place to go with kids, visit our sister site, Good Life Review….

We all have experienced it- that strange feeling that something isn’t quite right.  Of course, gut instincts aren’t 100% accurate, but they should be trusted.  Children get these feelings also, but they may not know what to do with them.   That is why it is very important to tell your child to trust gut instincts, especially when the instinct is telling your child that he doesn’t want to be touched by someone.

Every child needs to be taught that she has the right NOT to be touched.  Whether it is a friend or family member, no one has the right to…