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Bring Out the Board Games Instead of TV
by Tania Cowling April 29th, 2024 | Elementary, SeasonalProtect Your Child From Zoonotic Diseases
by Tania Cowling April 22nd, 2024 | Preschool, SafetyTeaching Toddlers About Sharing and Caring
by Tania Cowling April 15th, 2024 | Infants/Toddlers, SocialTeen’s Perspective on Family Dinners
by Sam P. April 8th, 2024 | Seasonal, Teens
A Comic Book Education
by Ronald A. Rowe May 12th, 2009| Helpful Hints
My son, Max, is in the second grade. Every day, he brings a book to read in the morning while he waits for class to begin. This is encouraged. Reading in all forms is encouraged. Except the day he dared to bring a comic book to
Even Closer Still
by Joe Lawrence May 7th, 2009| Pregnancy
My wife is my best friend...plain and simple. I have known her for over a third of my life and have been in love with her the entire time. Honestly, I love her more and more each day, month and year. Just when I thought we could never be closer
Teaching Your Child to Write
by Gumer Liston May 5th, 2009| Preschool
I learned to write long before I started going to school because my mother taught me how to do it. Now that I have a child of my own, I would like to do with him what my mother had done with me. I started teaching my son to write
Picking a Sports Program
by Ronald A. Rowe April 28th, 2009| Elementary
One of the many challenges that parents face is the decision to enroll their child in a sports program for the first time. When to enroll, where to enroll, and in what sport? All three questions can be tricky, and all three will have a significant impact on
The Diary of a Deployed Dad-to-be
by Joe Lawrence April 23rd, 2009| Pregnancy
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. These sounds kept running through my head for the 36 hour journey. The sound of my baby's heartbeat heard just a few days prior. As I kissed my wife for the last time in 120 days, I was crushed. What kind of father will I be? Who
The Best Time to Teach Your Child How to Play a Musical Instrument
by Gumer Liston April 21st, 2009| Preschool
I taught myself how to play the guitar when I was 17. Yes, I started late, but I learned fast. Just a year after learning the guitar, I played bass in a band that my brother and I started. During that time I seriously considered pursuing a career in music,
Sports, from the Teen’s View
by Jacob P. April 18th, 2009| Teen Perspective
Next time you parents out there tell your children they can't play a sport, I want you to think again. As a teen, I think sports are very good for teens. Read on to hear my thoughts.
First off, sports get teens active! With everyone so worried about the obesity 'crisis' here's
First off, sports get teens active! With everyone so worried about the obesity 'crisis' here's
Be Someone
by Michele April 17th, 2009| Tweens
Last week, one of the articles on Your Parenting Info, To Coach or Not to Coach, discussed the importance of being involved in sporting events with your children. The conclusion the author drew was that whether you coach or not, your presence at your child's sporting events is important.
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Family Traditions
by Ronald A. Rowe April 14th, 2009| Helpful Hints
It's all about the family. Bringing and keeping the family together is one of the highest and best endeavors to which a human being can aspire. One simple but essential facet of family togetherness is the forging and keeping of family traditions.
Family traditions come in all sizes, from
Family traditions come in all sizes, from
To Coach or Not to Coach?
by Ronald A. Rowe April 9th, 2009| ElementaryCall it the Tiger Woods syndrome, although I'm sure it pre-dates the golf prodigy by many years. A father hardly can look at his two, three, four year old boy swatting at a golf ball, kicking a football, or showing any sort of promise whatsoever without daydreaming of the
Perfect Parenting?
by Gumer Liston April 7th, 2009| Helpful HintsOn the eve of my son's birth, our doctor told us that it would help a lot if I would take my wife for a 15 minute walk. The plan was to deliver the baby the natural way. The baby was due within 24 hours and a short walk would
Who Is Your Daddy?
by Joe Lawrence March 31st, 2009| PregnancyI thought the most exciting moment of my life would be the day I met my wife. Then I thought is was the day we were married and then the day we found out we were expecting. I was wrong. It was February 20, 2009. This was the day I