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Archives for October 2012

Children and Effective Habits

by Lori Sciame October 15th, 2012| Elementary
Developing effective habits in elementary age children can seem daunting.  Invariably, parents meet with resistance and even a few tears as they try to implement or change behaviors.  For instance, a harried mother may wish her child would complete homework right after school instead of always pushing the task

Safe Places for Preschoolers to Trick-or-Treat

by T Akery October 12th, 2012| Preschool
If going door to door trick-or-treating with your preschooler is absolutely not an option, then there are much safer options. Your preschooler can still experience the fun without the worries attached. But since Halloween actually falls on a Wednesday this year, you will need to plan a little ahead

How to Take a Break, Without Actually Doing So

by Sam P. October 11th, 2012| Teen Perspective, Teens
I love sports.  And working out.  When I joined, I was fit, but I didn't work out much. Now I do it four times a week.  I used to not understand what people meant when they said they loved working out and doing sports because of the "runner's high"

Parenting Through the Bad Times

by Ronald A. Rowe October 10th, 2012| Tweens
Parenting -- good, purposeful parenting -- is not easy under even the best of circumstances. Even when times are good and life is flowing along nicely, being a good parent is a taxing enterprise filled with land mines and pitfalls. But when times are tough, well, that's a whole

Baby Kicking? Count to 10

by Jane Wangersky October 9th, 2012| Pregnancy
About five months into my first pregnancy, as I was standing at the stove, it happened for the first time -- I felt a sudden quick burst of activity inside me, not caused by anything I was doing, voluntarily or otherwise. Right away, I knew why moms called it

Predicament: Teens Finding Friends

by Editorial Team October 8th, 2012| Parenting Predicament
My 15-year-old daughter is having trouble finding friends. It seems that if you don't have interest in all the "programmed" activities, there is no one left to do some private and smaller group activities with.We wish she could just find (on her own) other people who have (1) something

Solution: Correct a Child’s Reading?

by Mrs. C. October 5th, 2012| Parenting Predicament
When my child is reading something aloud and gets a word wrong, should I correct it right away?

If your child is a beginning reader as in Grade 1, I would not correct them for now. Just allow them to read to develop the whole rhythm of reading and to

Unsafe Products for Toddlers

by T Akery October 4th, 2012| Infants/Toddlers
Toddlers have a fascination with small objects. Many times, they like to put objects in their mouths. The temptation is even greater if those everyday objects look like  stuff that they can eat. Especially notorious are the products with the "candy" wrappings. So, hold off on buying these products

Four Ways to Promote Reading

by Lori Sciame October 3rd, 2012| Tweens
Now that you have  a tween who can't be enticed by Clifford the Big Red Dog or Martha Speaks books, you have to be more creative in your mission to raise a reader.  It may be more difficult to convince your child to spend time reading when he or

Losing: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. October 2nd, 2012| Teen Perspective, Teens
Losing is an inherent part of life.  Whether or not we like to admit it, we all lose at some point or another.  As Confucius once said, "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rather in rising every time we fall."  This statement is one of my

The Preschooler’s Costume Parade

by T Akery October 1st, 2012| Preschool
With the month of October comes the approach of Halloween. Preschools take advantage of this month by putting on a costume parade. It is a fun thing that preschoolers get to participate in and gives parents one of those photographic memories for the scrapbook. Part of the fun is
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