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Has Your Child Written to Santa Yet?

by Margot F. December 4th, 2013| Elementary, School
Has your child written a letter to Santa yet? Yes, it is that time of year when everyone rushes around looking for the perfect gift, attends school concerts and plans the family dinner on top of all the other tasks in the day. How can there be time to
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Helping Preschoolers Through Disappointment

by T Akery December 3rd, 2013| Behavior, Preschool
Unfortunately, there are events that are impossible to predict and they often interfere with the things your preschooler is looking forward to doing. During these times, your preschooler may be disappointed because they didn't get to attend an event in preschool or missed a field trip with their class.
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Parenting Hack: When Nothing Works

by Ronald A. Rowe November 22nd, 2013| Behavior, Elementary
With all the influences competing for our children’s attention and all the dangers lurking out there in the world it has never been harder to be a parent than it is right now. With all the resources available and the massive amounts of information at the click of a
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Whose Responsibility Is It?

by Lori Sciame November 14th, 2013| Preschool, Safety
Preschoolers may not be helpless, but they do need a lot of care and attention.  When it comes to a little one's safety, it's not only parents who need to assume responsibility.  Law enforcement officials, fire fighters, teachers, relatives, and even neighbors must take part in keeping a young
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Predicament: Helping Kids Respect Books

by Editorial Team November 4th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
I want my preschoolers to be comfortable with books, but I also want them to take care of them. Too many of ours end up on the floor getting stepped on. What's the best way to store books so they're easy to take out and easy to put away,
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Solution: Flu Shots

by Editorial Team November 1st, 2013| Parenting Predicament
I have a one-year-old and an eight-year-old who both need to get flu shots.  I’d like to know how to make it easier. The older one always gets nervous, no matter what I do to try to help him feel better, and the baby may pick that up from
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Healthy Food Choices for Preschoolers

by Tomica Bonner October 31st, 2013| Preschool, School
The right nutrition and a balanced diet are of the utmost importance for growing preschoolers. Preschools and day care centers are in charge of providing quality nutrition and healthy food for the children in their care. Following through with nutrition choices that coincide with day care eating habits is beneficial
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Bullying

by Ronald A. Rowe October 25th, 2013| Elementary, School
Since the atrocious events in the Bartow, FL bullying-suicide case have gotten national attention this week, every parent's thoughts have turn to the topic of bullying. It is hard for most of us to imagine a case as severe as the one that took place in Florida, yet if
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Predicament: Flu Shots

by Editorial Team October 21st, 2013| Parenting Predicament
I have a one-year-old and an eight-year-old who both need to get flu shots.  I'd like to know how to make it easier. The older one always gets nervous, no matter what I do to try to help him feel better, and the baby may pick that up from
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Danger in Plain Sight

by Lori Sciame October 17th, 2013| Preschool, Safety
"Pastor: 2 year-old boy found dead in trunk had keys with him."  This heart wrenching headline from Fox News presents a little-known safety issue for young children: being trapped in a car trunk. As a regular writer for Your Parenting Info, I have written about many pressing safety issues, but
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Teaching Baby to Swim

by T Akery October 16th, 2013| Infants/Toddlers, Safety
It may surprise many parents to find that their babies can learn the basics of swimming. Some babies even naturally take to the pool. That doesn't mean that you can leave them unsupervised. But the earlier a baby learns how to adapt to the water, the easier
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A Unique Gem: The Introvert

by Lori Sciame October 14th, 2013| Behavior, Elementary
The little girl sits in her desk at school concentrating her math worksheet.  This behavior is not new, as she always cooperates; most of the time she's the first one in her seat in the morning, the first one to come in from recess, and the first one to
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