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Predicament: Cleaning Up

by Editorial Team October 22nd, 2012| Parenting Predicament
How do I get my five-year-old to clean up her toys off the living room floor without stopping to play with them, taking all night, or getting me to do it myself?

 

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

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

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

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

Capture the Memories

by Ronald A. Rowe September 26th, 2012| Elementary
This week we're going to do something a little different. There are no helpful hints, no clever parenting tips, no deep insights. All I've got is a simple exhortation for you to make an effort to capture the memories of your child's... childhood.

This really came about just today as

Solution:What Do I Tell Kids to Do if They See Bullying?

by Editorial Team September 21st, 2012| Parenting Predicament
What should I tell my kids to do if they see someone being bullied at school? I don't want them jumping into fights, but I don't want them just to ignore it either, and I definitely don't want them standing and watching.

"Be sure to talk to the child about

Car Smarts for Preschoolers

by Lori Sciame September 20th, 2012| Preschool
You love your preschooler with all your heart.  You couldn't imagine anything happening to this precious little person, the child you have nurtured since he or she came into this world.  Why, then, do so many parents ignore teaching little ones about car safety?  If more parents would teach

Learning by Doing

by Lori Sciame September 17th, 2012| Elementary
Put yourself in the shoes of an elementary school child who must sit still for the great part of the school day -- listening to a teacher lecture on one subject after another -- with no hands-on learning.

Thankfully, school districts across the nation have accepted the fact that children

Your Preschooler’s Heroes

by T Akery September 14th, 2012| Preschool
Your preschooler naturally looks up to their heroes. Sometimes, they will even imitate them. But if you find yourself tiring of Spongebob or another cartoon character, you can introduce some new real life heroes into their lives. It may take a little planning and a field trip, but these

Tweens and Politics

by Ronald A. Rowe September 13th, 2012| Tweens
The Tween years often mark the beginning of an interest in politics. Unfortunately, for many children that means simply parroting and embellishing upon what they have heard from their parents. We all want to pass on our opinions and perspectives to our children but we should also want them
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