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Improving Your Parenting Skills Will Benefit Your Children

I've always enjoyed family meal times. We don't have TV-dinners at our house, no way. We sit around the dinner table to eat our meals and we talk as we eat. We discuss our days, our plans, and any other topics that come up. It's mostly...

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Why Kids Love Their Blanket So Much

Every parent understands that their child needs the comfort of their blanket each night when they go to sleep. While most of them do know and accept this fact, not all of them are aware of the reason for the attachment of the kids to their blankets. ...

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Low Salt Diet Tips for Kids and Adults

Low Salt Diet Tips for Kids and Adults by: Laura BankstonOur bodies only require a small amount of salt for proper nutrition. But the fact is that we all, including our children, consume way more salt -or rather, the sodium - than we should. Why...

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How to take charge of the TV

Many children enjoy TV, and they can learn from it. Keep in mind, though, that young children often imitate what they see, good or bad. It's up to you to decide how much TV and what kinds of shows your child should watch. Think about your child...

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Speech Impediments

All children must learn how to speak... a given under normal circumstances. While not all children have problems developing their speech and linguistic fluency, some kids find pronunciation and language flow difficult. Repeating words, struggling to ...

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Spelling Games

Spelling Games by: Benetta Strydom The following spelling games can be used by parents to reinforce spelling in children: SPELLING GAME 1: USE BOARD GAMES, SUCH AS MONOPOLY Play any game that is normally played with dice with the child Monopoly...

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Make Your Sun Friendly

Every day we hear about the dangers of the sun and negative effects it can have on the lives of our families. We continually hear about this problem, but very rarely do we hear suggestions for solutions to this issue (outside of the wear your sun blo...

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Take Advantage of Your Child's Energy Levels

Take Advantage of Your Child's Energy Levels by: Joseph Browns “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” -Josh Billings If parents want to be able to make best use of time with their children, then it...

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Make the Connection Start Disciplining with Love

How to stay connected with kids while setting limits.To discipline is to teach. When we discipline we teach our children to have self-control, to be considerate of others, and to feel secure. A home with no discipline is a recipe for chaos. Parents ...

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A New ADHD Drug on the Horizon

A New ADHD Drug on the Horizon by: Jeannine Virtue A new ADHD drug, Attenace, will likely hit pharmacy shelves in early 2006. This "new" ADHD drug isn’t actually so new to the about 20,000 people currently taking Provigil "off-label" for ADHD....

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