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PARENTS How You Can Win the Battle To Keep Your Child Safe From Strangers This Holiday Season

When we think of Holiday shopping, we think of all the glowing lights at our area malls and the various eye-catching decorations in shopping centers. Along with the distraction of our ‘to do’ list in our heads, we get preoccupied with carrying ba...

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Teaching Children Respect and Creating a Happy Family!

It is always with astonishment that I see parents bully and belittle their children and then complain that those same children are hateful or disrespectful! Honestly, how loving and respectful can a child feel about someone who constantly criticizes...

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Rescue Your Children

How often have you thought about this "your time is your life and your life is your time, when one is gone so is the other " Time is infinite, not a renewable resource. The average person wastes two hours each day through disorganization and clutter...

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The Most Precious Gift to Give our Children

As a proud mother of a two-year old daughter and an eleven month old son, I already see them growing too quickly before my eyes. It makes me wonder if I am being the best parent that I can be and if I will have regrets after they have grown up of wha...

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Parents And Perfection

When did parenting and perfection becomes synonymous? How often have you heard someone say that their parents really screwed them up? This seems to be the standard cry of our society today. I struggle with this on two levels. The first level is I...

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Back to School-Advice

Back to School-Advice by: Patricia Garza It's back to school time.... Do you have everything you need to start the year off right? Confidence is key to success! For those first time jitters help welcome your pre-school and kinder students w...

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Is An Allowance For Children Necessary

Setting up an allowance for children is often how they become educated about what money means. In order to influence future decisions when it comes to finance, having a monetary allotment while young affects their actions in grown up life. It gives t...

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Take an Education Vacation!

Choose one day out of each month and invite your entire family on an "Education Vacation". Invent games that can be not only fun but also educational at the same time. Your children will be having so much fun that they won't even realize that th...

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Develop Your Child's Critical Thinking Skills

1. Encourage Questions. Don't answer every question, instead ask what do they think. Asking questions stimulates conversation between you and your child. 2. Don't Criticize. Criticism invites low self-esteem. Children feel that they have fa...

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How To Help Your Child With First Day Anxiety

Summer vacation is coming to a close. All the trips,fun activities, and camps are soon to be wonderfulmemories. Hopefully, your child or children had agreat period of down time and are refreshed and readyfor a new and eventful school year.I know many...

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