1,389 articles on "parenting"

Recover Deleted Text to See What Your Teen May be Hiding

Parents are often completely left in the dark when it comes to the activities that their teenager may be engaging in. To many of us, it almost feels as if the lines of communication are completely shut off once our kids hit the teen years. The bigges...

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What You Need to Know about Baby Monitors

What You Need to Know about Baby Monitors by: Eric & Lisa Koshinsky Baby monitors are an essential part of baby gear. When you have the baby asleep in the crib, you don't have to keep constantly checking to make sure that he/she is all righ...

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What To Do When Your Baby Won’t Wear Clothes!

What To Do When Your Baby Won’t Wear Clothes! by: Kirsten Hawkins A lot of time and energy goes into clothing your baby during the first year. From the color debate, to the rapid speed at which most infants outgrow their clothing, new parents ...

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Top Ten Reasons to Hold Family Meetings

Top Ten Reasons to Hold Family Meetings by: Dan and Suzanne Bond 1. Make stronger connections among individuals and, therefore, creates a closer family. In this very busy world, designating this time every week is one way to ensure that family ...

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The Treasure of reading to Children

The Treasure of reading to Children by: Maxine Thompson This placard graced my late mother’s bedroom wall, and until recently, I didn’t understand what it meant. After spending a normal vacation with my loved ones in Atlanta and Detroit, I r...

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Teaching Generosity to Children

As parents, we try to instill in our children our values. For many of us, a generous spirit is central to those values. Generous people not only contribute much to the world, but are themselves rewarded in terms of the loyalty, respect and the friend...

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Has Your Teenage Daughter Become the Target of a Cyber Stalker?

As parents it is our job to warn our children of sexual predators and the dangers of talking to strangers in the real world. This is especially true if our children happen to be female. But how often do we think to warn our daughters of the same dang...

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Fuzzy Names, Sweet Names

Fuzzy Names, Sweet Names by: Dawnell Harrison As with everything, names go through cycles of change with passing generations. I also tend to think that names have improved immensely since the first Elmas, Minervas, Bufords, and Alfreds graced th...

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Alternative Baby Clothing

Alternative Baby Clothing by: Kirsten Hawkins Whoever coined the phrase that there is nothing new under the sun was clearly not expecting to see the latest trend in clothing for infants and toddlers. The members of the punk rock generation of th...

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Learning Through Play: 4 Common Games and How They Teach Your Children

It's important to realize that the act of a child playing is much more than a chance for them to entertain themselves (and stay busy while you get things done). In fact, the act of playing is an extremely vital part of a growing child's lif...

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