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The Road to Stress-Free Parenting

When Hilary Clinton was the First Lady she publicly stated that to raise children properly "It takes a village." The reaction of millions of parents was to breathe a huge sigh of relief, as if to say "Yes, I need help and thank goodness someone under...

Parenting  parenting parents children
Enticing Your Kids Outside with Garden Toys

With childhood obesity becoming a growing problem, especially within western communities, getting the children to be active is the concern of many parents. When we are up against television shows, the latest consoles and games this often seems like a...

Parenting  parenting children parents games
Don't Look Back in Anger

The secret to recovering from hurt lies in changing your attitude today. For those of us who have never been in therapy, the idea often conjures up an image of someone lying on a leather couch, confiding their deepest childhood traumas to an impassi...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation past current professional
Like Mother, Like Daughter?

We moms have a tough path to walk as we help our daughters navigate the sometimes choppy waters of growing up girl. It's our job to protect our children and do our best to keep them safe and healthy, yet we also have to allow them to grow, stret...

Parenting  parenting eating help
Five Tips to Keep Fit as a Busy Working Mom

Whoever you are or however manic your working week is, maintaining your physical fitness as a working mum is essential to your overall wellbeing. Exercise is quite simply essential to our overall wellbeing, and you need to take time to plan your sch...

Parenting  parenting time working fitness
A Shift in Focus

A Shift in Focus by: Gene Simmons It’s a pretty well established fact that our genetics combined with the influences of our family and environment provide the foundation for how we think and act in our adult years. I call it programming. Not n...

Parenting  parenting children really right love
If You'd Like to Know Why Reading Matters

If You'd Like to Know Why Reading Matters by: Barbara Freedman-DeVito HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY READING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN. WHY DO WE TELL CHILDREN TO READ ? ©2004 We're always telling children that books and read...

Parenting  parenting children reading read
The Importance of Mothers

The Importance of Mothers by: Rexanne Mancini Moms, did you ever question your value as a role model, caretaker, administer of hugs and Band-Aids? I think we all have in today's climate of "do more, get more, have more." Many of us work to...

Parenting  parenting work children moms think
Busy Moms, Don't forget to take time out for you!

Busy Moms, Don't forget to take time out for you!  by: Aurelia Williams As mothers, we play so many different roles and most of us do not take the time off that we deserve. Just think about it, we play doctor, cook, chauffeur, teacher, lawy...

Parenting  parenting timeself home
How to Listen to Your Teenager without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

How to Listen to Your Teenager without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) by: V. Michael Santoro, M. Ed. In one of the Family Circus cartoon strips, the little girl looks up at her father, who is reading the newspaper, and says, ...

Parenting  parenting listening teen