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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why a father is not a dad
- It can be said that any man who procreates is a father, whether present in that child's life or not. While this is technically true, it really takes a man to be a dad!There is nothing more insulting than a cavalier man thinking he has every right in the world to see the child he helped to create, but was never there for him or her. It is as if he or she is obligated to him like that of a de...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Labeling is disabling: achieving congruent communication
- A small town, somewhere in the world, was managed by a town council of seven or eight members. The council normally met once a week. One member - let's call him Bill - would invariably stroll intothe council chamber exactly ten minutes after the time scheduled for the meeting. For Bill's fellow councilors, this seemingly inconsiderate practice was very disruptive. At first, since Bil...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Raising a tobacco-free kid
- We begin forming healthy habits at a young age. With all that we know about smoking, it is astounding that young people will still take that first puff of a cigarette just to see what it is like. Many will not stop at that first experimental puff. Here are three things you can do to ensure that your child will not be tempted to smoke cigarettes:1) If you happen to be a smoker, you need to q...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Teach your children how to resolve conflict without using anger or power
- Teaching kids to deal with conflict effectively and peacefully is perhaps the biggest challenge facing adults today. Children's disagreements both at home and at school can be noisy, physical and psychologically hurtful. The approach to conflict resolution learned and practised in childhood often stays for life.Conflict is part of daily living. Effective people resolve conflict in ways that...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Teach children the skills of optimism
- Optimists do better academically, socially and enjoy better health than pessimists.Helping your child look on the bright side is a significant life skill to develop. When children think that can succeed they are more likely to give things a try. In other word, if they think THEY CAN, THEY WILL.Optimists look at the flip side of negative events for some good, some hope and some reason...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who are you when the professional in you meets baby?
- Are you a professional?Notice how the questions differs from, "Do you have a profession?"To enter a profession, you invested an enormous amount of time, energy and money. Then you put great effort into earning the respect of clients and colleagues. Now you continually sharpen and update your professional skills.Your profession has become a major part of your identity. Your pro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eye-opening questions for working parents to ask
- I remember watching my 18-month-old son eat a big frosted cookie while I was carrying him out of the bakery. I asked him, "Can you give mommy a bite?" He leaned over and gently bit me on the cheek.Kids take things so literally. What misconceptions and concerns might your child have about their working parent?An in-depth study was done through the Families and Work Institute...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The muffed dance
- Teri was 5. As younger siblings do, she looked up to her older sister, the dancer, in a big way. Sara was 4 years older and was excelling in ballet, tap and jazz.So we enrolled Teri in the same dance school and she really seemed to enjoy the lessons and her new friends. She was now, of course, a dancer, like her sister. And Teri very much looked forward to the climax of her first dance seas...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Kids and sports: fundamentals first
- Would you hand a child calculus problems once she was able to count to ten? A geometry text when he began to recognize shapes? War and Peace as soon as she could recite her ABCs? Of course not! Not only is it preposterous to have such expectations of a child, but also it sets up the child for failure - and, most likely, a dread of and distaste for calculus, geometry, and reading.Yet all too...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What might surprise you about childhood obesity
- The formula is pretty straightforward: energy in/energy out. This is the term nutritionists use to describe the intended balance between calories consumed and calories burned. If the level of physical activity is not great enough to burn the amount of calories taken in, weight increases. If this imbalance continues, overweight and possibly obesity result.Given our fondness for fast food (an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Meningitis and septicaemia
- Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. It is caused by either a virus or bacteria.Viral meningitis is usually mild and does not require medical treatment. Bacterial meningitis however can be life-threatening and can come on very quickly. Children under five are most likely to be affected and sadly some of these will die.There are several type...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Crazy colors fun kid experiment as a party activity
- Here is an easy, inexpensive and fun kid experiment for your next kid birthday party.This activity, which is strictly speaking a kid science experiment, can be used in any party as entertainment. Even better: have a "Mad Chemist" theme and use this idea as one of the kid experiments.Fill a plate or saucer with milk and put in a few drops of food coloring on top of the milk in differe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Baptisms and alternative ways to hold a naming ceremony
- Traditionally, babies have been named at a christening/baptism. Most still are, but increasingly parents are choosing an alternative, non-religious ceremony.There are three types of service available at a Church. The traditional Infant Baptism (which most people call a 'christening'), here the parents declare the child to be a follower of Jesus Christ; A serv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How well do you know your child?
- Do you think you really know your child? I don't mean know what he/she likes and doesn't like, but to know him/her well enough to understand his/her challenges, to appreciate his/her strengths and weaknesses and to help him/her develop his talents. Knowing your children can help increase their chance for success in the future and improve your relationship.As parents, we are constantly looki...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Registering a birth in scotland
- Who Can Register A Birth? The child's mother or father should register the birth within 21 days. However, a father who is not married to the child's mother can only register a birth and be named on the birth certificate as the father if: he jointly signs the register with the mother, or a court has declared that he is the father, or the mother and he jo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Paediatric osteopathy
- All babies cry, but if yours cries a lot, isn't sleeping or is just plain irritable, many parents have found that a paediatric osteopath can help, particularly if the birth was difficult.By gently touching a baby, an osteopath can use manipulation to ease the tension and help improve the way baby's body functions. During birth and pregnancy your baby's body is subject to considerable pressu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The symtoms of meningitis and septicaemia
- Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. It is caused by either a virus or bacteria.Viral meningitis is usually mild and does not require medical treatment. Bacterial meningitis however can be life-threatening and can come on very quickly. Children under five are most likely to be affected and sadly some of these will die.There are several type...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small children, languages and myths
- Our children are growing up bilingual in the French part of Canada ? Québec. "That's fine", says everyone. "Even though they'll probably start speaking later because they're learning two languages at once, they'll catch up."Well actually, this well-entrenched idea that bilingual children are slower to acquire language, is actually a myth!We were s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The post-holiday blues in stepfamilies
- In stepfamilies, big holiday expectations can lead to big disappointment--and post-holiday blues, says Susan Wisdom, a licensed professional counselor and co-author of "Stepcoupling."As a stepmom, I know about expectations. Every year, just before the holidays, I start thinking about how to recreate Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house. In her big two-story home, my family and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anorexia nervosa alert - is your daughter dying to be thin?
- Anorexia nervosa is a serious medical disorder that is statistically most prevalent in the adolescent teenage years of young women. It is estimated that 7% of the population suffers from eating disorders and if left untreated over 20% of them will die from it. Anorexia takes the lives of children everyday in this world and there are things you can do as a parent to identify anorexic behaviors and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 steps to prepare you for life with children
- It's hard to explain to the uninitiated the changes that a child will bring to your life - nothing is quite the same again. If you are an expectant father (or even mother) or just considering the prospect of parenthood, do the following 10-step program so you can learn what you're in for.1. Go to the nearest doctor's surgery, pharmacy, clothes store, shoe store or sports store and empty you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using pocket-money to promote independence in kids
- In seminars I am often asked about pocket-money and whether it should be earned or only given when children behave well.My belief is that children should receive pocket-money as their small share of the family-wealth just as they should share the workload at home. This is not to say that the family income is divided equally between all members. Rather, children are given a realistic sum of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The abcs of raising twins
- As a mother of two sets of fraternal boy/girl twins, I am often asked, "How do you do it?" I do not have an answer. I am just a regular 27 year old who has never known it any other way. Most people come home from the hospital with one baby. I , however, always seem to come out with a pair. Through my experiences, I feel that there is no such answer. Each child is a unique gift with their...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Twins - double the trouble or double the pleasure? both!
- If You're Having Twins..is it double the headache, or double the joy? Probably both!What Causes Twins? The number of twins is on the increase, probably because of IVF treatment where more than one fertilised egg is placed in the womb.Of the non-IVF twins, there are two causes:Two eggs are released during ovulation and both are fertilised by separate sperm - ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Should the dad-to-be attend the birth?
- Not so long ago a dad-to-be would pace up and down outside the labor room and would be admitted only after the birth. Modern practice is to assume the dad-to-be should be at the birth to offer support. But an increasing number of dads, moms and midwives would prefer he stayed outside.Some of the reasons given are:Some moms feel the loss of dignity and 'not feeling attractive' is suff...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you too busy for your kids?
- In his recent newsletter "Happy Kids", parenting expert Michael Grose (yes he is an expert with three kids of his own) said:Australian parents currently rate achieving work-family balance as their greatest parenting challenge. Currently, 71% of Australian parents say they have difficulty finding time to do the things they enjoy with their children.So what are the key relati...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 6 signs you?re a high maintenance parent
- The children of Baby Boomers, the Echo Generation, are entering college in increasing numbers. Getting into the best schools is increasingly competitive. Having good grades, a great SAT score and participating in extracurricular activities is no assurance that your student will get into the school of their choice.Because of that phenomenon, parents are taking a much more active role in thei...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Now, theyre bullying my daughter in our home: welcome to cyber-bullying
- Last night Tom's daughter, Sue, came out of her room to see her dad and said, "I got another one of those instant messages. It says, 'tomorrow you had better not show up at school or else'." She has been getting messages like this now for weeks. The result of this is that she no longer likes to turn her computer on.Sue is now 14 years-old and in the 8th grade. She has been bullied...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Teaching your child safety
- Q. What is the best way to teach safety awareness to young children?A. The best way is to follow your instincts. It is a natural process. You, your parents, your brothers and sisters, any other close members of your family, and your friends provide just the right input.You are your child's first and most important teacher. You, your family, and your friends form for your child his or...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Keeping kids safe on the internet
- The biggest trick some child predators' are using these days is to pretend to be a kid, in a kid site chat room.Child predators are talking the lingo, misspelling words, having simple conversations to gain trust with children on the internet.But do you really know just how fast they can find information about your child or your family?This is one website every parent must see:...
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