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15 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Teen as They Prepare for Adulthood
As a parent, your job is to take care of your children until the day arrives when they can strike out on their own. While …
The Summer Camp Guide for Parents
Summer camp can be an excellent opportunity for children and teens to grow and develop. While at camp they learn to be more independent and …
14 Easy Relaxation Practices to Share With Your Children and Teens
Everyone experiences times when they wish they could relax for a few minutes. Taking a few moments to engage in simple, everyday relaxation techniques will …
Set Your Child Up for Success by Teaching Healthy Boundaries
As a parent, you may have wondered how best to help your children learn to make positive choices. One way to set your children up …
How to Create Quality Time with Your Family As a Busy Mom or Dad
Spending quality time with your child has more to do with ordinary daily life than what you might initially expect. It’s simple and meaningful interactions, …
How to Talk to Your Teen About Vaping
Recently, the US surgeon general issued an advisory on teen use of e-cigarettes, with experts also stating that it’s reaching epidemic proportions. Alcohol and cigarette …
Want to Get Fit With Your Family? Here’s How You Can Make it Happen
It’s no secret that healthy living is important, but getting in shape when you have kids can be tough. Maybe you stopped exercising when you …
10 Affordable Gift Ideas for Holiday Shopping on a Budget
The holiday season is all about goodwill, good friends, family, and love. Unfortunately, in our society, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the best way …
Stepfamily Success: How to Draw Your Blended Family Closer Together
Let’s rewind to the 1970’s. Even if you haven’t seen it, you may have heard about a hit sitcom of the time called, “The Brady …
Everyday Practices to Make Your Child Feel Loved
Your children need your love, time, and undivided attention. As a parent, you’re likely to be the most significant influence in their lives — it’s …
How to Prepare for Your Child’s Parent-Teacher Conference
Parent-teacher conferences make many parents nervous — еѕресіаllу іf thеir child has behavioral problems or іѕ underperforming. Upon accepting the invitation, as a parent, it may …
10 Traits of a “Good Enough” Parent
Let’s face it, no one is perfect. That being said, we all know there is no such thing as a perfect parent, even though we …
How to Talk to Your Kids about Divorce and Help Them to Cope
Divorce can put a strain on every member of the family, especially children. It’s often challenging to be positive in a situation like this and …
8 Ways to Prevent Behavior Problems in School-Age Kids
Sadness, like any feeling, is a normal emotional phase every person has to go through. Due to drastic shifts and changes of events …
Identifying Social Anxiety in Teens
Although anxiety disorders affect one in eight children, they often go unrecognized as mental health issues in teens. Social anxiety disorder, in particular, can take …
Helping a Child Cope with the Death of a Loved One
There are many ways to show children who are dealing with grief and loss that you care. Here are some things to keep in mind as …
How to Help Your Children Get a Great Start at Their New School
Think about how you felt when you first began school, or if your family relocated and you transitioned into a different school altogether. You were …
Back to School: How to Get a Good Routine Going
Before you know it, the school bells are ringing, and it’s time for the kids to head back to school. Do you have your …
Homework Help: 4 Tips for Parents on How to Make Homework Fun
With the competitive, not to mention stressful, academic environment today, more and more kids are experiencing difficulty keeping up with the demands of the school. …
College Packing List: What Every College Student Needs
Is your child heading off to college this fall? Packing for college can be stressful for both kids and parents. Whether your son or daughter …
5 Books to Help with Potty Training
Three pivotal events mark the development of a toddler: the first word, the first step, and potty training. Generally, a child doesn’t need too much …
Zip Line Rules!
What is it about a zip line that makes people laugh as soon as they launch themselves on a fast and furious ride on what …
How to Calm a Crying Baby
The earsplitting screams of a baby can irritate the sweetest soul. It can also aggravate postpartum depression and compromise the health of the mother. Since …
Patriotic Craft Ideas for Kids
There are all kinds of ways to celebrate Independence Day. An excellent way to spend quality time bonding with your kids is to make decorations …
Using Summer Camp to Prepare Your Elementary Student for Middle School
Summer vacation is a concept that gets significant attention in the United States. People argue whether it’s long enough or …
5 Tips to Make Life Easier While Reducing Parental Burnout
Before you prepare your first cup of coffee each morning, do you already feel exhausted and overwhelmed? These are just two signs of parental burnout. …
Ten Ways to Help Your Grieving Child Cope on Mother’s Day
Three months ago, I lost my mother to cancer. Her death was very sudden and unexpected because no one, including my mother herself, knew she …
How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Help with Household Chores
Other animals don’t have to do household chores, but in nature, purposeful play is typical. When a kitten pounces on a ball of wool, it’s …
How to Avoid Losing Your Child in a Public Place
For a parent, there are few worse experiences than losing sight of a young child in a public place, such as a mall or a …
How to Get Your Child Interested in Astronomy
Children have their own innate interests and parents should always encourage them. But subjects like astronomy needs an introduction, as its presence in our day …
4 Tips for Discussing Current Events with Children
Often the things children see and hear on the news or on websites that cover the news may be confusing and alarming. Even if you …
Why Writing Thank You Notes Teaches Kids Good Manners
You may or may not advocate handwritten thank-you notes in your home; no doubt, you have your reasons either way. Some folks believe the practice …
Raising Your Kids with Respect: How to Teach Your Child to Care for the World Around Them
One of the biggest challenges modern parents face is instilling respect in their children. This isn’t an issue in which you can just tell your child, …
7 Ways to Survive Another Snow Day
Remember last winter, with its record-setting snow? And the 82 snow days your kids had? Well, this winter is predicted to be even snowier, so …
