Your 3 1/2 year old daughter is bullying her classmates at preschool. You are mortified to see her pushing, hitting and being mean to her little friends! You\’ve tried to reason with her and she nods in agreement and then goes right back to it! What can you do?
Start by having a good cry over [...]
As parents, we always want to provide the best for our children to the best ability. We will want to sacrifice certain things in order to provide what we can afford to ensure our children grow up in conditions better than those we have endured ourselves as children.
However, there is a sad silence on matters [...]
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Becoming a Father.The greatest miracle on this earth. I became a father when i had just turned 22.
I was ecstatic!Seeing my little miracle laying there in front of me,roughly 6,5 ponds,1 foot long.It was amazing! Here was something i have created!?This was my work!? I have heard of fathers who become scared when they think [...]
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Gift registries save time, money and provide parents with exactly what they need to set up for a new baby. You will get all the items you need and want for your new baby and nursery and your friends and relatives will be a happy as they will be giving you something that you [...]
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Today I was talking to one of my best friends and she said something that surprised me.
“I checked out your blog and it looks great. I just don’t know you find the time to do it all. You’re one of those super moms!”
“You’re crazy,” I said. “Your house is always clean and my house is [...]
Saturday, October 27, 2007
When Desperate Housewives first came on the air I was glued to the program not because of the sex and scandal, but because of the character Lynette. She seemed so real to me and represented so much of what I felt and still feel today about motherhood.
In one episode Lynette was in the grocery store, [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2007
How do you help your children transition from summer freedom and bliss to regimented school and drudgery? It may be a little more pleasant for everyone if you slowly wean your children from no schedule to a comfortable routine before the first day of school. They may even wake up in a good mood on [...]
Even if it didn’t happen at your child’s school, a school disaster can be devastating to your child – especially with the news coverage often given to school shootings and bomb treats. Before you can figure out what to do to help your child, it’s important to know what might be common reactions to [...]
Thursday, October 18, 2007
There have been countless stories written about the psychic connection between identical twins. Stories like, when one twin hurts itself the other twin feels the pain. Or the twin who had the contractions while her sister gave birth. Even to the extremes of twin sisters who had been separated at birth and when re-united some [...]
Even though there is a lot of media coverage about violence in the schools, the fact of the matter is that overall schools are very safe for children. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, around 90% of schools report no serious violent crimes even though more than half do experience non-violent crimes [...]