Archive for 'Parents + Kids' Category
Children, Entitlement and God
16 June 2008“Setting the alarm on Sunday mornings is inhuman…..God should know that!” Those were my adolescent thoughts every weekend when my parents forced me to church. “I can get more out of my headphones and the Beatles.” It was this way as far back as I can remember. Early Sunday school, then later Bible studies, […]
In Defense of the Jelly Bean
3 June 2008Should a parent give a child a tangible reward when he or she has behaved properly or performed some important task such as doing homework, or helping around the house? Understandably, many parents are hesitant to use incentives, such as prizes, or food treats, to influence their children, especially considering the negative comments by […]
Job-Hunting While Pregnant
25 May 2008It’s happening all over: A woman is laid off while she’s pregnant and finds herself job-hunting as her due date approaches. Another woman’s organization tanks, and she finds herself out of work just as she realizes that that she’s expecting. A third finds her consulting business too slow to sustain her financially, so she starts […]
Are We Breeding Bad Credit Teenagers?
23 May 2008It wasn’t until about the fourth time that I gave my teenager an allowance advance that I realized I was nurturing her to become a bad credit consumer. Living free at home with no bills to pay, how would she balance a budget when she moved out on her own? Would she continue to borrow […]
Potty Training …To Train or Not to Train?
20 April 2008I have always found the notion of toilet training a toddler to be a bit much. I didn’t feel right about pushing my girls to do something I felt would eventually come naturally. At three years old, both my girls were potty trained … not because I read books and raced them to the porcelain […]
Adolescence - Clues and Advice
6 April 2008Be sure to respect the intellectual changes that mark adolescence. Adolescent thinking can and should reflect: abstract notions, the relationships of things to each other and people to each other, multiple responses to the same condition or question and the idea of thinking itself.
Too often, we are unwilling to recognize the leap from […]
Violence In Schools - Prevention Is Everyone’s Responsibility
21 March 2008Parents send their children to school thinking their child will be safe, cared for and protected. Sadly many children experience violence in schools of one form or another.
Preventing violence in schools is a difficult and overwhelming task. Many school administrators offer on campus police officers to patrol the schools. Some schools have even installed metal […]
Music Therapy for Baby
17 March 2008Recently, we can often hear both from pediatricians and psychologists about benefits of listening to music for babies. Of course, it is not surprising at all, as already our grannies sang songs to babies, to calm them down. Are there any medical researches on this subject?
Excursus to history
THE ANCIENTS were the first who noticed a […]
What Is Prom Night?
16 March 2008What is prom night? For your parents, prom night usually included a dinner followed by a dance at school. The entire event lasted no longer than one night.
What is prom night today? Prom night is still the most important dance of high school senior year. And like always, the night still revolves around having a […]
Laser Hair Removal and Pregnancy
29 February 2008Often times, the hormones produced during pregnancy can produce hair on your face and arms. If you are experiencing an increase in overall hair growth, it is due to the amplified production of various hormones in your body. Usually, this extra hair shows up on your face: above the lip and on the chin and […]