Several studies show that girls' self-esteem and self-confidence tends to decline after about age nine as girls enter puberty. How do you encourage self confidence and increase self esteem during thes...[read]
Money plays an important role in our society. A person's ability to earn, spend, and save money influences their success in life as well as a person's skills in managing and sharing their money and th...[read]
Studies have shown that music and music training provide a wealth of educational benefits to children. Early exposure to music has been proven to help develop areas of the brain responsible for langua...[read]
Music is an important part of life for both children and adults. We use music to relax, to motivate our physical activity, and simply because music is fun and enjoyable. An appreciation of music can i...[read]
With so many drugs available to young people these days, you may wonder, Why develop a booklet about helping kids avoid alcohol? Alcohol is a drug, as surely as cocaine and marijuana are. It's also il...[read]
Family vacations and daytrips are fun and memorable events that are often cherished memories throughout life, but getting to your destination may not be so pleasant. Even with modern DVD players, exte...[read]
Apparently, we can see how nature is treated these days. It is a sad thing to know that people do not pay attention so much anymore to the environmental problems. What can we do about this? It's as si...[read]
What is the safest, a forward or rear facing child safety seat? Everyone has a different answer on this and many states have different laws governing the age, weight or size of the child or infant in ...[read]
In America today, it is estimated that over 65% of the population is overweight with around 30% being at least clinically obese. Even more alarming is the estimation that 15% to 20% of the country's c...[read]
With your busy day to day schedule with work and things to do at home, you don't often notice some of the things that are right in front of you every day. At times, you may sit back and suddenly reali...[read]
As a parent it is important that we understand what potential problems our child has. Most children have certain things that they worry about or even fear. In this article, I write about the types of ...[read]
I have just returned from my twelve year old step-daughters parents evening. It was an interesting hour and I believe my daughter has learnt quite a lot from the experience. The teachers gave her some...[read]
Do you have a stutter? Does one of your children have a stutter? Do you know somebody who has a stutter? This article is all about the speech impediment known as stuttering or stammering. It includes ...[read]
During the cooler months, I tend to let my children's hair venture a bit past the neck and edge toward shagginess. Since we live in California, our coldest part of winter is pretty short lived before ...[read]
Every parent aims to bring up a child that is loving, giving, confident, happy, and a part of a closely knit family. Parenting is a natural process and more often than not it is not books, counselors,...[read]
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