The Middle Way of the Buddha
Beneath the Bodhi tree the future-buddha entered four subsequent states of meditation, and from these, he remembered his previous lives and gained understanding of the processes of samsara that all forms of life are subject to. He saw that the cause of rebirth was ignorance which would only cease when the need for sense-pleasures were quenched. As his ignorance of the truth was dispelled he was set free, and seeing things as they truly are, he became an enlightened being. A Buddha.After the Buddha had singlehandedly found the path that leads to freedom, he returned to his former ascetic companions and shared with them the truth (Dharma/Damma) of his discovery, at the deer park in Benares. This was...
When To Start Teaching Your Baby (2)
With you or without you, your baby will be learning from the moment she is born and starts to take in her new surroundings. Every sight and sound will be a part of her learning process; she will observe everything you do and listen to every word you say. And as the months pass, she will eventually start to copy. Fully conscious teaching, with books and other articles of learning, will come much later on; but of course, it is entirely up to you.With our baby daughter, Saffron, I started reading her a bed time story at about six months old. She could not understand fully, but it gave her exposure to books, and the comfort of a bed time routine, with my voice and sounds, and the pictures in the book...
Parenting Advice: What if My Child Won't Go to School?
"I need help! My 9 year old daughter has started resisting school. She misses several days every week, complaining of tummy or head aches. When I try to talk to her she screams and cries. She acts as if she's terrified to go." You need to be firm with her. Don't count on the problem going away if you ignore it. She could end up not ever going back. Still, you need to realize that her feelings are real. Showing anger won't help either of you. You need to find out what is troubling her. It could be school phobia ( a fear of school), separation anxiety (fear of leaving you or the home) or agoraphobia (fear of crowds and public places). These are all very real disorders. Talk with her teachers. She...
What Type Of Parenting Style Do You Fall Under?
When the question of "what are the different types of parenting styles?" is asked it's not hard to think back to the work Diana Baumrind, a psychologist, did nearly 40 years ago. Baumrind's studies have been a catalyst for further research on parenting styles and in many cases, are just as relevant in today's society as they were during the 1960's. However, times have certainly changed since since then and children have different demands while parents have to cope with a technology-driven society. Is it fair to say parents today are not allowed to be as hands on with their children as they were 40 years ago? Let's face it, work pressures and demands, particularly in western culture dictate families...
What's The Difference Between Parenting Styles Today Compared To 40 Years Ago?
When the question of "what are the different types of parenting styles?" is asked it's not hard to think back to the work Diana Baumrind, a psychologist, did nearly 40 years ago. Baumrind's studies have been a catalyst for further research on parenting styles and in many cases, are just as relevant in today's society as they were during the 1960's. However, times have certainly changed since since then and children have different demands while parents have to cope with a technology-driven society. Is it fair to say parents today are not allowed to be as hands on with their children as they were 40 years ago? Let's face it, work pressures and demands, particularly in western culture dictate families...
Parenting - Teaching Children At Home
Many parents put a great deal of effort into selecting the right school for their children, and often make considerable sacrifices to save enough money to send their children to a good college, because there is no doubt that providing a good education for a child is one of the best ways of ensuring a successful career and a secure and happy adult life. However, in many cases this focus on school and college results in parents neglecting another very important element of a child's education - that of teaching children at home. Day to day family life presents parents with dozens of opportunities to teach children things that they will find not only interesting but also helpful as the grow up and...
Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis) in the Child
Pinkeye, also called conjunctivitis, can be caused by bacterial or viral infections or by allergic reactions to dust, pollen, and other materials. Pinkeye can be caused by many of the bacteria and viruses responsible for colds and other infections, including ear infections, sinus infections, and sore throats and by the same types of bacteria that cause the transmitted diseases chlamydia and gonorrhea. Pink eye caused by bacteria, viruses, and STDs can spread easily from person to person, but is not a serious health risk if diagnosed promptly. Pinkeye in child care settings is most often due to bacterial or viral infections. Pinkeye also can be caused by allergies. These cases tend to happen more...
Child Safety is Not Ignored in a 2006 Honda Accord
When purchasing a new car, do you consider safety above all the other decorative features? If you have children, your answer should definitely be yes. Most parents use their cars every single day, often with their children riding along. For this reason it is so important to always be aware of your childs safety while riding in the car. Automobile crashes are the leading cause of unintentional death among children under the age of 14, which is why it is surprising to hear that up to 14% of children are still riding unrestrained in cars. Your children are the most important investments you have. What measures are you taking to guarantee your children safety while riding in a car? One step you can...
69% of Class of 2006 Pass Both Portions of State-Mandated Exit Exam in Los Angeles Schools
Los Angeles schools announced the results of the 2004-2005 school year, state-mandated California High School Exit Exam. Of the students slated to graduate in 2006, 69 percent (more than two thirds) of the class passed both the English language arts and the mathematics portions of the exam. Of the remaining 31 percent of the Class of 2006 students (12th graders): - Fifteen percent (approximately 5,500 students) must pass both the English language arts and the mathematics portions, - Ten percent (3,700) must pass the mathematics portion, and - Six percent (2,000) must pass the English language arts portion. State law now requires all students to pass both portions of the exit exam...
Helping Your Child Understand What You Do at Home
One of the disadvantages of being a stay at home parent is that people tend to assume that you don't do ANYTHING all day. There's a decided assumption out there that stay at home moms just watch soap operas and eat all day, and that home businesses are nothing more than hobbies. Those of us who actually stay at home know better, of course. But even the children you are staying at home with can have a hard time understanding how hard you work to be with them, even when you're "just" a stay at home mom. Work at home jobs and home businesses don't mean much to them either. It's just something Mommy or Daddy does that means less time to play. I deal with this a lot with my daughter. She has very mixed...
Authoritative Parenting: Raising Your Child in a Supportive Home
According to experts, different styles in parenting often times generate different results. Of the many different parenting styles identified by experts, the authoritative parenting style is considered as one of the most appropriate. The authoritative approach creates a demanding yet supporting environment. Demanding in the sense that the authoritative parenting style creates rules but unlike the authoritarian parenting system where the children cannot question the rules, the authoritative parenting style is interactive. Experts believe that children thrive better when they are given rules to abide by. Having rules is important for children because these rules would give them a sense of security...
Car Insurance - Safety first child restraints
New UK regulations are coming into force to improve children's safety whilst travelling in a car. This article explains. September 2006 will see the introduction of new laws regarding child restraints in cars. Current laws state: - Children aged three to 11 (inclusive) and less than 150cm tall are permitted to travel in an adult seat belt if no child restraint is fitted. New legislation says: - Children aged three to 11 and under 135cm have to be seated in child seat or booster (designed to be used with an adult belt), suitable for their age and weight. Children taller than 135cm (4ft 5ins) or aged 12 or over must wear an adult seat belt where one is fitted. The driver is responsible for ensuring...
What You Must Know When Seeking Help For Domestic Abuse
The Battered Women's Movement and Clinical Psychology are as far apart as the North and South Pole. Yet, many people outside of these circles/disciplines believe domestic abuse treatment-and advocacy-are sub-specialties of the practice of psychology. Not at all so! After I fled from the danger I lived in Chicago, I retreated into a life of solace and wrote All But My Soul: Abuse Beyond Control. Creating that publication was the most amazing experience of my life-right up there with the birth of a child. It was my fourth child. With the enthusiasm of a child, I approached individuals in the domestic violence arena, eager to share what I had learned and produced in the manuscript. Initially, I was not...
Find Child Care Providers Is Difficult
Just recently my daughter had her very first child. She had the first three months off for maternity leave from work, but after that was intending to go back full time. Of course when she does start back to work she is going to need to find child care for her new baby, talking to co-workers she found out good child care providers can be difficult to find. She preferred that her baby find a place in a home setting so she began her search calling child care providers licensed by the local social services agency. She started by calling social services and asking for the list of child care providers that are in her area. What she was told was a big surprise to her, she was going to have to pay for the...
Educational Software for Teaching Children
Regardless of what role you play in your child's education and development, every extra certainly helps in how they develop. This means that regardless of whether, or not, your child is home schooled you should be doing whatever you can to ensure they develop as a person through being given the best chance in life through their education. As a parent, one way that you can improve your child's education and development is through using educational software that is specifically designed for teaching children. Toddlers When your child is not yet able to read or write, don't feel that it is not possible to educate them and make them learn processes and other learning mechanisms which they can benefit...
What Parents Need To Know About Child Safety And Identification
There seems to be a general misconception concerning child safety and child identification. In speaking with parents, one thing becomes very clear. Parents commonly believe, that by recording their children's fingerprints and DNA information, they have taken all the steps necessary in order to protect as well as provide identification for their children. Unfortunately, this could not be further from the truth. Common sense dictates that the only time a child's fingerprints or DNA information would ever become necessary would be in the worst-case scenario, after the unthinkable has happened. We as parents would like to watch over our children 24-hours a day, thereby, ensuring our children's safety...
Parents Demand Dumbed-Down Tests --- An Unintended Bad Consequence Of The No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is making the problem of cheating, low academic standards, and public schools lying to parents, even worse. Under this Act, the Department of Education now requires students to pass standardized tests. Failing schools will lose federal funding and other perks if their students consistently turn in a bad performance on these tests. Holding schools and teachers accountable, and expecting students to demonstrate what they've learned, sounds like a good idea. But this Act means that badly-taught students, victims of dumbed-down texts and bad teaching methods like new math and whole-language instruction, now have to pass difficult standardized tests they are not ready...
Secure Your Baby's Future with Good Infant Car Seats
Your baby demands special treatment. You can't just scrimp and treat your baby as if she were grown up enough for certain things, for these may prove not only unhealthy but disastrous for your baby. For this reason, you invest in special baby stuff - like formulas, baby clothes, baby-safe toys... and infant car seats. Almost all the states have laws on the proper installment of infant car seats, and now many states are adopting booster seat laws as well. The importance of these laws is comparable to the importance of making seatbelt laws - local governments are carrying out their responsibility of taking care of their citizens, on the road and out of it. It may not be well known, but it's still a...
Show You Trust And It Will Be Returned
Parenting is not something one should ever take lightly. Having children is a 24-hours business and taking good care of your kids is something you should invest time to study and learn; preferably not on their expense. But very few parents are always conscious of the fact that their present choices and behavior can and will shape the character of their kids. Treating your child with the same respect and attention you want it to treat you later is not always what parents focus on today. Job related problems, economic worries, stress, and less free time, can make parents grouchy, which in turn can lead children to their rooms feeling isolated and unappreciated. I do not doubt that you love your child...
Child Safety And Child Protection: Easy Steps You Can Take - Part 3 Of 3
Unfortunately the reality is, you can't always be with your child. Occasionally your child is left in the care and supervision of other adults. As horrible as it is to imagine, the fact is, most child abductions occur by close family friends and/or other adults that the child is already familiar with. However, here are a few things you can teach your child that will empower them with the awareness they need to help keep them safe...even when you can't be there. Let's begin... There are "flags" that you can teach your child to be aware of, that seem to occur on a consistent bases with child abductions. One of those "flags" is that predators or would be predators often will test their potential...
Keeping Baby Safe: your most important role as a parent
Saying Thanks, But No Thanks to Used Safety Equipment Once your beautiful bundle of joy arrives, the work of raising your child really begins. The biggest job you have as a parent is keeping your baby safe. Yet, it is impossible to watch over your children twenty-four hours a day. Thankfully, there are many safety products available to keep them from getting hurt. These products include safety gates, outlet covers, oven and table bumpers, doorknob covers, bed rails, locks and guards, and many more. As a parent, you need to use products that are one step ahead of their children's abilities, and can do so by getting down on their level and looking around. This gives you a child's eye perspective of...
A Lesson Learned through the Eyes of a Child
I stared into those biggest of navy blue eyes and felt thepower of his fighting spirit, despite the pain and week-longraging fever. Most of the time my heart was in my throat andmy mind was awash with counter-productive thoughts like, "whyhim?" and "this isn't fair!". This wasn't helping him to besure (my daughter was much stronger than I), but in spite, henot only survived the arduous ordeal, but he emerged thevictor! I am talking about my infant grandson, Corbin Nicolas Wilson ( ), clobbered with aserious infection of the lymph glands. This tiniest ofgladiators tuffed out what few adults could have and not onlyamazed his wonderful pediatrician and hospital staff, but Ifeel profoundly and...
Child Education
The initial state of happiness about an own child is often overcome with annoyance after even a short period of time. Children quickly grow an own personality, and it's the most vital task of the parents to help develop it and give it a shape. Otherwise, the little angel can turn into a little devil adding considerably to the stress in life you already have. Like everything else in life, child education is a tightrope walk between strictness and letting loose. Drifting off either way causes more problems than it solves. But of course what sounds clear and obvious in theory is much harder to actually apply practically. The suggestions here are no rules to follow, they're mere guidelines and should...
How Do You Define Different Parenting Style?
I worked out very early in life that no two parenting styles are alike. In fact, as a primary school kid, I used to fascinate at each adults different style of parenting when the school would conduct it's social occasions. Some parents were strict, almost to the point of being embarassingly overwhelming; some were extremely lax and casual in their child disciplines while others were a mix of strict and casual, somewhere in between if you like. So, what are the different types of parenting. Is there a guide we can refer to before we enter father and motherhood and choose a parenting style. Let's briefly examine some of the different styles of parenting so you can see which category you may come under...
Our Prodigal Children
The story of the Prodigal Son has always bothered me. It seemed to me that the loyal son, the one who stayed and helped the father, lost status when the Prodigal son returned. That didn't seem fair. I had been reading the story from the perspective of a son. I think the lesson is from the perspective of the parent. The father understood that his loyal son might have hard feelings. But he trusted that the relationship he and his son had built through the years was strong enough to withstand the stress of the moment. He also understood his obligation to his other son, the Prodigal. The role of the parent is to give whatever is necessary whenever it is needed. There is no guarantee that giving...
Our Guides
Curious and trusting, imaginative and sensitive. They do not know that sometimes the process of cognizing can be dangerous, harmful and painful. They need our help. It is obvious. They need to be guided and taught by the adults. This fact leads us to the question of teaching and education, which in its turn arouses the question of communication. Communication, in its essence, always supposes the process of cognizing and discovering each other. If done successfully, it can bring us mutual understanding and support - an important guarantee of successful education and teaching, which means transformation of each individual involved in the process. Teaching children is impossible without studying them...
Classes For Parenting
Teenagers can be so very difficult to handle that you need to all your parenting skills to understand and adjust to the changes that your child is going through. According to experts, even if you have always been very close to you son or daughter when he or she was younger, you will tend to lose the attention of your kid when he or she reaches puberty. Instead of tearing your hair out and screaming at your teenager, learn to be more flexible and understanding. To help you understand your teenager better, it would be a good idea for you to attend some parenting classes and learn a few things about raising teenagers. There are many organizations that offer parenting classes all over the country. The...
Is An Old Car Seat Acceptable?
A concerned mother recently asked. "My friend's children are all grown and she has an old car seat that she has given me. But I'm wondering if it is ok to use this seat with my child? Is my friend really doing me a huge favor?" Experts would say absolutely not. The following are some important safety tips that are very crucial when considering a child safety seat. 1.) You should always avoid using a used car seat (even if it's in great shape). There are many factors that make the seat safe. First of all; every year new safety ratings rank car seats. Some other factors include child’s size, weight and height of a child and whether or not it's an infant that needs an extra head rest. Car seats...
Relaying Convenience and Creativity
Saturn is one of General Motors' brands. It was launched in 1990 largely due to the success of Japanese small-car imports in the United States, and this brand was the company's response. It is popularly known for its "no-haggle" sale policy. And it is very commonly known to have customer satisfaction with its dealer service that is among the highest of any car brand in the United States. It has also received praise for its environmentally-conscious manufacturing processes and for its innovations such as using flexible plastic side panels on its cars to avoid minor dents, as well. One of the vehicles that are running under this brand is the Saturn Relay. It is a minivan that is the first in its brand...
Parenting - A Job For Life
Raising children is the hardest most demanding job in the world. It is a wonderful and challenging life experience. But it is so much harder than it looks, with lots of patience and a fair degree of hope, children can grow into very emotionally-secure adults. Bringing children up is obviously one of the harder things in life to do,but bringing up children is one of the most rewarding and challenging undertakings anyone can take on. As a parent myself I can honestly say that parenting is certainly in no way easy. I believe that parents are best placed to decide what is right for their children and family, based on their own values, circumstances and lifestyle. Parents need to build a bond between...
Teaching Children The Value of Healthy Snacking
Today, more than ever kids should be eating healthier. For millions of kids in the United States consuming junk food and not being active enough has contributed to obesity and many kids being above normal weight. Not only is it important to teach your child which snacks they should eat, but educating them during the early, formidable years may help them sidestep obesity and becoming overweight in the future when they are adults. Here are some hints on delicious healthy snacks for little ones. One option for your kids to eat healthy snacks is to get them started on naturally sweet foods. Since the majority of kids crave sweets for snacks, naturally sweet foods such as fruits are ideal. Let them enjoy...
Healthy Parenting Styles
Parenting is an instinctive process, but is often colored by the types of parenting styles that the father and mother have been exposed to themselves. The emotional baggage they bring into their marriage usually has a role to play in all their relationships. Despite this, most parents are keen on doing their best for their children, something every child instinctively recognizes. Hence whichever types of parenting styles, according to the book, that the child receives, the inherent bond of love is the strongest governing factor. One of the most common types of parenting styles is smothering by the mother and criticism by the father. The mother tries to spoon feed her children at every occasion, and...
Adult Daughters of Alcoholics
A few times in my life, someone has taken a quick look at me and been able to tell me about myself or a little bit about who I am or what I've been through. Some people have that gift. Whether they are psychologists, tarot readers, or some old lady in the grocery store line, they are able to see something in my eyes that tells my entire story - in a language only they understand. This sort of deep fundamental analysis of my psyche has rarely happened outside of interpersonal contact. However, when I first read Perfect Daughters, by Dr. Robert J. Ackerman, I felt like he was one of those people who could look inside me, but adding to the complexity, was the fact that it was through the pages of a...
The 10 Child Safety Devices You Need in Your Home
Did you know that you can childproof your home for a fraction of what it would cost to have a professional do it? Child safety devices are available at hardware stores, baby equipment shops, supermarkets, drug stores, home and linen stores, and through mail order catalogues. Here are 10 child safety devices you need to help prevent injuries to young children. 1. Safety latches and locks - use on cabinets and drawers to help prevent children from gaining access to medicines and household cleaners, as well as knives and other sharp objects. Look for safety latches and locks that adults can easily install and use, but that are sturdy enough to withstand pulls and tugs from children. Safety latches are...
Through The Eyes of A Foster Child
Through The Eyes of A Foster Child Free your mind and imagine that you are 2, 5, 10 or 13 years old and you're playing with your favorite toy, video game or something that you really enjoy. All of a sudden, there's a knock on the door (knock, knock, knock). Your parent reluctantly opens the door and in walks a nicely dressed lady. The lady briefly speaks to your parents, then walks over to you and says that you need to go with her. You don't know where you're going, but your parents think it's ok. As you are leaving, you notice your parents walking behind -carrying a packed suitcase. At this point, you don't understand what's happening; your heart starts to beat fast, you want to ask where you are...
How To Manage Freelance Jobs For Work-at-home Freelancers
Freelance work is growing by leaps and bounds. Perhaps this is because what Americans earn in their regular jobs is no longer sufficient to support their monthly expenses. With the rising costs of living, this is not surprising anymore. Freelance work also benefits the company. As opposed to hiring regular employees, companies don't have to provide benefits to freelance workers. In fact, most of these freelance workers have a job of their own and are just in need of a little extra cash in their hands. Freelance jobs often involve creative works like websites, web content and graphics. Some also need or hire people who can sell products on the side in exchange for a commission. Though it is not so...
Qualities Needed to Meet the Needs of a Growing Child
Qualities needed for raising children are quite different from qualities needed on the job. Many times parents have difficulty adjusting to the role of parents and try to run the family as they would a corporation. This can stifle the child's desire to achieve and drive them from the parent. Some of the keys for cultivating growth in you children are listed below. A tolerance for repeated errors. Children are learning everything there is to know about life. A toddler, as they learn to walk, falls down a lot. In elementary school no child completes a year of arithmetic without errors. Teens make many mistakes in the complex arena of personal relationships. It is through these errors that they learn...
Professional Parenting
Parenting can be a tough job and nobody is ever truly prepared for it so when some parents get completely overwhelmed it is no wonder that they turn to the professionals for parenting help. It can often be easier for an outsider to truly assess the situation and give some professional parenting advice that is suitable. When parents love their children, they can often find it hard to follow through with discipline, which is a major problem for a lot of people. Others find it hard to manage to spend quality time with their children although they love them, they may not know what exactly to do with them. Many parents enlist the help of professionals to gain new parenting skills and enable them to...
What Is Authoritative Parenting by Nguang Nguek-Fluek
There are four styles of parenting: authoritarian, authoritative (sometimes called egalitarian), permissive, and uninvolved. The uninvolved style is not so much a way of parenting as it is a lack of parenting, and it's hard on kids. Kids with an uninvolved parent often struggle with feelings of rejection, lack of self-esteem, and trust issues. Authoritarian, authoritative and permissive parenting styles describe a range of styles, with authoritarian parenting on one end, permissive parenting on the other, and authoritative parenting in the middle. Authoritarian parents tend to be high in structure and low in responsiveness, and permissive parents tend to be low in structure and high in...
Take a moment and think about it. When you consider the fact that, as adults, we would never consider leaving the house without our id. We spend thousands on home and car alarms, we are even protecting our family pets with microchips; however, our most cherished possessions, our children, leave home without any identification. Here are some questions: - Have you taken the time to record your child's fingerprints, gather a hair sample for DNA purposes, record all his/her specific identification, including specific identifying features and a photograph of your child in a Child ID kit? If so, is it up to date? - In the event of a motor vehicle accident, in which you have been rendered unconscious, do...
Parenting Secrets For Keeping Your Kids Safety
There are Five Safety Secrets that truly make kids safe. These Secrets set the foundation of true safety for a lifetime in children, and can do the same for your child. These Secrets will also surprise you. They work quietly and effectively beneath the surface of your child's brain. If you use these Five Secrets, they will make any safety technique that much more effective. Without these Five Safety Secrets, your child will never be able to keep themselves safe. Ever. Secret #1: Confidence. Confidence and a positive self image are crucial in good child safety. Confident kids are less of a target for sexual predators. Not only do they stand taller and keep their heads up higher, they represent a...
Which Nursery Furniture Is Best?
In general terms a set of nursery furniture will include some or all of the following items: - Cots/cot beds - Wardrobes, dressers and bedside cabinets. - Changing tables/dressers. - Seats, benches and nursing chairs. - Shelving and bookcase storage. - Toy chests and boxes.Once parents decide which pieces of furniture they need in their nursery they will then need to find a range that suits them. For may people, the decision they make here will be based on what the furniture is made from and what it looks like. Types of nursery furniture Nursery furniture can be made from various materials. In general, these will be wood, laminates and wood effect/veneers. Popular woods and wood effects here include...
How To Find Child Day Care
It's a daunting question for many parents, new and old. Some of you are first timers with a brand new baby in your home and others of you have several children. All in all you have decided it's time to go back to work and find a child daycare that meets your beliefs. But the question is what are your beliefs on what a good child daycare should be? This is something for you to definitely think about, for you to find a good child daycare you need to determine what kind of environment you most definitely feel comfortable in. Here are some of the questions you should be asking yourself before you venture out in looking for a child daycare center. 1. Do you feel more comfortable with a family child...
Chronicling Volvo's Safety record
Volvo has always been known to be the automaker producing the safest cars in the world. The automaker's motto, "Volvo for life" is attributed to the reliability and safety of their cars. Volvo's company symbol, (which could represent either the male symbol, the symbol of Mars or the metal related to the planet Mars, iron; in fact, the same symbol) actually refers to iron ore, and stands for "Rolling Strength." Thanks to Wikipedia, here is a chronological list of the security features Volvo has implemented and continues to implement over the years in their cars: • 1944 Safety cage • 1944 Laminated windscreen • 1959 Three-point safety belts in the front • 1960 Padded dashboard...
Separating Useful Parenting Advice from the Not-So-Useful
Parents are constantly being bombarded with the latest advice about parenting and they receive tips from experts or other parents. This is because giving parenting advice is easy since everyone has some sort of experience on the subject. There are new parent tips, survival guides and dos and don'ts lists that are being given to parents every single day- whether they ask for it or not! Abundance of Information Needs to Be Sifted Out With the abundance of information available, it can be quite perplexing when it comes to sifting out what works and what does not. How are parents to know which advice to follow, and when to rely on plain old common sense? Do experts who offer parenting advice really know...
Child Discipline: All About Consequences
When it comes to child discipline parenting books have many different views on how this needs to be done. One of the easiest and most used methods (even if you don't realize it) is to use "if/then" consequences. (Everyone has heard, and many parents have even used, this: "IF you do not finish your peas, THEN you get no dessert."). If you are having a difficult time teaching your child how to make good decisions, "if/then" statements have been proven to be a wonderful way to bring about quick changes, as long parents are consistent with follow-through. "If/Then" consequences are simple to come up with. To start, make a list of the behaviors or decisions you want your child to show (getting acceptable...
As you gaze at your newborn, you may have faired well on your current parenting know-how, but you probably would like to own a common sense book of baby and child care, which can help you out when it comes to something unfamiliar. Numerous publications are marketed as "the best" selection in a common sense book of baby and child care. Since there are too many options to count, how can you select the one that best fits your needs? Experts in the field of child psychology or professionals, such as pediatricians are one of the main motivations that new parents use when looking to purchase a common sense book of baby and child care. On the other hand, since favored authors pen these publications, they...
There are few more emotive issues in today's society than parenting discipline. Ask a hundred parents what child discipline is and you'll probably get a hundred different responses. The parenting discipline landscape has changed considerably during the last fifty years, with more emphasis placed on mental discipline than physical. In this article, we will examine what is considered implementing new age parenting disciplines which are becoming more widely accepted, particularly in the western world. The Days Of Corporal Punishment There was a time when copping a whack on the bottom was part and parcel of growing up as a child. It was called corporal punishment and was not only invoked at home but was...
Parenting Teenagers - Playing The Freedom Game And Winning
Do you have a teenager who is begging for more freedom? Are you uncertain how much freedom is too much during the teen years? Parenting teenagers requires a parent to walk a fine line between boundaries and letting go. Out of four children, I am currently parenting my third teenager and I'd like to share some simple guidelines that will soothe your parental anxieties and help your home life be calmer. -- Know your teen. It's easy to say everyone is different; it's more difficult to describe, in detail, those differences. You will find parenting teenagers less-stressful and your teen will respond better to you if you spend serious time knowing your teenager. Yes, this is called relationship and it's...
Baby Shower On a Budget
ON A BUDGET Just because people are on a tight budget does not mean the baby shower cannot be fun. For this, the guests would all be asked to pick up unique gifts from thrift stores, garage sales, antique stores, estate sales, or consignment shops. Not only are the gifts affordable but the expectant mother will end up with some very eclectic items. PURE PAMPERING When a woman reaches about the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy, the cute maternity clothes are no longer "cute". The rounded stomach is in the way, sleeping and getting comfortable is nearly impossible, and all the woman can think of is "getting the pregnancy over with." Obviously, nature has an amazing way of preparing women to give...
Teens Pick Up On Their Parents' Bad Driving Habits
Although they seem to be involved in listening to music, chatting with friends or gazing out the window, preteens and teens are actually keen observers-and students-of their parents' driving habits. A new study of more than 2,000 parents and children by Nationwide Mutual Insurance found that 83 percent of 10-to-18-year-olds pay attention to Mom's or Dad's driving at least half of the time they spend in the car. While parents recognize they are being observed and need to lead by example, this intention often gets lost in practice. Two out of five parents surveyed say they curb their bad driving habits in front of their children, but most children report seeing their parents drive aggressively, feel...