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Bullying: What Every Parent Should Know By : Jim DeSantis
Recent studies show that up to half of all children have been bullied in the past year, with other research indicating up to 10 per cent of all children are bullied on a weekly basis. There are important differences between school-yard conflicts and the more sinister type of bullying. What can you do if you discover your child is a victim?
Angry Children: How To Help Them By : Jim DeSantis
When it comes to showing anger, adults do not hesitate to verbally express it but children have much different ways of dealing with anger. Here are some obvious signs that your child may need help and what to do to help them.
Informed Parenting ~ Natural Alternatives for Menstrual Cramping and PMS! By : Christine Hiebel
No Passion Parent likes to see their child in discomfort. Menstrual cramps and mood swings can not only be uncomfortable for your daughter, but can make life for everyone else less than enjoyable as well. Most young girls do not have intense cramping or mood swings, but...
Three Tips For Preparing Your Preteen For Her Menstrual Cycle By : Christine Hiebel
My friend called today with the news that her ten year old daughter may be starting her menstrual cycle. She thought she would have a couple more years to cross this bridge, but with the growth hormones and chemicals in our food these days, we find our girls are entering puberty earlier...
How to Design a Kid's Bedroom By : Michiel Van Kets
To design a bedroom for your child can be a very special and tricky undertaking, but also a lot of fun and the end result will be the look on your child’s face, well worth all the hard work to any parent.
Should parents allow kids the use of Airsoft guns? By : Michiel Van Kets
When your child is writing his wish list for Santa Claus and you read “Airsoft gun”, don’t jump. Air soft guns are harmless providing safety rules are observed.
Nine Easy Ways to Get Those A's By : Jim Hartley
Students who attend SuperCamp's teen summer camps acquire many valuable learning and life skills. Here are some Quantum Learning tips that can help every student do better in school. Share them with your son or daughter.
Teach Your Children Well, Give Them A Credit Card? By : Amanda Hash
There is no better way to learn something than doing it. You can teach your kids how to start building their future financial situation: what the credit score is about, how to manage their funds, rates for financing, how delinquencies work, etc.
My Kids are So Funny (and They're Just Like Many Adults!) By : Margie Remmers
Getting what you want is as simple as getting what you want--or is it? Watch how a 6 year old's pursuit of a Nintendo DS mirrors the adult pursuit of our own goals.
Help Your Child Climb a Mountain of Emotions By : Jim DeSantis
Handling children can be a difficult task at times. We feel like they’re not listening to us; they feel like we’re not listening to them. Good listening and speaking skills are essential to successful parenting.
Peer Pressure And Alcohol: A Difficult Combination For Many Teens By : Adam Johnes
For most young people, the teenage years are a fun and exciting time, filled with first-time experiences: a new school, a part-time job, getting a driver's license, maybe a first romance. In general, it is a period marked by greater responsibility and freedom.
Healthy and Active Kids ....Ask Me How! By : Saralyn Ready
Kids need calories, protein, fiber, and some sugar and some fats in appropriate portion sizes. It is best to avoid an overabundance of “bad fats” and “empty carbs.” To help busy parents who may not have the time to plan sufficiently to ensure that the kids are getting the essential nutrients....
Looking for the best holiday gift to give your teenager? Try the By : Terre Grable
Right now is your relationship "strained" with your teenager? Does everything within you want a positive relationship with your teenager, but you do not know how to accomplish it? Well, here is the stepping stone to a great relationship path with your son or daughter this holiday season. Ready? It's the "F" word.....forgiveness.
Raising a Financially Independent Teen By : Vince Shorb
Discover the five simple steps to raising a financially responsible teenager. In today's age, it is more important than ever parents provide their teenage children with the knowledge they need to make in the financial real world. The lessons you pick up in this article will benefit your child their entire life.
America has a Youth Engagement Problem By : Edward DeJesus
Youth advocate and expert, Edward DeJesus reveals how the drop-out problem is not only regulated to high schools. He gives advice on what must be done to help America effectively engage youth in education and work programs.
Teen Chat: 6 Ways To Help You Attract More Happiness With The Power Of Optmism! By :
Have you ever heard of the glass half-full/glass half-empty metaphor On the average, do you think you view the glass as half-full or half-empty
20 Keys to Parenting Teen-agers By : Helene Rothschild
Would you like some help with parenting your teen-ager? As a Marriage, Family Therapist for 27 years, I noticed that parents were having similar problems with their children during their teen-years. I realized that the children and parents often talked about their frustrations and did not know how to express what they wanted. Read 20 insights and solutions that can assist you to be the succcessful parent you want to be.
A Big Leap in Kids’ Fashion By : Wain Roy
Kids’ fashion tales are tall today with online stores promising an attractive array of the top-notch designer brands and their children’s clothing line. Check the change in the kids’ fashion block here.
Children Grown Up: Teenage and Adolescent Enuresis By : Elizabeth Radisson
Urinating while asleep, or bedwetting, is common in children. It is messy and troublesome, but as it is unintentional, it is simply an indication of a developing body growing accustomed to sleeping without diapers. Nocturnal enuresis in teenagers and adolescents, though, may be worrisome for parents; it can be embarrassing for older children, and is considered a bodily symptom of deeper problems in a teenager or adolescent.
Diet for Kids By : Nitin Chhoda
Helpful tips and strategies to improve eating habits in children.
Anti-Bullying Skills and Techniques for Children By : Mark Lakewood
As a society, we spend too much of our energy identifying and punishing the bully that we fail to spend enough time empowering the victims of bullying. We should spend more of our energy on the things that we can control rather than the things we have limited or no control over.
Teenage Problems - A Slip Through Innocent Childhood By : Michael Douglas
Is your 15-year-old spending hours on the phone whispering to god-knows who? Does she stare into space with a smile on her lips. Be careful! She could be in the throes of her first crush!
Why Can't I Touch The Sky? By : Robert Hunt
Learn how the imagination of a little girl and her simple question helped her father reconnect with a sense of childlike imagination.
Power of Praise – How to encourage positive behaviour in children and teens By : Henrietta Joyce
Henrietta Joyce teaches you how to use descriptive praise to effecively. Raise self-confident, happy, obedient children by using this powerful technique.
A gift for your Child By : Angela Minster
Around Christmas and the New Year is the time when nice and kind fairy-tales comes to every house as is normal at the end of the year. These fairy tales bring many presents and gifts; with children waiting with anticipation for such presents. They believe that Santa Claus does exist and he will give them the most long-awaited gifts they crave for. Christmas – is the time when all our cherished wishes, desires and dreams can come true.
Explain the Dangers of Crystal Meth to Your Kids By : Mage Morris
You should talk to your kids about the horrible scourge of "Crystal Meth." How else are they to know? Or if the information they receive from friends or the street is watered down or plain wrong and misinformed?
Bad Attitude a serious problems of teens By : Harry Johnson
Teen years can be very stressful. Do you ever feel disown, grouchy, lazy, hateful, mean, or just want to act ugly? You are a victim of Bad Attitude Syndrome. It takes more than a few strategies to turnaround serious problem behaviors, so if you like these exciting, more effective approaches, are sure to order all the interventions you need.
Chemical Dependency Progression in Teens By : Monica Craft
The tumultuous group of adolescents consists of twenty percent of the population. These adolescents come from family backgrounds that are not stable. There is often a history of mental illness in the family; the parents have marital conflicts; and the families have more economic difficulties. The moods of these adolescents are not stable and they are more prone to depression. They have significantly more psychiatric disturbances, and they only do well with the aid of intense psychotherapy. They
Communication Tips - Parenting By : Nivea David
Through parenting we can prepare our children to survive and thrive in their environment. The environment that today's society provides children is full of challenges and big issues like drugs, violence, and sex. That is why it is so important for children and parents to communicate openly.
Are Computers Harming Our Children By : Irene Sherwood
More and more parents are becoming concerned about the amount of time their children are spending on computers. Kids are playing computer games, researching their homework and chatting to friends on their computers.
Computers can be an invaluable asset to your child’s life. Make sure that your child isn’t spending too long in a darkened, poorly designed work area or in general spending too long on the computer. Make sure they aren’t spending too much time being isolated without actual contac
Educational Toys, Software and Kid's Furniture Enhance Learning and Growth By : Grace West
Offering educational toys and software to kids at any age builds their self esteem and makes learning fun. Waiting room toys and children's furniture helps by allowing creativity to flow.
Building Healthly Self Esteem in Our Children By : Christine Carter
There are many resources and games that will help to build your child's self esteem Reach For The Stars can help you to understand what you can do as a parent to help to develop and cultivate it as well.
Buying the Right Children's Books For Your Little Ones By :
If you have children you'll want to give them a love of books at an early age so that they grow up enjoying the wonders of the written word. Children's literature has become big news over the past few years and the sale of these types of books continues to grow each month. Parents are extremely interested in giving their children the start that they need when it comes to education and learning. Reading is a great way to prepare your child to look at the world openly and inquisitively.
When violence can destroy your teens life By : Monica Craft
"Violence can be socially transmitted from person to person in a community through exposure." Both the adolescents and their primary caregiver -- usually their mother -- provided information for the initial assessment.
Teenage Girls having problems with Boys ! By : Nivea David
There are some youngsters who feel that they are entitled to experience everything under the sun, irrespective of the high risk involved. These are individuals who experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco and also with multiple partners.
The Value of Self-Awareness By : Robert N. Hager
More pro-active efforts are needed that positively impact the health and well being of children. Some school-based programs are in effect and some are effective. However, most of these drug, tobacco and health educational programs hold the information in a right-wrong, good-bad context. A child’s role in his or her future is often energized by threat and fear of the end result.
A Guide to Buying Children's Toys By : Andrew Gates
Buying toys for children can be a daunting prospect, whether it’s for your own kids or for someone else’s.
Using Technology for inexpensive Baby Shower Gifts By : jasonpayne
Get your ideas flowing if you are planning activities for a baby shower. If attending the baby shower, learn what to expect.
Psychology of Troubled Teens By : Monica Craft
Young kids play an extremely important role in our lives. As parents, we provide them with rules and expectations as guidelines to grow up with. We like to see them become well equipped people, who can stand up straight in this wild world.
Are You Setting Limits for Your Teen? By : Harry Johnson
July 14, 2006 - Most teens claim not to want limits, but, deep down, they really do. Parents need to decide and agree upon the limits that are absolute - what they expect their teenager to do or not to do - and make these very clear to the teen, with an understanding of what the consequences will be if these limits are not respected. At the same time, teenagers need an increasing amount of autonomy and decision-making power.
Preparing for Wealthy Children By : Rita Pickering
Most parents want their children to become rich adults. This article helps parents identify and develop the attitudes which will encourage one's child to become wealthy.
Teen Suicide - Warning Signs By : Harry Johnson
16 June 2006 , Everyone feels sad, depressed, or angry sometimes - especially when the pressures of exams, relationships, and friends become too much to handle. Other times, though, feelings of sadness or hopelessness just won't go away.
Understanding Developmental Delay and Developmental Disability By : Clifford David
Current 'wisdom' is that there is no cure or solution for developmental delay and developmental difficulties. If someone is not developing normally, the medical directories only tell doctors to prescribe certain medicines. What if there were a family or cultural intervention that could solve most developmental delay in a few months with a program you do at home?
The Complete Solution For Troubled Teens By : Harry Johnson
Many parents find that dealing with troubled teens is becoming increasingly challenging in today’s world. If you have a troubled teen, there are specific steps you can take to help rectify the problem and have a happier life with (and for) your child.

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