Category: Parenting

  • Easy Ways to Teach Your Kids About Giving Back

    Easy Ways to Teach Your Kids About Giving Back

    Of all the life lessons you’ll teach your children, there are none quite as special as the importance of giving back to others. As kind-hearted citizens, you want them to use their gifts and talents not only for their own success but for the aid and support of others who are in need. Giving back…

  • How to be a Better Role Model for Your Teens

    How to be a Better Role Model for Your Teens

    The, “Do as I say, not as I do” routine isn’t really an effective way to parent. As nice as it would be to tell your kids how to be a model adult and have them listen to what you say, raising children just isn’t that easy. Whether you know it or not, your children…

  • Hоw Taking Prenatal Classes Helped Mе Bесоmе a Devoted Dаd And a Better Huѕbаnd

    Hоw Taking Prenatal Classes Helped Mе Bесоmе a Devoted Dаd And a Better Huѕbаnd

    Mу wife аnd I diѕаgrееd over discipline and a lot of other things аnd ended uр hаving hugе аrgumеntѕ in frоnt оf thе kidѕ. Sоmеtimеѕ I wished I could simply wаlk out аnd never rеturnеd. It was that bad. Thiѕ wasn’t thе happy fаmilу life I always pictured. No оnе tоld me it wоuld bе…

  • The Enduring Charm of a Good Family Movie

    The Enduring Charm of a Good Family Movie

    The most successful and popular movies of all time generally tend to be the ones which appeal to the largest audience while maintaining the characteristics of a genuinely good motion picture. With this in mind, it’s easy to see why many of the contenders for best films ever made tend to fall into the family…

  • Safety and Protection Tips for Parents of Teens

    Safety and Protection Tips for Parents of Teens

    Worrying about the well-being of your children comes naturally for parents. From the time they entered the world you’ve done everything you can to protect them from dangers. Now that you’re parenting a teenager things are going to change. Chances are, they aren’t going to want mom and dad to be around them ALL THE…

  • 7 Things to Take Care of When Leaving Your Kids Home Alone

    7 Things to Take Care of When Leaving Your Kids Home Alone

    When your kids are 15 or 16 years old, they are old enough to stay alone for a day or two if you need to go away. Since they are teenagers, chances are you won’t be as trusting as you would like to be. This is why there are several things that you should do…

  • 5 Things that Stress Your Child Out

    5 Things that Stress Your Child Out

    As a parent, you may not realize that there are things in your child’s life that will stress him or her out. For the most part, this usually involves some major life-changing event, but little things can also be hard for them to deal with. Although your child’s stressors can be related to anything, the…

  • Helping You And Your Baby Through The Discomforts Of Teething

    Helping You And Your Baby Through The Discomforts Of Teething

    Your baby’s first year of life is full of changes and adjustments. There is learning to roll over, sitting up, clapping, and even walking. Every single accomplishment is a great reason for you to be proud. There are some changes that aren’t as fun. Teething is probably at the top of that list. You are…

  • 7 ways of Dealing with temper tantrums

    7 ways of Dealing with temper tantrums

    Tempering temper tantrums! Babies, toddlers, kids, preteens and/or teenagers – all have a mind and a heart of their own. Try force feeding a baby and it ‘coolly’ returns the courtesy by throwing up within 5 minutes flat. If a baby is hungry, it wants its meal right now – and mothers have to drop…

  • Dealing With Passive Aggression

    Dealing With Passive Aggression

    ‘Passive aggression’ was an interesting phrase that has become part of our lives ever since our kids venture into their teens and pre-teens and now-a-days it seems like the pre-teens are starting very early on. Stony silences, sulking, slamming books and doors………phew…………cut down our confidence levels and make us feel as miniscule as that ‘phew’…