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226: Why Adults Love Hot Sauce And Kids Fear It
Most of us are familiar with using hot sauce to spice up food. Just a few drops certainly gives a jolt of flavor to many popular items. Hot sauce has also come to the forefront recently as a method for disciplining children. This practice is referred to as "hot saucing" or "hot tongue" and refers to a parent punishing a child for bad behavior by pu
227: Why Play And Exercise Is Vitally Important For Your Children
Take any child who has been actively playing for an hour or two and you will see the true meaning of exhaustion. Playing is a form of exercise. Typical play involves running around, climbing on things, riding a bike, stomping in mud puddles, or chasing a pet. Yet, how many children who do spend an hour or two actively playing are pictures of health
228: Why Step Parenting Is So Hard
Without a doubt, step parenting is one of the biggest challenges facing anyone. A family has been torn apart by divorce and the children are caught in the middle of it. Unfortunately, after the child, the step parent has the next big challenge. The only person on ones side is hopefully your spouse.
It can be a humbling experience for anyone p
229: 10 Reasons Why Men Don t Like Dating Single Moms
Though there are lots of men that don't mind dating single mothers, most seem to approach such an involvement with caution. Here are the top 10 reasons men gave for shying away from serious involvements with single Moms.
(1) You Just Can't Get Away.
You are tied down and can't just scamper off for spur of the moment romantic dinners, spontan
230: 10 Tips For Raising Kids in an E-Mail World
Kids long for connection, and technology is fulfilling that desire by allowing them access to worlds beyond their own neighborhoods. But with this vast expansion of opportunity comes a need for balance and consciousness. Kids still long to connect in "real time" with those they love.
In an online survey I asked 1,500 kids "What do you wish your
231: 15 Fun and Engaging Family Activities For All Ages
Finding things to do with the entire family in tow is not always an easy feat. There are many reasons for this, one being agendas. A lot of times family outings end up with the children in tears and you wishing you were in bed, with the covers pulled up and a pillow over your head. Eventually, we develop a sort of mental block as to what is fun
232: 3 Reasons Why Your Child Needs Strong Memory Skills
For some kids it causes frustration. For others it causes despair. And for others it is plain hopeless.
What ever the circumstances, there is one important thing to know about memorizing. Your child needs to be good at it if they want to succeed in school.
And the sooner they begin learning how to memorize, the better.
Besides the fact th
233: 3 Ways to Improve Your Child s Memory Through Visualization
Our brains love pictures. That's why we remember movies more easily than books. But even with books, as we recall passages, we can see the action pass before our eyes.
The process of calling up images is called visualization and it's a wonderful tool for any number of activities. Olympic athletes use it to imagine the perfect race; Businessman u
234: 4 Ways to Better Grades in School
Have you had one of those "Ah! I get it now!" moments recently? You know, the ones when you hear some piece of advice you've heard many times before, only this time it makes sense?
I find that many parents and kids have an "Ah! I get it now!" moment when they finally understand how other students get better grades.
It's not natural intelligen
235: 5 Reasons to Use A Family Day Care
There are many reasons to choose a family day care over a corporate center. More and more parents are realizing this as we continue to hear horror stories from bigger childcare facilities. A family day care is in someone else's home, however, so why should you choose this over a professional facility?
1. A family day care is more caring. Since i
236: 6 Steps to Encourage Your Children to Get That Homework Done
As the school year takes off, the homework battle begins anew for many parents. Kids don't always want to spend hours on homework when they get out of school, when there are friends to see, games to play and shows to watch.
For many parents, this is a nightly battle. They have to check to be sure that the homework is done every night, or even ju
237: 7 Ways to Reduce Stress During Exam Time
January is prime season for taking exams. The first half of the year is over and it's time to show all you've learned until now.
The only problem is students get incredibly stressed and anxious when it's time to remember the mounds of information they've accumulated.
But, according to Jim Sarris, veteran teacher and author of Memory Skills
238: A Family Chore Chart
I have worked as an in-home counselor with families for many years. My main referrals are families that have a child with mental health needs. The behaviors of the child or children are so disruptive to the family routine that the family contracts with my agency to have me come directly to the family home to help deal with the issues.
The first
239: A Housekeeping System That is So Much More
LIke any job, keeping your home clean is better accomplished through a system. Using a home cleaning system, you are able to keep up with the individual tasks, remember to do all the "little things," and avoid feeling overwhelmed. Additionally, if the system can include all members of the family, you may achieve some level of family harmony and b
240: A National Holiday for Tolerance and Parenting Part 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is explained in classrooms, to our children and grandchildren, in simplistic terms. Just this past week, I was surprised to listen to local children's views on the subject. They explained discrimination with such acceptance that I just listened in amazement.
As children growing up, when Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr
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