Articles on Parenting

Toddlers and Productivity -- Top 3 Ways To Make It Work

It almost sounds too good to be true, work-at-home while at the same time taking care of your small children? While you've daydreamed about this, you never really thought it was something you...

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Learning To Manage Your New Life

When youre a new mother, life can seem overwhelming. Your life is full of new responsibilities, yet the old ones havent gone away. This is a period of adjustment, so recognize it as such....

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Baby Showers - Poems To Use At Baby Showers

Poetry is such vibrant means of communicating. It is ones creative way of expressing emotion, intellect and aspirations. It is filled with sentiment and mirrors the individuals true inner...

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Weve Ruined Sports for Kids - The Curse of Athleticism or the Olympic Myth

How much is too much?

When it comes to youth sports, it appears the answer is nothing is too much. The average professional hockey, basketball, or soccer player plays around 80 games a year -...

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Building Self Esteem in Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

"If you had a brain, you'd take it out and play with it" were my father's words to me as I was growing up. This wasn't a compliment or encouragement of my questioning nature. Through my early...

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Baby Stroller Reviews

One way of deciding if a particular stroller is right for you and your baby is to test it out. Another way is to look at reviews of the baby stroller to see how it stands with those who have...

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Baby Name Meanings

Speaking as a Michael (a Hebrew name, meaning "Who is like God"), I'm really proud of my name. And I think that I - mostly - live up to the title! Of course, my mother would probably disagree; I...

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Hey! Want To Know How To Get Your Kids Off The Couch And Into The Garden?

Is it just me, or do kids these days not seem to do anything but sit around watching TV and playing computer games? Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should go back to the Dark Ages, but a...

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Managing Fatigue After Your Baby Is Born

Those days right after your baby is born can be grueling. Youre likely in some pain from the delivery, and the baby is keeping you up all night. Here are some tips to help you cope in those first...

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Helping Children Cope With Fear & Anxiety

Whether tragic events touch your family personally or are brought into your home via newspapers and television, you can help children cope with the anxiety that violence, death and disasters can...

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