Unschooling and How Children Learn Best
You hear so often about children stressed by school, not doing well, or overwhelmed by expectations from parents, teachers, and themselves. Even young children are having reading difficulties, are...
View ArticleForgiveness in the Family: When and How?
All over the media we see evidence of family feuds, conflicts between celebrities and their parents and between celebrities and their children and between jealous siblings, and of course the...
View ArticleOvercoming Eating Issues and Lifestyle Blocks to Good Life!
Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about a celebrity with a weight problem, problems of our children becoming obese, our couch potato lifestyles, the increasing prevalence and dangers of low...
View ArticleCreative Tips for Finding Life Balance!
How often do we hear about the challenges modern families face with both parents working outside the home and still trying to maintain a close-knit and happy family life? Finding a balance between your...
View ArticleWhat makes your child love reading?
What are the best ways to help your child love reading? We are hearing so much today about how children are failing to learn the basic academic skills in our school systems. Children have learning...
View ArticleDo our children have Nature Deficit Disorder?
Remember when we used to go outside to play at recess and again when we got home? We used to hunt bugs and play with sticks and wade in a stream on weekends. Now as parents we seem too busy working to...
View ArticleWhen and how should a child have a tutor?
We hear so often about children falling behind in school or losing interest in their academics and handicapping their future by not developing the basic skills they need to succeed and feel good about...
View ArticleHow small changes in your home environment reap big rewards in improved...
Can something as simple as rearranging furniture or changing color in a room actually make for better family relationships, greater respect among family members, a stronger sense of unity and cohesion,...
View ArticleWhat Pets Can Mean to Your Child
37% of American households have at least one dog and 32% have at least one cat. Over 72 million pet dogs and 81million pet cats live in this country. That’s enough for more than one for every child!...
View ArticleWhy Kids Need the Creative Arts
Every day we hear of cuts made to school budgets around the nation. And it seems the first thing to go is the creative arts – painting, drawing, drama, dance – art classes where often kids have the...
View ArticleWhen Your Child Needs More: Special Education
Many parents today find that there children need special attention because of various disabilities which make it harder for them to benefit from conventional school programs. With all the cuts in...
View ArticleThe Four Nutrition Secrets That Could Help Save Your or Your Child’s Life
Every day we hear about one more fad diet, a celebrity getting fat or thin or sick, and diseases which are affecting more and more adults, like cancer, diabetes, obesity, immunity problems, and heart...
View Article5 Key Activities for Preparing Kids for Back-to-School
We all look forward to summer, particularly the kids, when they have more freedom and new experiences and maybe more time to play and be with family. But it ends sooner than we think and we begin to...
View ArticleEnvironmental Awareness for Kids - Without Scaring Them to Death
Almost every day we hear of another manmade environmental problem and our children are at risk for thinking it’s hopeless to try to reverse some of the destructive trends or develop sustainable...
View ArticleHow to Teach Your Child the Other Kind of Smart
Many of us parents leave it to the schools to teach our children the academic smarts which will help get them into good schools or land them a good job. And we assume that their IQ, or intellectual...
View ArticleStressed-Out Kids - Can Meditation Help?
We hear every day about kids overwhelmed by school and sports schedules, by stress from cliques and bullies in school, by fears of failure or violence, by melodrama online, by pressures from family and...
View ArticleMore Mothers Starting Home Based Businesses
One of the biggest changes in the last 30 years is that not only most fathers, but now also most mothers are in the job market. Yet many two earner families still struggle, because of added expenses...
View ArticleCan You Clean Your Home Without Using Toxic Chemicals?
The news today is filled with stories of the increasing incidence of allergies, asthma, attention problems in kids, skin problems, and other conditions which have been found to be related to the...
View ArticleReal Solutions for ADHD and Learning Disorders
One of the most distressing developments in child-rearing in recent years is the amazing increase in the incidence of learning and behavior disorders, ranging from mild to severe, including ADHD,...
View ArticleHow to Heal from Childhood Pain
Often parents don’t realize that their own childhoods are still having impact on their lives and particularly on how they are responding to being parents. Conditions like depression, anxiety, or angry...
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