Dealing with Parental Anger
When parents are angry and frustrated, and feel they can’t take any more from their kids, they usually either blow their stack and then regret it later, or try to control themselves by holding it all...
View ArticleDrug-Free Help for ADHD
More and more kids are being identified as having attention deficits. Often it is assumed that ADHD is a biological imbalance which requires medication to control. But drugs don’t solve the core...
View ArticleEnding the Special Ed Stigma
How can a parent or teacher communicate to a child who has been identified as having learning differences or needing special education that they are still okay and have a great future ahead of them?...
View ArticlePreventing Colds and Flu
What happens around holiday time when so many people have cold or flue symptoms? How can you avoid them or limit their effects? Cold and flu are the most common infections that affect Americans....
View ArticleParenting Resolutions for 2013!
Parenting is perhaps the most important activity in all of human existence. And it can be incredibly difficult, worrisome, and exhausting, as well as exhilarating, fulfilling, and joyful. Are there...
View ArticleTalking with Teens
Many parents feel anxious as their children approach the teenage years. Parents worry about peer pressure, losing their influence, being able to communicate effectively with their teens, wondering if...
View ArticleEating Your Way to Better Sex
You can’t watch TV long without seeing an ad for a drug for enhancing sexual function. Sexual dysfunction is on the increase, but it’s not because we are all getting older or we need more drugs....
View ArticleWhy Powerful Men Risk It All
Why would powerful men like General David Petraeus cheat and risk so much? We are often puzzled when famous men who seem to have it all, like public acclaim, professional success, and a loving family,...
View ArticleUnschooling 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...
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