It was a Saturday afternoon, and I had work on my mind. It didn’t matter that it was a beautiful day or that I was currently “in charge” of my two kids — I had work to do. And as a male, I was asserting my right to employ tunnel vision and to forget everything …
Casual Remarks It’s a curious affliction: the tendency to talk about one’s children in the most brutally honest and hurtful ways without realizing that the cherished subjects of the offensive comments are listening to every word. Right now, you may be saying to yourself, “This never happens to me.” Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I think …
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Question: What causes a child to wet the bed? Our 5-year-old soaks his sheets nearly every night, and it drives me crazy. Dr. Dobson: There are about 7 million kids in the United States who wet the bed nightly. They are a misunderstood lot. Many of their parents believe their bed-wetting is deliberate and that …
Do you have a big trip coming up with young children in tow? Don’t know how you’re going to keep them amused and stay sane? There is no denying that traveling with children is a whole new test of your parental ingenuity. Do the scout/girl guides thing and be prepared with backups and lots of …
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-In an important departure from most parenting guides, a new book provides information to help mothers develop. Called “The Seven Stages of Motherhood” (Knopf, $22.95), the book looks at how women change and grow from the moment they become pregnant to the day they watch their child graduate high school. “Too many moms,” says author …
If your child is still in diapers, and just now beginning to communicate, now is the time to introduce him or her to a foreign language. That may sound ridiculous, but there are numerous studies to back up the recommendation. Kids are like sponges, so it should come as no surprise that even before they’re …
What does it mean to be unselfish and sensitive? In their book, Teaching Your Children Values, by Linda and Richard Eyre, they describe it as, “Becoming more extra-centered and less self-centered. Learning to feel with and for others. Empathy, tolerance, brotherhood. Sensitivity to needs in people and situations.” The authors give the following guidelines in …
As a father of seven, it’s been my experience that there are two types of children. Those who love to be organized, and those who hate it. Some people think that organized children learn from their parents. If that’s true, why do so many meticulously organized adults have such messy and unorganized kids? Regardless of …
Being a single parent requires a lot of strength and energy. But when extra baggage weighs them down, their job becomes even harder. In his book, Successful Single Parenting, Gary Richmond points out a few baggage items to watch out for and how to work past them. One thing that may weigh single parents down …
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Jan. 16, 2004 — By now most parents know to put their infants to sleep on their backs to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The advice is credited with cutting infant sleep deaths in half in the U.S., but new research suggests that taking other steps could prevent even more infant deaths. The European …