Parenting and Families

Is Miley Cyrus A Good Role Model For Our Daughters?

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:57:09 +0100

This morning as I surfed the news headlines I noticed a particular story about Miley Cyrus apologizing for her racy photo shoot in Vanity Fair. The main stream media is in an uproar right now over this story. Pundits debate what this will do for her...

Is It Okay To Let My Baby Watch TV?

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:57:09 +0100

Babies and Television: Frequently Asked Questions There are two schools of thought on this. One says that babies under two years of age should not be allowed to watch any TV; the other says that limited amounts of high-quality educational TV...

Does Your Child Have a Learning Disability?

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:08:02 +0100

If your child is struggling in school and nothing seems to be helping then they may have a learning disability. Here are some signs of learning disabilities in children: Has difficulty recognizing or connecting letters to sounds.
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Does Your Child Have a Bully and What Can You Do About It?

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:08:02 +0100

My childhood was not all that happy. I had a couple of bullies when I was in grade school. That had a deep impact on my life. It greatly affected my personality, self-esteem, and self-worth. These bullies gathered (what seemed like to me) the...

Why Teens Lie to Parents - 4 Reasons Parents Encourage Lying and How to Curb Lying

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:23:51 +0100

According to research conducted at the Josephson Institute of Ethics in California, 92 percent of teens surveyed admitted to lying to their parents at least once in the last year... and as the joke goes, "the other 8 percent lied about lying to...

Why Scrapbooking Moms are the Secret Weapon in the War on Terror

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:23:51 +0100

There is a front line and a back end to every successful war effort. Rosie the Riveter was an icon during World War II and she was symbolic of the strong American woman who took command of the US economy and war manufacturing; without her there...