Home For The Holidays: Ask Yourself Some Questions

 
Annie easily slipped into becoming the sole caregiver of her parents. What started out as monthly grocery shopping for them, over the course of 2 years became a full time duty, an overwhelming burden and just about broke her emotionally and financially. They say that it's good that primary caregivers don't know what to expect or they would not enter into the situation. That is only true if they aren't honest with themselves and with others, don't research the many options and review the abundant material now available to families....
 

Grandparents --- Homeschool Your Grandchildren and Feel Younger

 
Grandparents, what better way to stay close to your grown children than to advise them about important issues like the dangers of public schools for your grandchildren? What better way to feel younger if you offer to help homeschool your grandchildren? When your children grow up and get careers of their own, that doesn't mean you have to be lonely in a big, empty house and lose contact with your kids. Helping to homeschool your grandchildren can be a wonderful way for you to stay in close and loving contact with your grown children and grandchildren....
 

Public School Sex-Education Classes --- Bad News For Parents and Children

 
One of parents' most important duties is to protect their children from harmful sexual values and behaviors. Yet many public schools force potentially harmful, sometimes shockingly explicit sex education on their students. Most of the time, parents have no control over the content of these classes. Occasionally, a group of parents finds out about a particularly obnoxious sex education class and protests to the principal or local school board. The class may be dropped, only to be replaced by another class that teaches equally objectionable material....
 

Who Are You When the Professional In You Meets Baby?

 
Are you a professional? Notice how the questions differs from, "Do you have a profession?" To enter a profession, you invested an enormous amount of time, energy and money. Then you put great effort into earning the respect of clients and colleagues. Now you continually sharpen and update your professional skills. Your profession has become a major part of your identity. Your profession is a key source -- maybe even the main source -- of meaning and purpose in your life. You feel good when others affirm your professional status and skills....
 

What Do You Do When Your Child is Smarter than You?

 
We adopted our first child when he was three months old. When we went to the agency to get him, he promptly stood up on my wife's lap and looked out the window. He was robust and happy, sleeping through the night from the beginning. In fact he was such an easy baby that we really wondered why parenting was considered to be such an ordeal. We found out later. In fact he was such an ideal baby that we assumed all were the same. Not so. Our second had colic and didn't sleep through the night for nearly two years....
 

Top 50 Father Quotations

 
"The greatest gift I ever had Came from God, and I call him Dad! " -- Anonymous"Our earth is degenerate in these latter days; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; and the end of the world is evidently approaching." -- Assyrian clay tablet 2800 B. C."The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears." -- Francis Bacon, Sr."A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. " -- Enid Bagnold"We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents....
 

How Do Campers Protect Their Children?

 
Oh yes you have! Suddenly, "Where's Bobby?" You instantly realize that he is not where he is supposed to be-where you told him to stay! Little kids, and even older ones, just don't behave like they used to. Has anyone noticed that? Since corporeal punishment of children has departed the scene, parents are left with the ominous job of establishing rules for their kids to follow using verbal communication techniques, as apposed to grandpa's "back-of-the-hand" coersion. Kids learn how to manipulate parents from day one....
 

Surviving as a Single Parent

 
Emotional Overload ? Self-pity ? Depression ? Guilt ? Anger ? Envy ? Fear ? Severe money problems ? Loneliness and isolation ? Frustration ? Exhaustion These issues present such a challenge because they undermine your daily functioning and emotional well-being. But they can be managed successfully so that you manage your family in a positive way. 10 Ways to Speed Your Recovery Process Becoming divorced or widowed and then facing years of single parenting is a shock to anyone who experiences it....
 

The Long Journey Home

 
Once upon a time, I thought I had it all. I had a child, a career, the world at my feet. Or, so I thought. With the birth of my second son, my whole world changed. I moved into a new home, got a new car, made new friends. The biggest change, though, was internal. Suddenly, my head started listening to my heart a little more. My career and moving up in the corporate world suddenly became something I HAD to do, because I needed to pay the bills. Suddenly, I wanted what other people had. I wanted to stay home with my kids and take care of my family....
 

Tools to Find Family-Friendly Content

 
The Internet, is magnificent in its resources for families. Educational resources abound. Kids can easily find help for their homework blues without venturing to the library. Kids can chat with friends from far away for free; friends who, probably just a few years ago, they would never hear from again. And, of course, there's plenty of entertainment to satisfy the whole family once the chores and homework are complete. However, the Internet can often be an inappropriate place for kids to surf unsupervised....
 

Trip, Trip, Trip... Here Is Your Night Visitor Again!

 
Night Visits From Your Child In the middle of the night you hear, trip, trip, trip and your bedroom door opens. It's not hard to imagine who it is and when you feel your little one climbing into your bed, you are sure. Rest assured, this behavior is both common and healthy. Your toddler or preschooler is searching for comfort and security and you are the one in his or her mind that provides for it. Plus, nature has a built in mechanism that, almost automatically, causes you to provide for that need....
 

Patterns For Plus Size Children

 
Plus size children and overweight children need patterns and clothing that fit THEIR "larger than average" measurements. Sadly, neither ready made clothing nor commercial patterns address the real issue of children's measurements. After interviewing countless dozens of mothers, grandmothers, and sewing professionals who are trying to get clothing and patterns to fit plus size children properly, the stories all echo each other and the disappointment is the same for all. The same frustration was repeated to me by a friend who has a 9 year old daughter with a 36" chest, 34" tummy and 38" hips....
 
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