The Top Nutrients Kids Need

The Top Nutrients Kids Need

Moms / Mom Tips

Given the high rate of overweight children, you’d think kids would be getting enough of the vitamins and minerals they need to stay healthy. But while most kids seem to be eating plenty, their food is not always nutritious. Strive to give your children foods rich in vitamins and minerals…

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Your Home’s Germ Hotspots

Your Home’s Germ Hotspots

Moms / Mom Tips

Is your finger on the pulse of places in your home where germs love to lurk? You don’t have to be a complete neat freak in order to keep your family healthy — just be aware of where everyone puts their hands. A good rule of thumb when cleaning is…

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Ten Tips to Tame Your Child’s Temper Tantrums

Ten Tips to Tame Your Child’s Temper Tantrums

Moms / Parenting

David’s mother explained, “Whenever David doesn’t get his way he throws himself on the floor, screams, kicks and cries incessantly. What can we do to help him overcome this behavior?” TIP: What is David getting out of this behavior? First make sure that you are not rewarding this type of…

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Pros and Cons of the Family Bed

Pros and Cons of the Family Bed

Moms / Mom Tips

Letting your kids sleep in your bed – aka co-sleeping – is a hot-button topic, regardless of the child’s age. Nursing moms might find that sleeping with the baby makes nighttime feedings easier, allows more bonding time and promotes sounder sleep. Those who do not co-sleep with their newborns may…

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Loneliness Cures for the Stay-At-Home Mom

Loneliness Cures for the Stay-At-Home Mom

Moms / Mom Time

In the 18th and 19th centuries, American pioneer women spent months alone on the prairies raising their children, doing endless backbreaking chores, and protecting the homestead from countless sources of danger. Some of these women would go on to develop lifelong mental illnesses resulting from the continued stress and isolation….

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How Do You Encourage Self Confidence in Girls?

How Do You Encourage Self Confidence in Girls?

Moms / Parenting

Several studies show that girls’ self-esteem and self-confidence tends to decline after about age nine as girls enter puberty. How do you encourage self confidence and increase self esteem during these early years? There are things that can be done. This article will review some of those things. Start with…

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Make Good Food Choices Great Ones

Make Good Food Choices Great Ones

Moms / Mom Tips

You try to feed your kids healthful food most of the time, but are there a few tweaks you could make to get just a little more nutrition into them? If they’re already making OK choices, then it’s pretty painless to sneak in few more vitamins and minerals. Here are…

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Pregnancy Tests 101

Pregnancy Tests 101

Moms / Mom Tips

When you think you might be pregnant, you want to know as soon as possible. So you may do what many women do and run out to the drugstore a few days after the alleged conception to pick up a pregnancy test. But how do you know you’re getting accurate…

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The Importance of Family Rituals

The Importance of Family Rituals

Moms / Activities

Most moms notice that their kids enjoy repetition. From watching the same video over and over to requesting a favorite book every night at bedtime, children crave the security and reassurance that a consistent routine provides. One way to enhance this sense of comfort derived from repetition is to create…

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Can You Stay Home?

Can You Stay Home?

Moms / Parenting

One of the first things you have to figure out when you realize that you want to stay home with your kids is whether or not you can afford to do so. You are probably used to living on two incomes, so making the switch to a single income may…

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