The Impact of Parenting Styles

The Impact of Parenting Styles

Moms / Parenting

Watching a young girl hit, kick, and call her mother names I never imagined a 6 year old knew, engaged in an (ultimately successful) attempt to get dessert led to an enlightening luncheon conversation with a few friends last week. As parents ourselves, we had all dealt with incidents like…

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10 Simple Tips to Make Children Become Smarter

10 Simple Tips to Make Children Become Smarter

Moms / Parenting

A supportive situation fosters numerous aspects of intelligence. The following 10 easy ways to stimulate intelligence in children will provide an “enriched environment” for brain growth. One: Love and Self-Esteem Improve Educational Performance In a extensive series of experiments, Prescott Lecky, an American educational researcher, found a high correlation between…

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Is It Okay to Spoil Your Kids?

Is It Okay to Spoil Your Kids?

Moms / Parenting

None of us want “spoiled” kids – kids who are bratty, self-centered, demanding, inconsiderate. So, what spoils children and what doesn’t? When I was raising my children, I was often told that I would spoil them if I didn’t let them cry – if I held them a lot. Fortunately,…

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Is Santa Real? What to Tell the Kids

Is Santa Real? What to Tell the Kids

Moms / Parenting

I learned the truth about Santa Claus from our big brother. I was skeptical at first, so we sneaked out to my grandparents’ trailer and he showed me all the gifts we had asked Santa to bring. He was telling the truth! My brother had somehow stumbled upon an amazing…

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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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My First Baby – Learning the Basics

My First Baby – Learning the Basics

Moms / Parenting

The arrival of a newborn baby is not exactly full of fun and excitement. First-time parents, most especially, have a propensity to experience mixed emotions about the whole thing. This is probably the reason why most people turn to experienced parents such as friends or relatives for some much-needed parenting…

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Mother Love

Mother Love

Moms / Parenting

The mother-child bond is critical to healthy development. Love between the two is even biochemically hard-wired. We need to take note as society moves in a direction that assumes that so long as children’s basic needs are met all is well. It isn’t. Scientific studies conclude something mothers everywhere have…

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