One of the most important steps you can take to prepare for a baby is childproofing your home. Little hands will get into things you never even thought of, so being prepared is critical to your child's safety. Here are some areas of your home th...
How to be a Successful Student (02 Sep 2005)
Now that college has opened the door for you and you safely got in with a full time scholarship in your hands, you can and have to be happy about what you have so far accomplished. But don't get too excited. If you think that the strain is over an...
5 Simple Tips on How You Can Throw an Incredibly Fun Classroom Party (25 Jan 2006)
Are you a class mother or someone who is responsible for organizing a classroom party?
Organizing a classroom party can be overwhelming.
Unlike your child's birthday party where you would only invite a few close friends, it's harder to make ...
Ranger Rick Magazine – Fun And Educational (24 Oct 2005)
What should you get for your kids that will be both fun and educational? Every time I turn on the television or log onto the internet, it seems I see something advertised for the entertainment of children. However, I wonder if there isn't somethin...
Making the Summer Camp Decision for Your Child (23 Sep 2005)
The thought of 'summer camp' can evoke strong emotions on the part of parents and children alike. These emotions run the spectrum from excitement and fun to fear and anxiety. Camp isn't for everyone—child or parent. In many social circles it is a ...
Fit Teens Become Healthy Adults (13 May 2006)
A study from Finland shows that teenagers who are out of shape are at increased risk for having high blood pressure later in life (International Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume 26, 2005). In 1976, a group of teenagers ran 1.2 miles as fa...
Teens: Life v. Electronics (21 Sep 2005)
Teens today have so much more to distract them besides their homework, the opposite sex, friends, family members, and extracurricular activities. Besides learning how to drive, teenagers are occupied with playing with an assortment of electronic g...
Is Myspace the New In Meeting Place? (21 Nov 2005)
MySpace is an online social-networking service that lets people set up a profile where they can share photos, music and chare their interests with other people.
According to MySpace, they are the place for:
• Friends who want to talk Onl...
Glow in The Dark Ceiling Stars (14 Feb 2006)
Give Your Child the Moon and The Stars. And throw in Some Planets while you're at it.
With Very Bright Glow in the Dark Craft Paints.
Easy to do and not hard on the Pocket Book.
You have probably heard of people doing it. It soun...
Kids and Teens: Would You Sign Your Kid Up for this Day Camp? (23 Feb 2006)
Let's say you received a flyer for a new summer day camp in the mail that contained the following information:
"We take your kids and keep them inside all day long. We do not allow them to move around much. They will spend their day in front...
Are Kids on Wheels Safe in Public? (31 Jan 2006)
Electric scooters are all the rage for kids and teens nowadays. Instead of the old foot-push kind, today's merchants sell motorized scooters that operate from batteries. This makes it very easy for a child to climb aboard his scooter and jet off d...
An Unthought About Decision (10 Dec 2005)
Most of the time we barely think about what the true consequences of a bad decision can be, and on those occasions when we do think about the consequences, we usually end up lying to ourselves. We find some way to justify what we're doing and make...
The Perfect Princess Tea Party - 7 Simple Steps (01 Sep 2005)
Can you think of anything more feminine, more lovely, more "girly" than a group of
young girls... all dressed in their princess finery sitting down to a decked out tea
table with royal dainties? Girls across the globe love dress up and love tea...
ADHD And the Morning Routine (23 Apr 2006)
Saying my ADHD son doesn't wake up well would be like saying Old Faithful is a pretty big geyser. This child, age 10 and with severe ADHD, wakes up like a rock.
Morning has always been a difficult time for us, even before the ADHD diagnosis....
Is It Really ADHD? (16 Aug 2005)
"But ADHD symptoms are just things everyone does." Have you heard this? If you haven't, keep listening. I'm sure you will soon, probably from someone who means well. And it is true that not everyone who is overly hyperactive, inattentive or impuls...
Am I Abnormal? Kids Concerns About ADHD (09 Dec 2005)
When I first started giving my ADHD medications at about age 7, I didn't talk to him enough. He got really worried and asked, "Is something bad wrong with me?" That's when I realized that because ADHD kids are unusually bright and perceptive in ma...
Kids and Teens and the Phone: Creative Solutions for Your Family (20 Sep 2005)
I'm always impressed and amazed by the creative solutions that parents and families come up with to solve problems.
This creative and elegant solution came from a family with whom I once worked.
Their son had his own phone and an answe...
Kids and Teens: But Mo-om, Everybody Else Has One! (23 Jan 2006)
"Mo-om, everybody else has one!"
Because most teens have not had the experience of getting to the end of the money before the end of the month, the words "I can't afford it" have little or no meaning.
Here's what can happ...
Teens and Money: The 4 by 10% Solution (17 Dec 2005)
Most teens go into the work world ill-prepared to manage the money they will be earning.
Even if their parents have attempted to teach them about money, they still haven't had the wonderfully frightening experience we adults have all had wit...
Graduation: Here Comes the Rest of Your Life (30 Nov 2005)
"School's out for the summer.. . school's out forever!"
- Alice Cooper
It's hard to believe that it's been 30 years since we played Alice Cooper's song over and over again at graduation. It's amazing to me how it's still played across the co...
