by: Ben Sidman
Tantrums are never easy to deal with and push parents to their limits of patients. It often seems to be that parents of children with social difficulties have a harder job because tantrums are either more frequent, unpredictable or harder to bring under control.
The Difficulties
Children with social difficulties can be very difficult to [...]
by: Sharon Hopkins
Newborns simply love to be touched and cuddled. The skin to skin touch helps you and your baby bond, comforts your baby when she is upset or uneasy with gas or colic problems. Hence, touch is a critical part of growth and development.
The massage strokes used on adults are completely different from the [...]
by: Julie Parker
Getting ready for a new baby can be exciting, exhausting, and exhilarating all at once. One of the most challenging obstacles for new parents can be choosing a baby name. A name will identify your child throughout their life, people will form opinions about your child based solely on their name, and the [...]
by: Lee Hoskins
There are lists of things to “be aware of” as parents go to naming their little one. Things like “Name him this” or “Don’t use John because it’s too common” or “Don’t pick that name because she will get made fun of”. Some might also say, “You should name him after your great [...]
by: Robert Thatcher
So you’ve met the person who you want to spend the rest of your life with. You get married, ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after. Right?
Well perhaps “happily every after” is subjective and means something different to different people. But whatever happens after you ride off into the sunset [...]
by: Jennifer Tarzian
As a stay-at-home mom, I often wonder why I get so stressed out. Before having children, I worked full-time and managed to be involved in multiple extra-curricular activities – none of which seemed to put me over the top. So why does being a mother and homemaker frazzle my nerves so much?
I think [...]
Based on author’s site www.geocities.com/chlstrs
Parents’ child related stress extends to coping with children’s. Child stress is very common.
Pregnancy rates high on the official stress-scale and mothers sometimes suffer also ‘baby blues’. But, also, parents have to be alert to child stress symptoms and cope with their children’s stress –as well as to avoid becoming stressful [...]
By AMY KOSSOFF SMITH
Certain parenting books really get my interest … from the title alone. And a recent find, “How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years,” is a perfect example. Love the analogy - we all know how trick - and prickly - parenting can be.
The author, Julie Ross, [...]
Parenting plays a big role in thwarting driving accidents, STDs, mental health problems, and more
By Lindsay Lyon
Article Source: health.usnews.com
The teenage years are fraught with novel threats to body and mind. Yet reading up on health and safety topics could be the last thing on a typical teen’s to-do list. That’s why informed, proactive parenting can [...]
by: Sandra Sinclair
I’d like to discuss how we talk to children with autism. One of the things that strikes me is the wide range of what is considered acceptable. I’m not talking about teaching methods. Specifically, I’m talking about the tone and volume in which we speak to these children. I know that they’re often [...]
