Category: Children

Children, Employment, Family

Ways to Make the Most out of your Kids’ Summer While Working

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Ways to Make the Most out of your Kids’ Summer While Working

School may be out for the summer, but that is unfortunately not the case with work. Much like how I talked about balancing family and continuing your education, with the kids home for summer vacation, it may be too difficult balancing and maintaining your professional responsibilities while also trying not to break the bank by having your children enroll in a summer camp or spending an exorbitant amount of money on child care costs. Here are a few simple ways to help juggle that balance and provide your children with opportunities to enjoy themselves and grow over the summer.

Children, Family, Parenting

Why Might Your Child Be Misbehaving?

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Why Might Your Child Be Misbehaving?

A misbehaving child can often be difficult to deal with. However, that doesn’t mean shouting or being overly forceful with them will bring certain results. Sometimes communication and clarity is key. This is not the opposite of being firm, forceful and enacting good discipline. In fact, sometimes being strong in the face of misbehaviour can create good children. We’re not here to suggest that you strike your kids, or to never ever consider this a possibility. Everyone has different parenting styles, and as long as you’re making the effort to raise the best person you can by acting fairly and competently, then you should be doing a good job regardless.

Children, Parenting, Safety

10 Ways to Protect Kids From Accidental Drowning

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10 Ways to Protect Kids From Accidental Drowning

In 77% of accidental drownings, the child had been seen 5-minutes or less before being missed. That’s why pool safety advocates at Life Saver Pool Fence urge parents to install layers of protection in a home before they move in. These are designed to block kids from getting to the pool or at least slow them down so parents have more time to get to them before the child gets to a pool.

Children, Education, Guest Blog Post, Parenting

4 Simple Steps to Prevent Sloppy Math Mistakes

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4 Simple Steps to Prevent Sloppy Math Mistakes

Kids’ sloppy mistakes in math driving you up the wall? Learn 4 simple steps you can take to improve their neatness and accuracy in math! Some kids seem to be born with the desire to write neatly…while others need a whole lot of convincing. (And I know, because I have one of each!) While messy handwriting can make it hard for kids to express their ideas in any subject, it’s especially a problem in math. That’s because every single number matters. If you mistake a 6 for a 0, or a 2 for a 7, you’re going to get the problem wrong.

Children, Family, Grief, Parenting

Helping a Child Deal with Loss

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Helping a Child Deal with Loss

Grief and the loss of a loved one isn’t something that we give much thought to. Aside from the odd worry here and there, we don’t spend our lives worrying about death or thinking about how we would cope if we lost someone close. Nor should we. Life is short, and it shouldn’t be wasted with worries about things that we’ve got no control over. It’s enough to be aware that life is a precious thing that will one day end for all of us.

Children, Guest Blog Post, Parenting

Five Things Parents Should Know About End-Of-Year Testing

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Five Things Parents Should Know About End-Of-Year Testing

Every spring, schools across the nation give students millions of standardized tests.  Students sit for hours, filling in answer bubbles with their number two pencils for an exam that may span days.  They’re told the tests are “important”, they need to “do their best”, and that they have “one chance” to show what they’ve learned.  For any child--much less one with test anxiety, ADHD, or learning disabilities--it can be a painful process.

Children, Family, Parenting

4 Ways Video Games Can Help Kids

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4 Ways Video Games Can Help Kids

Amongst many parents, video games are generally perceived to be a negative thing for their kids. And while you don’t want them to become obsessed with gaming, there are actually many positive aspects involved in playing games. So, if you have always been anti-video games, this article will aim to give the other side of the argument. Of course, this doesn’t mean that you should abandon all control when it comes to reinforcing parental control limits and time constraints. But here are some of the more positive aspects of gaming for you to bear in mind.

Children, Family, Parenting

4 Skills Your Child Needs To Know Before Entering Kindergarten

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4 Skills Your Child Needs To Know Before Entering Kindergarten

Kindergarten is supposed to be fun and educational, and allow children an opportunity to blossom because it is usually the first time the tykes are away from their parents for any significant amount of time. And while most kindergartens don’t exactly have GPA requirements, for a child to succeed there are a few milestones that should be reached before they toddle through the door, says Alise McGregor, founder of Little Newtons (www.littlenewtons.com), an early education center with locations in Minnesota and Illinois.

Children, Family, Motherhood, Parenting

5 Good Habits to Instill in Children

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5 Good Habits to Instill in Children

Explore the crucial habits that lay the foundation for a child's success and happiness. From cultivating healthy eating habits to teaching responsibility, these practices contribute to well-rounded individuals ready to face the world.