Thumb sucking isn't good for children for many reasons. It can actually promote emotional problems, such as low self esteem from teasing and physical problems like crooked teeth and infections underneath the thumb nail. Stopping a bad habit is ... more »
Need help figuring out how to help your child succeed in school? It will take time, patience, and perseverance, but it can absolutely be done. I have one child with ADHD, who is now an honor student in middle school, my third grader is reading ... more »
Do your younger children ever say, "I'm bored. I don't know what to do." Find easy and helpful ways to encourage children to find activities to keep them occupied... more »
Raising children away from family can be difficult as a parent. For a child, building relationships with distant relatives can be tough. Help your child remember distant relatives and help build lasting relationships. Read on to learn more... more »
As a former Exceptional Education teacher, I have enjoyed working with special needs students. This is mainly because, unlike in a regular classroom, exceptional students focus on both academics and vocational preparation. Job training and ... more »
One of the best ways you can help your kids handle a bully is by taking the steps to prepare them for it before it happens. You can start the process of helping your children build self-confidence by practicing certain behavior at home and ... more »
Children begin to develop study habits when they start school. With good study habits, they have a better chance of learning the basics in their early school years. Here are some ways to help them:.. more »
To help boost a child's responsibility, and help them play a productive part in their's family's life, kids need to be assigned household chores. Younger kids will love it; older kids--not so much. So you may have to sweeten the deal with a chore ... more »
ADHD, or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects approximately two million children, or between three and five percent of all children in the United States. More children are diagnosed with ADHD today than in prior decades. Whether this ... more »
Motor skills develop best during early childhood. Give your child plenty of opportunity to develop fine motor skills, such as manual dexterity, and gross motor skills that involve large muscle groups, such as running. Children develop these ... more »
A child is not born with self esteem. It is learned through family and community. The job of parents is to turn their children into confident individuals with a sense of self worth. Self esteem helps a child try new things even with the ... more »
Dexterity is a motor skill associated with the hands. Babies cannot control their hands but as they develop, the dexterity increases with age as well as hand-eye coordination. Depending on the age of your child, you can do certain activities with ... more »
Nothing compares with the joy of watching our children succeed, watching our children win in life. You can experience more of such joy. You can help your children achieve more success. In fact, you can double their success rate. Here’s how you ... more »
This is a crucial time in building confidence in your middle schooler. They, especially girls, are self-conscious about their bodies, what they wear and acne issues. A great deal of patience is needed through these years... more »
According to Michelle May, M.D., an advisor to the American Academy of Family Physicians' Americans in Motion fitness initiative, one in seven preschoolers is already overweight, and the number rises in the elementary- and middle-school years. ... more »
Your six-year old is active, inquisitive and easily bored, a difficult combination when your child has time on its hands. Play off of this natural curiosity to engage his imagination (and keep him busy) with activities that are fun and educational... more »
If you have a Virgo in your life, whether it's a husband, wife, mother, father, friend or co-worker, you may scratch your head from time to time wondering what you can do to stay on their good side. Here's how to keep a Virgo happy... more »
Cleaning seems like more of a pain than it probably is on most days. Living in an apartment that is full of other people can make it impossible to know where to start cleaning. Make a list and incorporate everyone in a cleaning party... more »
Christmas is magical to children, the lights, the flying reindeer, presents that appear under the tree. Through the eyes of a child those things are amazing, they truly believe. Of course we all teach our children the reason behind it all but why ... more »
Once your toddler has learned that she can go, go, go, there's nothing she'll like less then having to be strapped into the car without the freedom to move around. You can try limited your time in the car to a maximum of twenty minutes one way ... more »
Keeping in touch with friends over the summer isn't so hard with a little bit of planning and can help our kids be happier and easier to get along with! During the school year kids have guaranteed time with friends but since most kids aren't ... more »
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