As the holidays approach, so do the sweets. You’ve already got huge bags of Halloween leftovers lying around. Now you’re facing candy canes, holiday parties, gift baskets, Christmas goodies and big dinners with decadent desserts. Setting limits Help your children limit themselves without depriving them. If there’s a variety of sweets on offer, help […]
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Forgiveness is a tough lesson to learn no matter how old you are; like with any skill, practice makes perfect, and the sooner you start, the easier it becomes. Here are a few ways you can teach your kids about forgiveness and ensure that they understand what it truly means to forgive. Forgiving is not
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After a child receives a special needs diagnosiswhether for a physical, cognitive, mental, or behavioral conditionmany parents want to learn more about it. By employing some of the tips below, they can conduct research to increase their ability to make informed, thoughtful decisions about how to care for their child and treat the condition. Tip
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Dr. Decia Dixon, licensed psychologist, explains in her blog, “Happy Children and Families,” that when people show kindness, it helps them and their loved ones feel peace and gives them hope that their families can be successful, that people are good despite their weaknesses, and that love given and received can facilitate positive outcomes (Dixon,
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Get started Sometimes, the most difficult part of turning the family finances around can be getting started. Catherine Scrivano, financial planner and president of CASCO Financial Group, recommends setting goals. “The absolute first thing we do is set goals. I am not interested in how much a client makes or how they spend it. I
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The holidays are coming, and at many Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings across America, the children will be relegated to the children’s table. There, unsupervised, they can blow bubbles through the straw in their glass of apple juice and even get into food fights, but almost every child sitting at every children’s table would give up
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Jolene Philo landed her first writing agent while working as the Director of Discipleship and Assimilation for her church. Since then she’s published several non-fiction books, including A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Children with Critical or Chronic Illness and Different Dream Parenting: A Practical Guide to Raising a Child with
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Telling your family and friends is the first thing on your list, besides, you know, preparing for a baby. Whether it’s your first baby or your fifth, telling the world is the first of the many wonderful things to come. Finding that special way to tell everyone can seem like too much work. You have
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No Sunday brunches, no flowers, and no colorful cartoon ties wrapped up and presented to simply say, “I love you.” For many stepmoms and stepdads, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were just two Sundays every year, where awkwardness and exclusion merely highlighted their undefined role within the family unit. However, September 16th has now been dubbed,
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“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” Mohandas Gandhi by Brooks Gibbs We cannot continue to rely on schools to stop bullying. We cannot rely on observers and bystanders in our kids’ lives to stop bullying. We cannot rely on the government to shield our children from harm.
