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Good things about video games
There is an extensive discussion about the negative effects of video games: about their influence on kids inducting them to violence, to stall their studies and negative effects on their health such as overweight, sight problems, etc.
These messages can scare the parents too much and make them forget about some good points about video games. [...]
Setting family goals for the new year
It is quite common for people to make some individual goals for themselves to start the New Year. But it is also quite interesting to have some family goals too: they represent a meaningful way to share your family’s value and it helps the children to have an active role on the family’s decision-making. Don’t [...]
We should focus on limiting simple forms of violence, not just weapons
Experts on family safety have shared some reflections on school shootings to give us some guidelines to reduce violence both at school and in our whole society.
The most relevant point is not about controlling the guns.
Our society lives in a climate of fear, during these last years the most in the last five decades. But [...]
Is Television Really Bad for my Toddler
Television, computers, Movies and video games have got a lot of bad publicity concerning their use with children. Is it ok to let your Toddler watch TV, play a video game or see a movie? I think in our world of research and statistics we still seem to look at things as either right or [...]
Let Kids Assist This Holiday Season
Halloween is over, Christmas barely thought of. What are the kids to do? Help prepare for the Thanksgiving feast of course!
Many children help with preparations that are not able to assist in the kitchen. Youngsters can lend a hand to decorate the table. Here are some ideas to allow the kids to feel useful and [...]
Knowing how far to Go with Disciplining Your Child
Discipline is a tool that works effectively only when administered in a non-threatening way. The goal of enforcing discipline is to teach your child and to help him learn from his mistakes. As a parent when you enforce discipline on your child you have to be reasonable and fair. For instance, if your child does [...]
Combating the Cyberspace: For Parents
The cyber age has certainly brought in many innovations in our present life. Every kid in the block has access to the Internet with an account on My Space and Face book. The potential dangers that the cyberspace poses to your child, whether in the form of sexual predation or abusive and bullying behaviour, is [...]
More Children = More Happiness
A newest study showed that married couples tend to be more happy and satisfied as the number of their children grows. Wow. Really!?
Well, now you know it folks. The key to happiness.
You have financial problems? Sex life isn’t what it should be? You are unhappy with your career? You’re unsatisfied with your looks? Solution is [...]
Robert Kiyosaky’s three types of education
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Education is not simply going to school, doing homework and learning for exams. Education is far more than that. In order to prepare your child for life, you need to cover all three types of education. What’s the point of your child growing up to be an expert neurosurgeon if his/her financial skills [...]
No Dad, no Humanity
In his recent study, David Geary of the University of Missouri concluded that basically having a father who cares for us separates us from the animals. According to him, animals don’t have their fathers interacting with them and that’s why they have to grow up much faster than the humans do. Furthermore, he talks about [...]
Who are Role Model Parents?
Basically, they are everything servant parents aren’t. They don’t mindlessly look to indulge their children’s every whim. They don’t always sacrifice for their children. They don’t walk with their head down, bent back. They don’t act like servants.
Role model is someone who serves as an example. Role model has strong authority.
And that is the secret [...]
Number of Obese Children is Growing Rapidly. Are Parents Alone Responsible?
In a pool commissioned by the Food Standards Agency, most people think the primary responsibility for improving a child’s diet should rest with the parents. The results went like this:
WHO SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY?
Parents – 88%
Schools – 43%
Food manufacturers – 30%
Broadcasters – 26%
Now are parents really that much responsible?
Well, (un)fortunately…yes. If you’re not going to take [...]
It’s Never to Early for Financial Education of Your Child. Hints on When and How to Start Giving Your Child an Allowance.
The only way your child will learn how to manage money is through his/her own experience and your guidance. Basically, for the most part it’s trial and error. But isn’t it better to let your child make mistakes with money early, when she’s very young, than to let her do mistakes when she’s 30+ years [...]
What is Quality Fun?
You hear people talk about it often. It seems like you have to be a rocket scientist to think of games for your kid that fall in ‘quality fun’ category. But is not as hard as it seems.
The most important thing you should always keep in mind – don’t let your child be passive.
Watching TV [...]
Every Modern Parent Knows the Importance of Teaching His Child Financial Skills. Here are Some Child’s Allowance Basics That Can Help You Start.
It’ is normal for every modern parent to think about ways to educate her child about money, earning, saving, investing…And the best way to do it is to simply give your child the money. Give your child allowance and make him learn from first hand how challenging dealing with money and expenses can be.
The sooner [...]
Do you put your child’s happiness before your own?
You see them every day. Running around their children, carrying their toys, indulging them at every step of their way. The servant – parents.
Servant – parents believe they have to do everything in their power to make their children happy. Even if that means sleeping 4 hours per day, having absolutely no time for themselves, [...]
You Know What K.I.S.S. Means, Right? Well don’t Just Say it. Parent it!
It’s like the more we have, more we want, more we complicate things. Parents easily fall in this trap. Reasons are numerous. Either they desperately want to give their children everything they didn’t have as kids. Either they don’t have time for their children, so they simply buy them tons of things they don’t really [...]