A Dad's Thoughts On Dad's day
This Article is About: I Love You
(21 Reasons I Love Being A Dad) © Lee Wise All rights reserved What you will read in the next five to eight minutes will not qualify as one of the top ten professionally written articles of the ...

Soul Mate - a Pain in the Neck
This Article is About: Life Insurance, Romantic Love, Romantic Movie
"and they lived happily ever after... That is how our favorite childhood fairytales have always ended. That is how the romantic movies from Hollywood always end. And that is what the media agencies a...

For the Love of Mommy
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
For most of you being a mother is one of the most wonderful and rewarding experiences that you will have in your life. It can also be a time when you feel lost and out of touch with who you are out...

What Kids Learn That’s POSITIVE from Playing Video Games
This Article is About: Business Success, C Language Learning, Language Learning Strategies
“Our family engages in "mindless" video games from time to time ... but it's treated like "junk food"…. It really has no "nutritional" value for our minds.” – Ben Armstrong 1 Like the observer above,...

Digital Natives and Immigrants
This Article is About: C Language Learning, How To Learn Any Language, Learn Any Language
Perhaps the least understood and least appreciated notion among those who design and deliver education today is the fact that our students have changed radically. A really big discontinuity has take...

Really Good News About Your Children’s Video Games
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier has grabbed national attention for suggesting that playing “action” video and computer games has posit...

How Kids Learn To Cooperate In Video Games -- A Guide for Parents and ..
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
A great many parents are concerned that the electronic games their kids play are teaching the kids “negative” messages such as aggression, violence, and isolation from real people. I want to illust...

What the Matter Is
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
When my oldest boy was really young, he tickled my mother with that phrase. I would ask him, "What's the matter?" and he would answer me, "Well, what the matter is..." followed by whatever it was t...

Saving Money on Preschool: Readiness Skills Needed for Kindergarten
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
As a mom of 4 who's youngest child is about to start Kindergarten this Fall, I'd like to share with you some things I've learned about Preschool over the last ten years, along with a list of readin...

Children are People, Not Machines
When growing up, my father frequently reminded me to "pay attention to the details." That saying became very real to me in the area of parenting. While raising children, the details make great diff...

Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Blackmail
This Article is About: Medi Cal Services, Phlebotomy Services, Health Care Services
Family decision-making is an intriguing phenomenon. Many factors become part of the decision-making process. Emotions play an important part in this activity. Parents and children each use emotion...

Mutants or Clones?
This Article is About: Medical Service, Health Care Service, Language Training
In a single dose of children's television, I was bombarded with themes of mutants, cyborgs, evolving and the digital world. These words intimidated me at first, until I learned what the shows were ta...

His Toy, Her Toy
This Article is About: Learning How To Learn
I remember when my daughter was born. Visions of her and I dressed in pinks and purples sitting in her lacy pink room playing dolls danced threw my head. A year later my son was born ;My husbands vis...

New Mom...New Baby...New Debt??
This Article is About: Baby Clothes, Baby Clothing, Brand Name Clothing
Ah, there is nothing like being an expectant mom. Along with your expanding waistline comes the ever growing list of products for you and your new bundle of joy. Preparing for a new baby can be a c...

Remember The "Generation Gap"?
This Article is About: E Business, Degree In It, It Degree
The techniques of managing relationships between parents and their children is as old as.. well, parents having children. It's not an easy job, either for the parent or the child. But, the key to any...

Teaching Children Good Manners
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
Last week in my newsletter, I mentioned that my children knew how to behave in nice restaurants because they had been exposed to the atmosphere at an early age. My idea of well behaved might be diffe...

How To Potty Train In Two Days
This Article is About: It Training, Off The Job Training, Job Ready Training
Ah, potty training! Go to a local bookseller and you will find dozens of books on the subject. Search the Net and there are thousands of websites with information on how to do it stress free. There a...

Math or Magic?
This Article is About: It Class
As someone once said: "There's an easy way to do something, and an unlimited number of difficult ways". Take simple division, for example: Suppose you need to divide 43 by 9. The answer is 4 (the ...

If You'd Like to Know Why Reading Matters
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY READING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN. WHY DO WE TELL CHILDREN TO READ ? ©2004 We're always telling children that books and reading are good for them, but have we...

Dressing A Toddler, Whomever She Is Today
This Article is About: Teen Help
Some things we take for granted. Like getting dressed. Unless we are paraplegic, an absolute klutz or have just smoked far too much cabbage, getting dressed is a cinch. Sure, if you happen to be th...

Friends Are A Gift You Give Yourself
This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service
My oldest boy is fifteen and was a real jerk about a month ago. He had gotten pretty full of himself and acted like he was too cool for the rest of the family. Pretty typical teenager behavior, but...

Tips for Keeping Packed Lunches Fun and Interesting
This Article is About: A+ Tips, It School, The New School
• Let the child choose his or her own lunch box or reusable lunch bag. Encourage the child to add decorations, too. • Children like finger foods. Cut chicken, cheese, or meat into bite-sized pieces...

6 Tried & True Fun Ways to Educate and Entertain Your Preschooler
This Article is About: It School, The New School, New School
1. New Word of the Day Introduce your preschooler to a new word each morning at breakfast and define it for him. Keep it simple by using synonyms for words he already knows. Example: vehicle can be a...

Family Night on a Budget!
This Article is About: College At Home, It School, It College
When you and your family are on a tight budget, sometimes one of the first things to be cut out is money for entertainment. When our 3 children were small, my husband and I always tried to find fun ...

Fighting the Pregnancy Blahs
This Article is About: Dress Up, Romantic Dinner, Pregnant Woman
Every pregnant woman has experienced the pregnancy blahs. I can remember feeling so big and unattractive throughout my two pregnancies, and secretly wishing for the pregnancy to be over so that I cou...