During the painful time of a divorce, it is especially important to stay involved in your child´s everyday activities. Children need to see their parents at school functions, sporting events, and piano recitals. They also fare better when other family members such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles, play an active role in their life.

How to say no to your child and being a consistent disciplinary figure is crucial for your child's sense of security.

Research and practice show that one simple activity reading aloud is the best way to prepare children for learning to read and to keep them reading as they learn and grow.

What’s on your family’s plan? Work, volunteering, sports, school, groups, clubs, social activities, household chores? Do you ever wonder how you will keep your family bonded? I have worked as a child and family counselor for over a decade and keeping families bonded has been a particular goal of mine.

From birth, listening is the most used activity of daily living. Listening is a learned skill, and through focused and directed efforts, parents can teach their children and themselves better listening and speaking habits.

The report, out of the University of Massachusetts, observed kids aged 1-3 at play while a television aired programming in the same room. While the kids only looked up at the TV occasionally, researchers found that the mere presence of the TV detracted from the intensity of the children’s play, and resulted in them losing interest in particular toys much faster.

Parenthood is always harder than anyone thinks it will be. Children learn by trying and then trying again. So do parents. Believe that you can be a good parent to your children. When you like yourself, it is easier for you to teach your children to like and trust themselves.

Since the dawn of television, children have found this an enjoyable and interactive pastime. Visual stimulation is preferred by children in comparison to any other media, and current figures report than children watch an average of four hours of television a day.

Using electricity sensibly can definitely help you get more value for the money that you spend on energy. It will also help in conserving natural resources and reduces the influence energy use has on the environment.

Caring for a newborn, especially your first, is one of life’s biggest challenges. You and your partner will probably feel overwhelmed at the beginning after all, there’s so much to learn! But don’t worry: you’ll soon know your baby’s needs and how to appease them. Here are five “crib notes” to get you started.

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