http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/ Parenting articles and media reviews for the education and entertainment of families. 2007-10-26T03:08:27+00:00en-usCopyright © 2000-2008 FamilyResource.com. All Rights Reserved. http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/babies/popular-baby-names-naming-tips?via=feedWant a popular baby name?  Perhaps just some tips on how to name your baby? text/plain2007-10-26T03:08:27+00:00Julie Fletcher http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/money-management/teaching-child-about-money-your-children-finance?via=feedAre you teaching your child about money?  Start now, with these five simple tips to give your child excellent financial grounding. text/plain2007-08-23T04:00:28+00:00A. B. Jacobs http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/activities/getting-kids-back-to-nature?via=feedToday’s children spend little or no time outside. Children's physical activity specialist Rae Pica offers her advice on getting your kids outdoors. text/plain2007-06-20T19:42:27+00:00Rae Pica http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/sports/fitness-as-a-means-of-developing-youth-athletes?via=feedThere are many factors that make up a quality athlete. Some factors are unchangeable genetic factors. Others require years of work on skills and knowledge of the sport.text/plain2007-05-07T15:57:25+00:00Clint Davis and Gerald Masterson, Ph.D. http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/sports/problems-in-youth-sports?via=feedCan participating in competitive sports at too young of an age have a negative effect on our children and their future in sports?text/plain2007-05-07T01:04:25+00:00James White and Gerald Masterson, Ph.D. http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/sports/the-recruiting-process-how-to-protect-and-help-your-athlete?via=feedHighly visible sought-after recruits receive heavy attention from college coaches, the media, boosters, and others that can make the recruiting process very straining on the recruit, their family, and even the high school coach.text/plain2007-05-03T00:06:47+00:00Brent Elsasser and Gerald Masterson, Ph.D. http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/child-safety/why-is-my-child-being-bullied?via=feedIt is extremely stressful to find that your child is being bullied. Our role as a parent is to protect, nourish and ultimately to release our children as young adults into society where they make a positive impact. Bullying has no part to play in this scenario.text/plain2007-03-14T05:26:14+00:00Rita Y. Toews http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/sibling-rivalry/sibling-rivalry-revisited?via=feedWho imagines that Sibling Rivalry is a normal and natural activity that is neither bad nor all that different from all other human relationships?text/plain2007-01-05T03:27:41+00:00Steven B. Rosenstein http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/communication/how-to-talk-with-your-kids?via=feedOften, counseling children and adults can be a very gratifying experience. A while back, I had a father who joined the counseling process with his teenage son. I had been seeing the son for individual sessions. The father requested being involved, with his son's agreement, so that the two of them could learn more effective ways of communicating about significant issues.text/plain2006-12-31T16:24:25+00:00James P. Krehbiel http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/character-development/creating-balance-in-a-childs-life?via=feedI am making a passionate plea to parents and teachers who believe that schooling is the alpha and omega of a child's life. Often, schools have convinced students and parents that a child's focus must exclusively be centered on academic concerns during every waking hour.text/plain2006-11-17T08:08:36+00:00James P. Krehbiel http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/school-and-learning/a-fresh-look-at-schooling-the-role-of-grades-part-3-of-3?via=feedThe purpose of schooling is to teach our children to learn and produce quality work. In order to accomplish this goal, our schools must re-think the ways in which they view the educational process.text/plain2006-10-30T21:18:08+00:00James P. Krehbiel http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/school-and-learning/a-fresh-look-at-schooling-the-role-of-homework-part-2-of-3?via=feedPeople don't get better at dealing with unhappiness, failure and disappointment because they were deliberately exposed to difficulties as youngsters. To the contrary, it is one's experience with success, affirmation and unconditional acceptance that helps kids deal constructively with later frustration and failure.text/plain2006-10-25T15:02:04+00:00James P. Krehbiel http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/school-and-learning/a-fresh-look-at-schooling-the-role-of-competition-part-1-of-3?via=feedCompetition in schools is used as a method to motivate students. However, competition is not a very effective academic motivator, particularly for young students at the elementary and middle school level; if it was, we would have more students experiencing success.text/plain2006-10-16T23:30:32+00:00James P. Krehbiel http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/school-and-learning/the-post-kindergarten-blues-what-to-know-to-help-your-little-one-start-first-grade?via=feedNow that we are close to the end of our first six weeks as a first grade family, I feel confident in sharing with you some of the shocks and secrets of entering what I now consider to be "real school": first grade.text/plain2006-09-26T16:03:29+00:00Lisa Donovan http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/blended-families/the-blending-of-families-still-yours-and-mine?via=feedThe blending of families is a common and yet challenging task. The days of the nuclear family, exempt from divorce, appears less normative in our current society. These changes in our family system pose a complex set of transitional difficulties.text/plain2006-09-25T00:38:12+00:00James P. Krehbiel