Parenting

• Caring For The Drug Effected Infant

  Fetuses exposed to methamphetamines, experience the same effects as the mothers—increased pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and temperature for 72 hours after the mother’s high is gone. All of this at a time when the fetus is just developing. The effects are devastating.

• Top Ten Reasons To Hold Family Meetings

  In this very busy world, designating this time every week is one way to ensure that family members stay connected with one another. Relationships are living things, and must be nurtured. Family meetings are about nourishing our relationships with the most important people in our lives. Form the habit of connecting regularly.

• Teaching Children With Sensory Motor Integration Deficits

  Sensory motor integration deficits are fairly common in both children and adults. The following is a list of tips for teachers who have children with sensory processing disorders.

• Learning Is A Family Affair

  My daughters have chosen two different approaches to educating their children. One has been doing an excellent job home schooling while the other sends her children to a wonderful public school. Both women, however, supplement the formal curriculum with an informal one by taking family field trips, visiting museums, and participating in activities such as scouting, music, and sports. They spend time with their children and work with them when they need help.

• Infant Swim and Exercise Programs

  If movement and stimulation are good for babies, it only makes sense that more movement and stimulation (like an infant swim program) facilitated by a trained professional is even better for them! Not exactly.

• Your Expectations About The Emotional Needs Of Your Child

  There are many books that address the dynamics of the child’s attachment and bonding, but few have explored how the lack of a child’s attachment and bonding create feelings in the parents. These feelings can manifest themselves as confusion, anger, rejection, and deep sadness. Many parents believe that if they love enough, their child will reciprocate that love.

• Fighting The TV Culture

  TV is not evil. There are wonderful programs for both adults and kids. And there is a tremendous amount of garbage. One of the most important things you can do as a parent is to set limits on TV watching (and video game playing) while your kids are young. If these limits aren’t set early, kids will tend to gravitate towards the garbage that’s on the tube, and they’ll spend precious time that could be spent more productively.

• The Teen Code: Drugs

  Preparation, preparation, preparation. That is really what all talks are for, to prepare us for tough situations that we might or might not encounter and have to handle by ourselves in the future. And as far as tough situations go, drug use—where our decisions could potentially threaten our lives—is pretty high on the list.