Parenting

• Creating A Blended Family: The Do’s and Don’ts

  Are you contemplating blending two families together? Are you planning on marrying someone with children? If so, check out these ideas. They just may help you create a more satisfying and nurturing blended family.

• Super Nutrients for Mothers

  I’m not sick or anything, but I sure feel run down. What can I do that’s simple and easy, since I’ve got an infant, a toddler, and a preschooler (yikes!) to feel better?

• Imaginary Friends: Should You Be Concerned

  Children may talk to their imaginary friends, draw with them, or even read books to them. And plenty of parents have had to set an extra place at the dinner table for the "friend." So are children’s imaginary playmates cause for concern? In most cases, the answer is No. Imaginary friends are a pretty normal part of growing up, especially during the toddler years, and they serve several important functions.

• Protecting Your Child’s Innocence

  We love our children and we want them to be safe safe from people who could harm them and destroy their innocence. At the same time we don’t want to scare them and perhaps create timidity or nightmares. How can we protect them without harming them?

• Are You Addicted to Your Children?

  Anything that we use to get love, avoid pain, and fill up inner emptiness can become an addiction even our children! If your children are your whole life if you dont have a strong spiritual connection with a personal source of love and guidance, as well as other relationships and interests that you are passionate about, you might be using your children to fill an empty place within you.

• Dealing with Lying: The Do’s and Don’ts

  Jason Roberts listened to his son’s explanation of the missing cookies and then called him a liar. Brenda Taylor thought her three-year-old’s lies were cute, so she ignored them. Yee Chen told her daughter that if she told the truth this time, she would let it go. While all of these parents love their children and want them to develop truth telling as a virtue, each violated one of the eighteen do’s and don’ts of dealing with lying. Read on to find out how.

• Respect: How To Teach It And Show It

  One of the most important things you can teach your child is respect. Keep in mind that respect is not the same as obedience. Children might obey because they are afraid. If they respect you, they will obey because they know you want what’s best for them.

• Issues with Relatives

  When children come along, relatives can be an incredible blessing or something of a curse – and sometimes both at the same time. Happily, there are lots of ways to keep things on a good footing with the relatives.