Parenting

• When your child doesn’t want to go to school

  It’s one of those recurring nightmares parents have, your child clinging desperately to your arm, leg or neck crying “mommy, please don’t leave!”

• Back to School Lunch Ideas

  It is that time of the year again – back to school! While some are returning this next week, others have been back for quite a while…my own children returned to school over a month ago. However, it go without saying, that no matter if your children have been back for a while or if they are just now starting to get ready for the big day, you can never have too many lunch ideas!

• Parent With The Current

  We are called single parents. Though unless our husband has died or has totally abandoned the children, we arent parenting alone. We just are no longer a two parent, one house family; we are a two-parent two-house family.

• Why Home School?

  Why home school? The question should be, why not? As parents, we are children’s primary educators. We teach them every day life skills. (i.e. personal care, responsibility, values, etc.) It would seem reasonable that we could extend that learning to include skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

• How to Recognize and Report Child Abuse

  Most child abuse takes place in the home. Usually, kids are not mature enough to recognize the danger signs or understand they are being abused. Or, they are too frightened to say anything. Here are the forms which child abuse can take and the signs which may indicate that a child is in an abusive situation.

• Get Your Children Excited About Reading

  How do you get your children excited about books when there’s so much summer fun going on? You’ve got to let them know that reading is fun! Here are a few ideas.

• The Giving Jar

  Giving with a happy heart. If you teach a child to give with a happy heart you will raise a child who will never hesitate to lend a helping hand. Children enjoy helping others, especially if they see their parents doing the same. When a child’s basic physical and emotional needs are met, they are willing to share almost anything they have with someone in need.

• A Simple Way To Find A Tutor

  Finding the right tutor for the right price can be a difficult task for any parent. Fortunately, theres a new web site that makes it easy. TutorsUSA is a new service that allows parents to search for tutors on just about every imaginable topic. Best of all, its free!