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Moms and Dads: Don’t See Eye To Eye on Raising Your Kids?
By: Harry H Harrison Jr. What do parents fight more about than sex or money? Ask any parent: It’s how to raise their children. The dilemma is that while both parents love their children, while they may even have agreed before hand how to raise their children, while they may have read every parenting book [...]
Monitoring Your Daughter’s Online Behavior in 2012
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. “Facebooking” and “YouTubing” are no longer just a “cute” thing girls do for fun to pass the time. Not understanding the risks associated with the many social media outlets poses a huge potential problem to the safety and well-being of our daughters. To keep them safe, online activity is [...]
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It’s Strawberry Season: Pack up your Kids For a Road Trip and lots of Strawberry Shortcake!
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. Strawberries. They are perhaps one of the most delightful fruits available and the months of May and June are prime time to enjoy them. Strawberry season always reminds me of the start of summer and brings back fond memories of when I was a child and my mother world take me [...]
How to Plant a Kid-Friendly Vegetable Garden
By: Rose Straebel. The best thing about planting a vegetable garden with your daughter is that she gets to eat what she plants. Teaching kids how to take a plant from seed or seedling stage to the dinner table is a great way to help them learn where food comes from. It can also help [...]
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Halle Berry Says Celeb Children Off-Limits to Paparazzi
Actress Halle Berry is sounding off about the ever-growing problem of paparazzi invading her 4-year-old daughter Nahla’s privacy. She, like many celebrities, is upset that the prying eyes of the tabloid media continue to follow and stalk high profile children in an effort to put them in their magazine. Halle is trying to change laws [...]
When Tanning Goes Too Far: New Jersey ‘Tan Mom’ Faces Charges
Despite a nationwide effort in recent years to make women and teenage girls aware of the dangers of tanning beds, there are still those who insist it’s a “safer” option than direct sun exposure. Among those include 44-year-old mom Patricia Krentcil who stands accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter tanning with her. Whether you believe [...]
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Using Behavior Charts to Increase Your Daughter’s Self Esteem
By: Stephanie Burch. The “tween” years (age between childhood and the teenage years, approximately ages 9-12) are especially hard years for girls. Not only are they facing many changes in their bodies and emotions but they are also making big changes in school, responsibility, and the social world. For some girls it seems to be [...]
The Secret Advantage of Chores for Toddlers
By: Alyson Schafer. Does your toddler do chores around the house? I know, I know, you’re probably thinking what could a toddler possible do? They can hardly walk, talk or blow their own nose. How could they possible be responsible for helping around the house? Chores from the youngest age are not only possible; they [...]
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Address Your Stress! How to Feel Better About Yourself
By: Jem Mosley. Stress can be a silent killer if not taken care of in a timely manner. Women by nature are the caretakers, the nurturers, the ones who want to make sure everyone else is okay before looking after herself and sometimes this can lead to illnesses that you never imagined possible. Let’s look [...]
How Much Praise is Too Much Praise?
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. I was on my run the other day and stopped at the park to get some water. While there I sat on a bench and drank my water, I closed my eyes and listened. The happiest sounds in the world are listening to kids as they play: their little [...]
National Nutrition Month: 3 Steps to a Healthy Body Image
By: Laura Fenamore. What’s more painful than chronic physical pain? The pain that lives inside of us, that’s what. Can you imagine being 100 pounds overweight and living with all of the shame that goes along with that? Imagine the inability to buy a dress or the fear that goes with flying on an airplane [...]
Girl Power! All About Tween Girls
Monitoring Your Daughter’s Toxic Friendships
by Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. Kids don’t come with a manual and neither does parenting. For the most part, good communication gets you through the rough times and helps to divert disaster. One dilemma that tends to stymie most parents centers around the friends your child chooses. Most of the time, kids make great [...]
Show Your Daughter You’re Not the Enemy
By: Vicky Anscombe. Mothers and daughters can often find that their relationship is becoming hard to handle, and it’s not just puberty that can lead to a rift. Moms of toddlers and preteens often bemoan their daughter’s sudden bad attitude, and search for reasons why she can be behaving so disrespectfully towards them. If you’ve [...]
Your Daughter and Social Networking: Ten Must-Know Tips For Parents
By: Mary Kay Hoal. You’ve likely joined Facebook because you understand that social networking can be a valuable tool to keep up with family and friends. Or perhaps you are a business professional and use Twitter and LinkedIn because of the value it brings to your business. Maybe you don’t social network, but your friends [...]
