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De-Clutter 101
By: Jennifer Fischer. Have you found yourself surrounded in a sea of clothes, artwork, mismatched furniture and more kitchen appliances than you can count? Or are you too embarrassed for friends and family to come over, fearing they will label you as “hoarder?” If you search “tips for reducing clutter in the home,” more than [...]
Ten Ways to Know if Your Daughter is Ready for College
By: Harry H Harrison Jr. Spring is the time of year when high school juniors are learning about different colleges and high school seniors are receiving their acceptance letters. Yes, and a great many high school seniors will receive those other kinds of letters as well: You’ve been waitlisted, or even worse, the rejection letter. [...]
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Fun Science for a Girls’ Birthday Party
By: Jenny Franklin. When it comes to closing the gender gap in math and sciences, we’ve made excellent progress since 1970, but there is still a long way to go. Trends in math and science scores still show that a gap between boys and girls begins to emerge around age 13, and becomes more pronounced [...]
Introduction to Irish Food
By: Cheryl Tallman. A visit to rural Ireland is filled with spectacular views of lush, green hillsides and fields. Ireland’s green countryside is perfect for raising cattle and sheep, and dairy farming. The country’s mild climate provides a long growing season for a variety of vegetables and fruits. Irish cooks take advantage of the local [...]
The Latest Pink News…
Boys with ADHD twice as likely to grow up obese
A long-term study released Monday finds men diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as children are twice as likely to be overweight or obese as those who never had the disorder. The results may surprise some parents since ADHD medicati…
Breast milk compound may avert preemie infection
Georgia Cullen was born four months early and developed a potentially deadly condition called necrotizing enterocolitis. Now doctors think they found a way to prevent it – in breast milk.
Why it may be OK to spit-clean your baby’s binkie
If you suck your child’s pacifier clean, there’s no need to be embarrassed. You may actually be helping your kids avoid eczema and asthma, Swedish researchers say.
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Dealing with Children’s Reaction to Violence and Crisis
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. With the recent happenings in Boston and Texas, I am reminded of our “little ones.” If you are a parent, your child monitors their reaction by watching yours. Here are a few suggestions to help you help your child. 1. Parents are a barometer for their children, and children [...]
Preparing Your Daughter for the Career She Wants
By: Leslie Collins. A girl’s teenage years can be tough, especially when it comes to questions about the future. Though adults may know all about the necessity of being prepared for life’s challenges, a teenager might not always know how best to move toward their bigger life goals, even if they know what they want [...]
Parents of PINK
Dealing with Children’s Reaction to Violence and Crisis
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. With the recent happenings in Boston and Texas, I am reminded of our “little ones.” If you are a parent, your child monitors their reaction by watching yours. Here are a few suggestions to help you help your child. 1. Parents are a barometer for their children, and children [...]
Becoming a Foster Mother: Building Relionships among Siblings.
By: Emily Bradbury. Becoming a foster career is perhaps the most rewarding thing you can do. You can help give a child a brand new chance at life, and offer them the love and care that is so often missing in their birth homes. However when you already have a daughter, deciding to foster can [...]
Blending Families: Stepparent Dos and Don’ts
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. More than fifty percent of all children are raised in single parent families in the United States. But, many of these later become blended families. This is never easy. In fact, the joining of two distinct families is often a major cause of divorce among second marriages. Blending families [...]
Girl Power: Important Tips for Raising Girls
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 [...]
Your Daughter’s Allowance: Keep It Working by Keeping Track
By: Teri Blommaert, M.Ed. Although my partner and I didn’t receive allowances growing up, we wanted our girls to develop better money smarts than we had, so allowance was always part of our parenting plan. When our girls were six and eight, we were ready to get started. The easy part was finding many excellent [...]
Tips for Dealing With a Passive Aggressive Daughter
By: Signe Whitson, LSW. How does a mother explain how her preschooler remembers every detail of an episode of The Backyardigans, but can’t for the life of her remember where the puzzles go at cleanup time? What’s really going on with a fourth-grader who quotes verbatim the whispered conversations of faraway classmates, but insists that [...]
