7 Effective Strategies for Dealing with Negative People This is a guest post by Lori Radun. Have you ever been around a chronically negative person? How does he or she affect your mood in that moment? More than likely you will feel drained of energy or you’ll find yourself carrying around your own negative energy. [...]
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Salt Dough Recipe
Salt dough is an easy craft medium to work with and is kid-friendly (though they’ll need an adult for the final cooking stage.) Here’s a simple recipe for salt dough: * 1 cup of fine salt (or, for a more ‘rustic’ feel to the dough, use a coarse salt.) * 2 cups of flour * [...]
Top 10 reasons kids have trouble with homework – and how to help (without helping too much)
Halting Homework Hassles By Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE Homework is a child’s responsibility, so we need to be careful how much we help. We want to be aware of what our children are doing and be involved in helpful ways, but not help too much. We can start by avoiding the word “we” when [...]
6 Creative Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
Kids love those Easter egg hunts. Here are a few creative ideas to help you get inspired this year: * Have a Scavenger Easter Egg Hunt. Instead of simply hiding the eggs and having the kids rip through the yard to find them, hide them in specific places throughout the house. Plant the first clue [...]
Encouraging Your Children to Appreciate Their Taste Buds
By Cheryl Tallman www.FreshBaby.com Encouraging healthy eating is about balance – even when it comes to taste. Here are a few tips that can help you expand or improve the balance in your child’s taste buds. Experiment with Tastes: Allow your child to experience and identify the four unique tastes that make up flavor – sweet, [...]
5 Steps to a Calm Evening
By Erin Kurt, B.Ed, www.erinparenting.com Whether you work outside the house or stay at home full-time, the toughest part of the day is the same: those frantic early evening hours when there are mouths to feed, homework to do, and cranky kids to handle. The trick is to streamline your to-do’s so you can feel [...]
Best Breakfasts for Kids
Healthy Children for Life – Breakfast: Setting Your Child Up for Success By Linda Miner RNC, CHN, CMTA www.MyHealthyBalance.com Imagine building a house without a foundation. It may stay standing for awhile, but eventually it will start to shift and crack and eventually collapse. Starting the day with a healthy breakfast should be considered as [...]
Sibling Rivalry Help
Solving Sibling Strife By Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE Some parents “let kids work it out” by doing nothing, but if the children use insults, humiliation, or physically duke it out, then it will only make matters worse! Some parents will dive into the action and solve problems for their children. While this may bring [...]
Online Ancestry Search: Where to Start
Finding Information on Your Family Ancestors Online There’s only so much you can do to find information about your ancestors from using old family records, newspapers, and such. Sometimes you have to search elsewhere, particularly if you’ve run into a road block. Finding information on your family ancestors online is one way to get past [...]
Get Back to Family Dinner
Engage with your kids each night with help from Dr. Lynne Kenney. Includes creative “theme ideas” for every day of the week. Get Back to Family Dinner By Dr. Lynne Kenney www.lynnekenney.com Families today are busy. With after school sports and other activities driving our lives, a sit down dinner often falls off the “to-do [...]
