Your child is manipulative? So what…

January 2, 2010

I am not trying to be sarcastic with that post title. I really do mean: “so what…” as in so what are we going to do about it or so what does that mean that he or she is being manipulative? All behavior is communication. It is the parents job to decipher that communication regardless [...]

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Can New Years be Kid-Friendly too?

December 31, 2009

What special accommodations to you make for the little ones? Any Family New Years traditions? Share them by clicking the comment link below!

clipped from www.livestrong.com

How to Make New Year’s Eve Kid-Friendly

Step 1

Gather all the supplies and items you’ll need before the party begins. You won’t want to interrupt your own revelry by taking [...]

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Should you let your child have a FaceBook account?

December 27, 2009

Over the holidays we visited various friend and families and I noticed two things about this issue: One was that our friends small children are no longer small. They are big teenagers! Second, was that some parents allowed their teens to have FB accounts and some didn’t. What are your thoughts about this? If [...]

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Did you have a controlling mother?

December 21, 2009

If you did, two new studies show that this lowers one ability to be empathic to others. I know, I know, blame it all on the mom’s right? Well to be fair, I assume this research would point blame at dad’s too. The underlying issue is that empathy can be taught to children. More [...]

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How do you deal with Infertility – Adopting Embryo’s

December 16, 2009

The ParentingToolbox.com is posting a series of blog posts on infertility. In this post, we look at the unusual option of adopting embryo’s. Adoption is a common outcome of infertility in couples. Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, approximately 12% of the population. How have you dealt with infertility? Share your stories with us [...]

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Four steps to working through grief and loss

December 15, 2009

The holidays bring up a lot of loss in our lives. This is especially true when we have “unresolved” losses that have not fully healed. Feeling the hurt again is not pathological. Staying stuck in it is and may require professional help in finding a path of acceptance and recovery. Here are four basic steps [...]

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6 Ways To Communicate With Your Teen

December 7, 2009

When we think of communication, we tend to think only of the way we can express ourselves. This is certainly important, but listening is the single most crucial of all communication skills.
As a mother of two teenage boys I know that it isn’t always easy to communicate well with your teen.
It’s particularly frustrating when they [...]

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Avoiding the Parent/Teen Torture Chamber

November 30, 2009

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Sweat streamed done his face as the heat from the lights glared on his face. His head swayed heavily forward, weary from the uninterrupted hours of questioning. The voices shot from the either side of him, out of the darkness: “Where were you till two in the morning? Why is there mud on [...]

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Whose adoptive family is that in the congressman’s office?

November 23, 2009

It could be yours! Help Voice for Adoption in their annual Portrait Project by sponsoring the project, encourage members of congress to get involved, identify adoptive families to feature and sending in your photo. See contact info at end of article.

clipped from www.voice-for-adoption.org

This fall, Voice for Adoption will again conduct our Adoptive
Family [...]

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Sibling bonds in adoption: How important are they?

November 16, 2009

One of the most important and toughest issues in adoptive parenting is the sibling connection. Social workers have a huge responsibility to find adoptive home that will take siblings, especially if there are several children in a family unit. Adoptive parents struggle with maintaining an open relationship with adoptive children who are not in [...]

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