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The Importance of Outdoor Play For Children
By Andrea Flint
Within childhood education and development fields, the principal that free play is one of the best methods whereby children learn and develop is widely accepted. Free play occurs most spontaneously in outdoor settings where little adult supervision is required. It is important that children have the opportunity [...]

Methods to Improve Child – Parent Relationships
By Justine Lee
As the generations rolled by, gone are the days of a stringent parent-children relationship. Well my mum always recalled how much she feared her dad and the methods her father would use to discipline the kids. It’s a fact, times have changed. Methods used in the past [...]

Children and Independence – How Much is Too Much?
By David Bohl
On April 4th, 2008, Lenore Skenazy shocked readers of the New York Sun with her editorial, “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone.” In it, she describes how, after many months of pleading on the part of her son Izzy, she left him [...]

How TV Affects Children
By Justine Lee
I must say all children grew up watching TV, myself included. It’s a utility which everyone cannot live without. It has been for generations and yet TV easily emerges as a indispensable form of entertainment. Of cause, the Internet is fast catching up. Let us look at the positive effects [...]

Children’s Educational Games
By Derek De Bres
There is a common perception that children’s educational games are always boring and uninteresting. But this perception is not true at all. On the contrary, there are many children’s educational games which not only appeal to kids but many adults also love to play them. Children’s educational games come in [...]

Parenting Your Kids With Love and Affection
By Harleen K
Your children need your presence more than your presents- Jesse Jackson.
Parenting is a process of raising and educating the child. It involves imparting right values to the children and not just fulfilling the basic needs of the child. It includes providing emotional strength and security [...]

What Do You Do When Your Teenager Starts Drinking?
By Dr. Jennifer Baxt, DMFT
Let’s be honest, the problem of teenage drinking doesn’t enter the mind of most parents, especially when looking into those innocent eyes of a baby. How can they possibly grow into a teenager with an alcohol problem? It may not seem possible that [...]

Parents Beware of the Bad Toys!
By Andrew Van Vooren
Holiday Toy Safety Reminders for Parents
With millions of toys made in China pulled from the shelves over safety fears in recent months, deciding what to buy your children for the holidays has become an increasingly difficult decision. The holidays are dangerous enough without having to worry about [...]

Bad Parenting
By Jennie Gandhi
Bringing a child into the world itself is a great responsibility. Holding a newborn and nursing the child makes us feel overwhelmed. But parenting is an ongoing phase and a nourishing activity. This is bound by emotions, by actions and expectations. There are no formula methods or ready-to-apply skills to solve parenting [...]

Parenting That is Effective
By Jennie Gandhi
Parenting is a vulnerable experience. Caring for children automatically makes us responsible and we are more cautious about our actions and decisions. Children view parents as their role modes. They actually imitate our actions whether good or bad. When children play family games with their friends, they actually go on [...]