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Free for our visitors: click here for more information Learn more about our new parenting toolbars great features Search Tags: family parenting Filed under News, Parenting by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email May 4, 2008Bringing Baby Home - Parenting 101By Julie Baumgardner parents holding hand of newborn babyOnce the decision was made to start a family, John and Susan went from living in a loft and having people over all the time to living in a house in a quiet neighborhood with friends coming over significantly less often. “It was definitely a dramatic change for us,” said Susan. “It was hard to give up our two-seater convertible, but we knew it wasn’t a family car. We had hoped we could keep it and add a family car, but since we couldn’t predict our expenses after Caroline’s birth, we traded it in.” Caroline arrived in October of 2005. Even though she has a great temperament and her parents describe her as an “easy” baby, she still rocked their world. Read More Search Tags: baby child centered relationship co parents compulsive parents newborn parenting Filed under Baby, Parenting by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 30, 2008Dogs Can Make A Great Family Peta little girl and her pet dogDogs have long been known as “man’s best friend”; they are social animals who see the humans around them as their pack and they become strongly attached to those humans. One of the things about a family pet is that they can help teach responsibility. A dog can be a lot of fun and a great addition to your family, but a dog can also be a lot of work, and there is always the chance the child might tire of the pet and leave the chores for Mom and Dad. Thats when your parenting skills come in to empasize how important it is and how much it means to your pet when your kids help out with them. One tip is to make the chores fun, help the child out if they need it and make it a routine. Now, if you have decided on a pet dog, here are some things to think about: Read More Search Tags: Beagle Collie dog breeds Greyhound kids and pets teaching responsibility Filed under Family, Pets by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 27, 2008Making Mothers Day A Special Onehappy family on mothers dayMother’s Day is a tradition that has been celebrated all throughout history. On this special day, Dads and kids all around the nation gather to show the mother in their life how much they appreciate and cherish them. If you are a dad that is searching out for ideas that you and the kids can use to order to achieve the goal of making mom’s day special, then this can serve as a very powerful tool and resource. Here, you will find many different creative ideas that you can put to good use. In the end, your wife will feel absolutely honored that you have taken the time to devise a way of showing her how much you and the children love and cherish her! Memory MovieOne of the first and most impressive strategies that you can use to ensure that you are successful in making Mom’s day special is to create a memory movie. This is not a difficult task, but there are many different supplies that must be obtained in order to complete this Mother’s Day gift. These items are as follows: Read More Search Tags: gifts for mom gifts for mothers day handmade mothers day gifts mothers day mothers day gift ideas Filed under Holidays, Gifts, Activities, Mothers Day by Kevin Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 24, 2008Parenting Tips When Your Step Child Does Not Accept Youby Stephanie Partridge child screaming at step momMore and more families are becoming blended families which means that parents are remarrying and children and gaining new step parents. This can also mean some rocky roads ahead. Blended families rarely mesh together easily and seamlessly, there is usually a great deal of adjustment and often a lot of conflict. Step children may be resentful to the new parent, feeling that the step parent wants to take the biological parent’s place. Children can become surly, depressed and combative. They may act out at home or at school causing their parents a great deal of stress and worry. This is normal, but that knowledge does not make the transition any easier. These tips, however, might. Don’t expect to bond overnight. I can take a blended family years to bond. Don’t rush it and don’t push the child to accept you. If you are having trouble with your step child not accepting you, take a step back and allow them to guide the relationship. Once they see that you will be there no matter what, they will be much more likely to accept you and warm up to you. The key, though, is that you don’t try to rush the relationship. Allow it to grow, nurture it and take it easy. Understand the difference between the blended family and the first family. Read More Search Tags: blended families parenting parenting tips step children Filed under Parenting by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 21, 2008Mothers Day for Grandmas - Gifts She Will Lovegreat-grandma-and-grandson.jpgGrandmas love surprises, and there is nothing more special than a homemade gift that comes from the heart, even if they don’t have a use for the gift. They know just how to fawn over present given in love. Here are a few ideas Mom and Grandchildren can work on together to make Mothers Day extra special:
Read More Search Tags: gifts for grandmothers grandma grandmother mothers day mothers day gives Filed under Holidays, Activities, Mothers Day by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 19, 2008Earth Day and KidsWhat will you be doing with your kids this Earth Day?Earth Day and kids go hand in hand. This is a special day set aside to bring awareness to conservation efforts and help educate people on how to be more earth friendly. Parents can use April 22nd to teach their kids how to respect the earth and what they can do to make a difference. One thing that most people do anyway is to recycle. If you don’t, contact your trash service and request recycling pick up. Most trash companies will do this for free, but you may need to use their special recycling bin. Kids can learn to recycle in several different ways. First, teach them how to identify whether an item is able to be recycled or not. The easiest way to check this is to look for the recycling symbol on the item. Things like plastic bottles and newspapers are almost always recyclable. Read More Search Tags: earth day earth day activities earth day and kids kids activities parenting Filed under Holidays, Parenting, Activities by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • 2 Comments April 15, 2008Building Relationships with Step Kidsby Pam Smith quality family time builds strong familiesBuilding a relationship with step kids may not always be an easy task. This can be especially true if you are dealing with older kids. Many step kids live with the notion that their parents will one day get back together. After all, they were once in love, why can’t they be again. Therefore, in their minds they only have enough room in their hearts for one mom and one dad. However, there are a variety of different steps you can take, in order to make your transition into step parenting a smoother, more enjoyable one. One of the first steps to keep in mind is that you are not there to replace their biological parent. It is important that you understand your role as their step parent and share that with your step kids. In most instances, a step kid will be more receptive if they understand you are not trying to replace their mom or dad. Therefore, start your relationship off as merely their friend. When you first begin your role as a step parent, it is important that you start slowly. Don’t jump into the situation head first. Instead, gradually work to build a relationship. The more time you take getting to know your step kids, the better your relationship will be. If you are the lucky step parent of younger children, come down to their level. Spend time playing games with them or going to the local park. Older kids may enjoy a shopping trip to the mall or a long bike ride. Read More Search Tags: discipline divorced parents parenting step daughter step kids step parenting step son Filed under Parenting by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 13, 2008Respecting And Giving Kids Their Privacyteenager writing in her diaryParenting is much more than just teaching your kids right and wrong, good or bad, or health and fitness. It is also about “respect”. I’m not talking about your kids or teens necessarily respecting you, it is about you having respect for them, particularly for their privacy. By respecting your children, they will be more open and respect you. As kids hit adolescence they invariably begin to separate from their parents as a natural part of growing up. Ironically, it’s also a time when parents (and very legitimately) have concerns about their son or daughter’s safety as they venture out more into the world on their own. This is quite a difficult time for most parents. It is a time of change, a time of testing. On one hand you are frustrated because your child isn’t as close as they once were, and on the other you keep pushing and pushing to know more about what going on in their life. It’s a catch-22 scenario; you cannot be close, yet you need to be close to keep them safe. Read More Search Tags: parenting parenting tips respecting children respecting kids privacy Filed under Parenting by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 7, 2008Tips To Help Prepare For Summer Campgirls enjoying campfireSummer is coming, and for many kids, that means a trip to camp. If this is your child’s first trip to camp, you may both be nervous about how things will go. A little advance preparation can make everyone feel more comfortable. Get ready — choose the right camp! Your preparation begins with choosing the right camp. You want a camp that is your child will enjoy, especially as a first camping experience. Talk to your child about what kind of camp sounds fun. Some questions to consider include
Of course, in addition to being fun, you want a camp that is safe. Once you and your child narrow down your camping choices, you will want to research a few camps to find out about their safety procedures, such as Read More Search Tags: camping children chosing a summer camp preparing for summer camp summer camp Filed under Activities by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment April 2, 20087 Tips For Responsible TeenagersResponsible teens are happy teensParents always hope for the best when bringing a child into the world. When my son was born and I held him for the first time, I could not stop the tears. I wanted my him to be happy and knew that I would do whatever I could for my child and that I would do anything to help him achieve and reach his lifes goals. The first step in this quest is teaching our kids about responsibility. This starts the moment the child is able to understand and do simple things to the time they reache the teenage years. Here are some things that will help teach the teens about responsibility. Read More Search Tags: parenting parenting tips responsible teens teaching responsibility teen responsibility teenagers Filed under Parenting, Teenagers by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • 1 Comment March 29, 2008Parenting, Death, and Grievingby Stacey Schifferdecker But I Don’t Know What to Say! In my childhood years, I don’t young boy crying at his Dads gravesideremember being touched by death. I don’t remember any classmates dieing or any of their parents dieing. Was I oblivious or were we just lucky? I guess I’ll never know the answer to that question. But I can walk through the halls of my children’s schools and see children from five different families whose fathers have died during their school years. When I take my daughter to cheerleading practice, we see a little girl whose mother recently died. And when we go to church, we see two girls whose father died a few years ago, and we see a mom whose ten-year-old son died last November. What this means is that my kids have had to learn what to say to people who are grieving. I admit I do not excel in this area. I want to say something comforting, I want to be helpful, but I often find myself tongue-tied and feeling useless. I am trying to be a better role model, though, and teach my children to Read More Search Tags: children coping with death coping with grief coping with loss death grieving kids grieving parenting prayer Filed under Parenting by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • 1 Comment March 23, 2008Getting The Most From Spring Break For Kidskids enjoying the day at a local petting zooLocal Activities For KidsNot every family can travel during spring break. And how many of us have truely explored our own local community. We live in Chattanooga, TN, and were amazed of all the local activities we could get involved in when we moved into the area. In Chattanooga we have great parks, a sea Aquarium, a small zoo, camping, and great views, especially from Lookout Mountain. Like us, many parents may not be able to get the week off of work, or there just might not be enough money in the budget for a trip. But that doesn’t mean that your family can’t have some spring break fun. There are plenty of things that you can do locally as a family. These include: Read More Search Tags: activities for kids family activities family friendly activities group activities kids activities local activities spring break Filed under Holidays, Family, Activities by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment March 20, 2008Helping Kids Celebrate The Real Meaning Of Easter SundayThe Meaning of EasterThe Easter Bunny has made his residence at the mall and the chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies and jelly beans can be found everywhere you go to shop. It’s Eastertime- a time when every kid looks forward to getting a great big basket full of goodies and toys. It’s hard, especially in these busy, errand full days, to help make Jesus the focus of your family celebration. It takes a bit of ingenuity and time to make sure that your kids understand that Jesus is the center of this celebration and that his sacrificial death is the reason for the season that includes a giant bunny who brings eggs and goodies. Read More Search Tags: Easter Easter activities Easter for Kids Easter Sunday Jesus Filed under Holidays, Easter by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment March 18, 2008The Pros and Cons of Teen Jobsby Stacey Schifferdecker should your teenager have a job?Should Your Teen Get A Job? I was surprised to recently learn that when my oldest son turns 14 in a few months, he can legally get a job. I always thought you had to be 16 to get a job, but 14- and 15-year-olds can work as long as they work no more than three hours a day and 18 hours a week during the school year. They also can’t work past 7:00 p.m. during the school year. I don’t think Kegan is going to run out and start looking for a job when he turns 14, but it did start me thinking. In a couple years, he may want to get a job – should I let him? And if he doesn’t want one, should I make him get one anyway (if only to help pay for the increased car insurance costs when he turns 16)? Read More Search Tags: jobs for teenagers parenting teen jobs teenagers Filed under Parenting, Teenagers by More4kids Add this post to your bookmarksdel.icio.us Google Ma.gnolia StumbleUpon Windows Live Yahoo! Permalink • Print • Email • Comment View Next Page »
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