Participate in Your Childs IEP
by JoAnn Collins.Are you the parent of a child with a disability in special education, who would like parenting tips on how to be an equal participant in your child’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) development? Are you afraid to give your opinion because you are n...
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Potty Training
by Elena Neitlich.Potty Training-A Simple 4 Step Formula for Initiating Toilet Training.“I’m so done with diapers!” groans a mother as she looks at the high price tag on the jumbo pack of diapers. “Is it time for my child to start potty training?”Potty train...
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Educational Baby Games and Toys
by Victoria Welch.Educational Baby games and toys are so important, they stimulate your babies brain, creating interest and arousing curiosity for further development of their mind. Bright colours, moving objects, classical music and textured toys will all help to sti...
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Toys For Teaching Infants
by Nathan Nunez.When an infant reaches the age of three months, he begins to become playful. He starts playing with anything he sets his eyes on. Anything that fits in his hand or has something that is able to be grabbed on it.This is also the stage in a child’s l...
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JUST WORDS … or defining qualities?
by Jim Hartley.Confidence, curiosity, hope … just words? What about safety, trust, wonder? More words. But what important words they are when they’re part of us … or more important still when they’re part of our children.What if all children had all these q...
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Academic Summer Camps
by Jim Hartley.SuperCamp, the original Academic and Life Skills summer camp that launched in 1982 with 64 students is poised to enroll its 50,000th student in 2008.SuperCamp, which broke new ground in the summer camp industry in 1982 with the first learning and lif...
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Childproof Your Home
by Marilyn Bohn.About 2-1/2 million children are injured or killed by hazards in the home each year. The good news is that many of these incidents can be prevented by using simple child safety devices on the market today. Any safety device you buy should be sturdy e...
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Keeping Your Kids Active
by Dave Roth.Keeping kids active today is becoming increasingly difficult. Most parents blame video and computer games for this, as well as the Internet in general. While those things have certainly contributed to a more sedentary lifestyle, it is really up to th...
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Childs Creativity
by Mary Rose.Parents and teachers can and do have an effect on child's creativity. Creativity may be more influenced by environmental rather than genetic factors. In fact,it is promoted through the maintenance of a playful, jovial atmosphere that allows and suppo...
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10 Video Game Safety Rules For Parents
by Timothy Rudon.Parents are always concerned about the well being of their offspring. Video games and the internet are good as well as bad. In order for gaming and the internet to be positive experiences you need to set rules that will protect your child and take ce...
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New Baby, Blogging, and Motherhood
by Jim DeSantis.Blogging with a new baby sounds a little nuts and is likely to be the last thing on your mind but it may just be the relief valve you need. I put mothers on a very high pedestal. Even though I am a father and a grandfather, I really have no clue just...
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Bully
by Scott A. Wardell.BullyingAccording to the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, nearly half of all school-aged children will become a victim of bullying. Ten percent of surveyed victims state that they are bullied on a regular basis. One research study (Craig a...
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