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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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Common Mistakes when Dealing with Separation Anxiety
by Elena Neitlich.Saying goodbye is one of the most difficult tasks that people learn in life. Learning to handle separation is an emotionally difficult task that begins in infancy. Too often, parents and caregivers mishandle the child’s transition between them, and...
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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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How To Survive Grocery Shopping With Kids In Tow
by Elena Neitlich.“Before kids I used to happily peruse the supermarket aisles, slowly selecting interesting new items, scrutinizing labels and creating a few evening meals in my head as I shopped. Now I have two small kids and my creative shopping days are over. I ...
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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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Preschool Educational Games For Maths, Easy As 1,2,3.
by Victoria Welch.Preschool educational games for maths are so important, children learn more, and at a greater speed, during their preschool years than at any other time. We need to show them the positive side of learning, that it is not Work, but Fun to learn. Child...
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The Holy Grail And A Silver Christening Cup
by Richard Hoare.Since the Victorian era, one of the most popular Christening gifts for a baby boy has been a silver cup or silver tankard - a beautiful present that is often passed down from generation to generation. But why should such a seemingly utilitarian objec...
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Choosing The Right Infant Toy For Your Child
by Rachel Nunez.Toys have been a perennial thing in each person’s life. Every individual passes the phase of having toys and enjoy playing with it. Toys need not to be expensive and complex, as long as the enjoyment is there then its fine having a simple one. Ther...
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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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The Terrible Twos - How to Stay Sane When Your Child Is Not
by Megan Hazel.If you have a little one who is anywhere between the ages of two and four, some days can seem like they last forty eight hours instead of twenty four. If you are the proud mother of a little girl this age, the only word in her vocabulary may be "No."...

Where To Take Your Kids When They Say "Mom Im Bored!"
by Megan Hazel."Mom, I'm bored!"How many times have you heard your ten year old exclaim this on a Saturday afternoon, only to follow you around while you tried to do laundry or iron or cook dinner? Children may expect you to be their entertainment committee, but th...
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Summer Camp Tells Kids How To Keep Balance In Their Lives
by Jim Hartley.At SuperCamp, the learning and life skills summer camps for students in grades 4 through 12, kids learn about the 8 Keys of Excellence. SuperCamp co-founder, Bobbi DePorter, has lived the 8 Keys for more than 25 years. They are principles of behavior...
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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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Teens Learn Communication Skills From Summer Camp
by Jim Hartley.At Quantum Learning Network we use some powerful tools for achieving clear, constructive communication and teach these tools in all our academic summer camps, SuperCamp and Quantum U, and our many school programs. Communication is the key to positive...
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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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Eight Tips for Improving Communication with Your Kids
by Len Stauffenger.Are you content in the thought that your communication with your kids is spot on, or do you worry that you might be missing the mark? If your interface is overwrought with emotion, you might need these tips to gain a more peaceful relationship with ...
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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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Should you Limit Your Kids Time Playing Video Games?
by Dave Roth.Whether to limit the time that a child plays video games is a question that almost every parent has battled over at least once and often many times. However, just because one parent has a specific opinion about it does not mean that another parent ho...
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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 Tips For Parents On How To Handle Video Gaming
by Timothy Rudon.Gaming has taken root and there are no signs of the popularity abating. Children as well as adults are all hooked to computer and video gaming in a big way. And, the internet has added a dash of excitement into gaming as players can now not just play...
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10 Guidelines For Parents Of Kids Playing Video Games
by Timothy Rudon.Gaming is a part of modern life. Research shows that children young and old game for between 13 and 30 hours a week. It is near to impossible to keep children away from computer or video gaming.When you cannot beat the system it is best to join it in...
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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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