It’s the night before Christmas – your kids are snuggled up in their beds dreaming of candy canes and where are you? Staying up all night frantically wrapping presents, baking cookies, cleaning your house, and trying to create the picture-perfect holiday you should have given up on weeks ago? If you’re longing for a less …
The desire to fit in can be overwhelming for children. Our children look to model the examples of popularity they see on television and in magazines. They equate being part of a specific group with social status, personal accomplishments and good fortune. Fitting in – or feeling like you don’t fit in – can affect …
Big-Eared Babies: Should You Play Crib-Side Psychic? Oh, horrors. You’ve just had your baby. The new grandparents descend on your home to “ooh” and “aah.” Then someone pipes up with, “I think she has her grandpa’s ears!” What? Those mudflaps?! For some reason, relatives can’t resist playing psychic when it comes to babies. They love …
Your Young Entrepreneur At age 13, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates started programming computers. Now he’s one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, and Microsoft employs more than 32,000 people. Does your child yearn to start a business? Kids don’t have to flip burgers for someone else or wait until age 16 to earn extra …
“Mom, Can I Have A Snack?” School’s out, which means lunches under shade trees, supplying the whole neighborhood with Popsicles, swatting mosquitoes off toddler’s legs, and the constant question: “Mom, can I have a snack?” Kids are active all the time. But during the summer months, they tend to be more active than usual. So, …
Fun Ways to Stay Active With Your Kids Remember the old days when you used to relish the idea of a game of hide-and-seek or be the first one to initiate a vigorous round of tag? As children, our bodies were toned to endure the long running games; our limbs were accustomed to the bouncing …
Online Information Can Haunt Your Teen Brenda Fabian asked how many students use Facebook, a popular online networking community for college students, during a career planning class. Almost everyone in the room raised a hand. “Then I asked how many knew that employers were reviewing Facebook for hiring purposes,” says Fabian, the director for the …
How to Help Without Becoming a Hindrance It’s said that being a grandparent is the best job in the world. And while most seasoned grandparents will readily agree with this statement, the prospect of becoming a grandma or grandpa can be daunting for first-timers. Much has changed since you were a parent: New technology and …
Drafting a Birth Team There’s probably no time when you need more support than when you are amid labour and childbirth. Physically, you can’t do much for yourself but focus on overcoming the latest contraction and finding the most comfortable position. And emotionally, you need support, reassurance and a perfect cheerleader to keep you going …
Getting the Nutrition You Need It protects against cancer, heart disease and diabetes. It promotes healthy bowels and can even help you lose weight. Is it a miracle drug? No, just ordinary fiber. Drowning amid messages of fats, carbs, calories and antioxidants, fiber hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves lately. But don’t let the media …