tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500688657175693622012-02-16T11:00:56.461-08:00This blog gives parents tips on nurturing children.david biodun-kasumuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10710069806098094387noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750068865717569362.post-80714474779700199362009-05-22T15:57:00.000-07:002009-05-22T16:02:01.122-07:00

Question. How do we characterize the relationship that most parents have with their children in human terms? Are they friends, acquaintances, enemies, or perhaps virtual strangers, living together in the same household? I'd suggest that we don't commonly consider children to be worthy of friendship.It should be a reasonable question to ask why it is that so many parents feel that children are the

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Keeping kids more physically active in today's day and age is increasingly becoming more difficult because many forms of entertainment are televison and video games. The majority of kids don't live on farms and have to be up at dawn to work and get the much needed exercise. Children today must find creative outlets that allow to be more interested to get away from the television and video games

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Toddler toys are widely used to help a child get familiar with its surrounding. It helps the child in nurturing its capabilities with the use of toys. It's great to know that we have wide variety of toys to choose from. As parents, we should be picky when it comes to choosing the right kind of toys; those that are educational and at the same time can bring a lot of fun. A toddler needs a lot of

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Disciplining children can be a nightmare but there are things we can do as parents and carers to make things easier for ourselves. I taught my kids at a young age that there are certain consequences for our actions, whether good or bad.When our kids learn to accept certain laws and abide by them it makes discipline so much easier. These are just a few simple things that my kids have learned over

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As parents, we often feel that our life is a big circus. More often then not, out kids are the clowns that bring smiles and laughter to the audience and we are the jugglers, always trying to perform tasks that prevent us from spending quality family time. We can't get away from the housekeeping duties so why not make this task a way to involve the entire family? You will get things done and in

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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 and the negative effects of TV and how it can benefit or affect our children.Benefits:• The children can be

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Is your teen son or daughter driving you over the edge? You are not alone! Parents of troubled teens around the world are realizing, that because of today's stressful life, they need help dealing with a son or daughter who is making poor decisions. There is help available if you know where to look.While it can be devastating to learn that your troubled teen has fallen into the wrong crowd or has

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There are a lot of fairly sophisticated parenting techniques and ideas out there that are attracting attention. To be an effective father, you can skip most of them and concentrate on common sense rules that have always worked. They won't always make you the most popular Dad, but they'll always be effective:Rule #1 Expect A Great Deal From Your KidsIf your kids know that you expect a lot from

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No one said that being a parent was going to be easy. There is no full proof manual that comes along when the baby is born. I myself am still learning as I travel along this journey as a parent of three young boys.Here is a summary of tips that I gathered from reading many different parenting books.As a parent you should not :[1]Give into guilt by taking upon the mistakes of the children as your

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Many studies have been carried out that look at the effects of parental involvement in their children's reading development. Results have shown that this factor is a significant and beneficial contributor to the child's reading progress in primary and secondary schools. The evidence is that young children whose parents read to them have better language development and enjoy an advantage during

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When a child becomes a teenager, it will leave you as a parent feeling just as confused as they are. Usually there are major changes and some can be very hard to live with. A child is developing into an adult, and behavioral problems in teenagers begin. Here are a few tips to help you make it through this difficult time and be able to handle your teenager better.The first thing you need to

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Things Good Parents Do: Parentconsensus Blog: Good Parents Make Their Kids "Face The Fear"!

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Although everyone has their own different styles of parenting, there are 4 main styles of parenting. These four different styles are authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and the uninvolved.Uninvolved parenting is really just a lack of parenting. It is hard on children and should not be the way of parenting. Kids suffer issues such as feelings of rejection, lack of self esteem, and issues

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Teaching children respect is very important. As a child grows older they will form many opinions about those around them and without proper teaching they will be disrespectful. Here are 7 things to consider when teaching respect.1. Parents shape behavior. Children first learn from their parents and will follow their parent's examples. We must all evaluate the respect we show others particularly

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Children develop their identity by learning to know what they like about their environment, their way of dressing, their way of relating to others and the world. In order for children to develop an identity of their own, parents, the children’s earliest programmers, must sponsor this development of identity by being aware of your child’s actions and behaviors, and what those tell you about him/

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Teenagers and sex is one issue all parents have to face sooner or later. But when is the right time to raise the subject of teenagers and sex and who should do it. If you’re beginning to have concerns about your teenager and sex, here are a few pointers.Teenagers & Sex – is Your Teen Thinking About SexMany of us prefer to pretend our teens are not thinking about sex, but you were a teen once

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Teenage and the ensuring transition into adulthood is perhaps the most important time for we parents to extend our guidiance,support,and understandig to our children.As children grow older,their perceptions get more concretized and they handle issues and choices that which influences their futurewith strong grips.Fighting out almost everything with their parents.It becomes very difficult for our

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Nurture and TeachThe single most important thing caregivers can do for a child is provide a nurturing environment. By doing this, we influence children’s brain development and their ability to learn. Introducing nurtured children to learning opportunities every day will help them become happy, well-adjusted adults. In all stages of child development, each experience builds on the one before it.

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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 and the negative effects of TV and how it can benefit or affect our children.Benefits: • The children can be

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Children under the age of 6 often tell lies.They find it difficult to distinguish between reality and fantasy.Lying to them at this age may be seen as fun,or a way to deceive adults.When they get away without being caught,they feel very happy,and it may easily become apart of them to lie. As they grow,this may become a problem in the child's life.Parents needs to find out a way of putting

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HELPING TEENAGERS TO HANDLE PEER PRESSURE Peer pressure is not a strange thing.We all are influenced by our peers,both positively and negatively. It helps to define who we are,and how we feel about life matters.It is how we choose to react to peer pressure that defines who we are as an individual. Peer pressure is also a normal aspect of our teens life,as well as parents life.what we

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Sometimes conversation with our children could turn into arguments.If this happens and you suddenly find yourself in a very hot argument,and you get caught in your words,you feel very bad as a parent that you overreact to your child.Gradually this action might be endearing,but on a day to day basis it becomes something you don't like,frustrating and it affect the family.Learning to stop this bad

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AT THE AGE OF 2YEARS AND 3 MONTHS, JOHN IS BLADDER-TRAINED.TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS(ONE AT SIXTEEN MONTH AND ONE AT TWENTY MONTHS,FOUR MONTH AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS BROTHER)WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.AT TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS MY WIFE DECIDED THAT SINCE SHE WAS READY FOR JOHN TO BE TRAINED,JOHN SHOULD BE READY TOO.THUS SHE PUT "TRAINING PANTS" ON HIM(UNDERPANTS MADE OF VERY THICK ABSORBENT COTTON)AFTER ONE WEEK

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The main element in successful unschooling is trust. We trust our children to know when they are ready to learn and what they are interested in learning. We trust them to know how to go about learning. Parents commonly take this view of learning during the child's first two years, when he is learning to stand, walk, talk, and to perform many other important and difficult things, with little help

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GOD IS THE CREATOR OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.HE IS OUR FATHER.HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR ALL HIS CHILDREN.HE CREATED THE WORLD,GAVE US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO SURVIVE IN IT.HE IS A LOVING ABD CARING FATHER WHO LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN DEARLY.ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD,CHILDREN ARE GOD'S PROPERTY.PARENTS NEED TO NUTURE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE WAY THAT IS APPROVED OF GOD.CHILDREN ARE LIKE BUILDINGS,THEY ARE

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