It’s important to create a clear set of household rules so your children know what’s allowed and what type of behavior is off-limits. Establishing clear rules is a simple way to reduce behavior problems and increase consistency with your discipline. Regardless of how old your children are or how many children you have, there are five types of rules all kids need. 1. Rules That Promote Safety Safety rules include physical safety and emotional safety....
But whether your child is begging you to stay up an hour later or he’s repeatedly pestering you to go to the playground, all kids pester their parents at one time or another. The way you respond to pestering and begging is key. If you’re not careful, you may inadvertently encourage it to continue. If your child whines, begs and pesters until you can’t take it anymore, these discipline strategies can help you teach her that “no means no....
More: 75 Inspirational Names that Exude Positivity Below is a list of well-known boy, girl, and gender-neutral names in philosophy that would be meaningful and unique choices for a little one being brought into this world. When they grow up and ask how their name came to be, you will be able to provide them with a wonderful history lesson so they know just how crucial advances in philosophy are to our society....
Having a difficult-to-say name can be a struggle for someone all their life. How frustrating it, is it to constantly have to correct teachers, doctors, or receptionists on how to sound your name out. (Being at the DMV is stressful enough) Baby girl names don’t have to include every vowel in the alphabet, accents, and apostrophes. If you want simple, short names that your little girl won’t have to spell out every time she introduces herself, these are our picks!...
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If you have a teen who wants to get inked, you probably have many questions about the logistics and laws, as well as safety, of tattoos. Here are some of the key facts and figures about tattoos for minors you and your teen should know. How Many Teens Have Tattoos? The American Academy of Pediatrics addressed parental concerns about tattoos for minors in its 2017 clinical report, “Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification....
You start cleaning up the mess but your toddler is complaining so loudly that the baby wakes up early and starts to cry. You decide to wait the baby’s crying out while you fix the breakfast situation, and guilt begins to gnaw at you for not responding right away. Every day is different with kids, but this kind of morning is definitely not atypical. It can sometimes feel like we can never get it all right or that we are not as good parents as we wish we could be....
Peanut Sauce Dish 1 onion 2 tomatoes 1 small eggplant 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter 1/4 cup water Peel and chop the onions. Cut the tomatoes and eggplant into small pieces. Heat oil in electric frypan for one minute, and saute onions. Add tomatoes and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Add eggplant and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine peanut butter and water....
Allergy treatments are readily available as more and more allergy medications are available over the counter without a prescription. These include Allegra (fexofenadine), Astepro (azelastine), Claritin (loratadine), and Zyrtec (cetirizine). While treating for allergies if your child actually has a cold won’t do harm, it won’t relieve their symptoms either. So, it’s important to be able to tell the difference. When in doubt, be sure to consult a pediatrician....
Take headphones, for example. Headphones have their place, for sure, and they can be very helpful when your child is listening to an audiobook, their favorite piece of music, or plugging into some white noise to block out loud noises in their environment. But with headphones being marketed to even the youngest children out there, one has to wonder about the true benefits here, as well as the safety of babies and young children using headphones on a regular basis....
Of course, a positive pregnancy test is the best way to be certain of a pregnancy in its early stages. Keep in mind, though, that everyone’s body is slightly different, and some medical conditions might give you symptoms that mimic pregnancy. (An example would be that people who have hypothyroidism are also very fatigued, just like you might experience in early pregnancy.) How to Determine If You Are Pregnant Ultimately, the best way to know if you are pregnant is to take a pregnancy test....
For your child, this means that you need to convince him that there is a better way to look at and react to a situation than what he has shown you. He needs to hear what you are saying, maybe even see it, and then accept it if a better behavior is to occur. But you must realize that new thinking cannot occur easily, because your child is not a blank slate....
To understand emotions, we must distinguish between primary and secondary emotions. A primary emotion is what we feel first. The secondary emotion is what follows from it. For example, we feel anger (the secondary emotion), but the primary emotion that leads to this might be stress, a blocked need, or something else. If we understand the primary or underlying emotion we can figure out how to help. Thus, identifying these unmet emotional needs leads to a solution....
This can be confusing when using a combination of pre-made foods as well as homemade foods, or combining baby-led feeding with commercial foods. The popular brand Gerber has registered trademarks for “1st Foods,” “2nd Foods,” and “3rd Foods.” Other brand labels simply use “1,” “2,” or “3,” which some companies use to refer to the age of the baby and others use to define the stage in which the baby is ready for a certain type of food....
Occasionally, however, someone who might not be fit to be a teacher gets the credentials and a teaching position—or stays in the position long after their enthusiasm for the job is gone. When your child complains about a bad teacher, it’s natural to worry about how they are doing in school. You may wonder what they are learning, if they are feeling anxious or sad, and if they will be ready to move on to the next grade level....
