Raising Children

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Keeping Kids Clean

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Education, Parenting, Wikipedia, Kids, Children, Internet, Google, Early-Child-Education, Parenting Tips, Expletives, Parent-Child-Connections, Raising Children, Parenting Advice, Living News

My son has printed out 20 Wikipedia pages on the definition of the F word. I'm proud of my son's industrious initiative, research tactics and dogged determination to learn.

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Problems With Overprotective Parents: Why Letting Children Play In Dirt Is Healthy

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Over-Protective-Mother, Kids, Children, Nancy Grace, Health, Raising Children, Parenting, Medicine, Lenore Skenazy, Worry, Living News

As a pediatrician, I am very aware of the dangers for children. Over time, however, I have come to the conclusion that we are doing our kids a disservice by being hyper aware of all the dangers in our society.

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Six Ways for Parents to Cultivate Strong, Curious, Creative Children

Todd Kashdan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Parenting, Love, Anxiety, Meaning, Happiness, Mindfulness, Children, Raising Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Child-Health, Living News

Children who often experience curiosity and wonder, and act on these feelings to explore their world fare better at school, in relationships, at work, and are intelligent, creative, satisfied people.

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Breastfeeding Around the World

Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Benefits of Breastfeeding, Baby Formula Standards, Breast-Milk-Benefits, Newborns, Breastfeeding, Baby Formula, Raising Children, Toddlers, Breast Milk, Babies, Living News

Babies and toddlers are the most vulnerable to serious bacterial infections leading to diarrhea, dehydration and in some cases, even death when the water supply is compromised.

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"Kidlessness" or, It's Not About the Children

Richard Laermer | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Kidlessness, Richard Laermer, Childless, Being With Child, Laermer.com, Friendship, Birthday Parties, Having Babies, Dick Cavett, Children, Raising Children, Living News

As you know, unruly children make the kidless nuts! Pals complain about their messy homes all the time. I tell them: "I didn't tell you to have them."

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Home Before Dark

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Leaving Home, Children, Empty Nest Syndrome, Living News

Our youngest has found an apartment with two college friends. I questioned why I was not suffering the empty nest syndrome as others do.

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Codependency Pt 2: An Incomplete Sense of Self

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Acoas, Psychology, Codependency, Acoa, Codependence, Raising Children, Personal-Boundaries, Behavioral Psychology, Living News

When the attachment with a parent is fraught with fear, the child can become overly preoccupied with getting it right for the parent rather than for themselves.

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Do We Have Inalienable Responsibilities to One Another?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Responsibility, Children, Social Responsibility, Raising Children, Families, Advice, Family, Living News

Family is more than chicken soup.

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10 Parenting Lessons You Can Learn From a Cat

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Raising Children, Parenting Tips, Kids, Living News

Neither cats or children change their personalities much from the moment of birth. You can, however, observe a cat before choosing to take it home.

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NYC Fitness Gram

Fred Hahn | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc, Fintess, Personal Health, Raising Children, Fitness Tips, Children's Health, New York News

If we are going to create tests to help keep our children healthy and strong it would be helpful if we stuck to science rather than fitness lore.

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Smart Kids Can Do Poorly in School

Jenifer Fox | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Children With Learning Disabilities, Education, Chicago Public Schools, Parenting Tips, Learning Disorders, Obama Education Policy, Learning Disabilities, Raising Children, Parenting, Education Reform, Public Education, Children's Health, Living News

Most of the labels we ascribe to children overlook what is right about children. We prefer to concentrate on labeling weaknesses.

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The Hostile Takeover of Childhood

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Advertising, Children, Ipod, Preteen, Advertising Campaigns, Online Advertising, Raising Children, TV Advertising, Living News

The media onslaught begins early, often abetted by well-meaning parents who have bought into the trendy but unfounded "smart baby" pitches from media conglomerates

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Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Have I Become My Worst Parent After All?

Amy Spies | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Midlife Crisis, Psychology, Parenting, Children, Growing Older, Parents, Raising Children, Parenting Advice, Living News

They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I say the 'stuck in childhood' brands of apples fall closest to the sour apple parent.

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Rogue Mothering

Meredith Lopez | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Children, Brooklyn, Raising Children, Motherhood, Baby Books, Children's Health, Child Development Experts, Living News

There are many reasons why I'm going to Mommy Hell when I die, but the latest reason is this: I have stopped reading baby books.

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Should a Six Year Old Date?

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Motherhood, Parenting, Sigmund Freud, Parenting Tips, Children, Sex Education, Freud, Living News

My husband doesn't think there is anything cute about our daughter talking about her "boyfriend," nor the pelvic gyration dance she does whenever she gets the chance. I think it's sweet.

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Joy, Success and Fulfillment For Your Child

Jenifer Fox | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Education, Education Reform, Parenting, Children, Strengths-Based, Health, Wellness, Living News

Knowing your child's strengths is extremely important because at the end of the day, they are the things that will keep returning to draw your child's attention.

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Why We Don't Care Give: Instinctual Disconnection

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Parenting, Relationship Advice, Relationships, The Giving Life, Competitiveness, Pets, Raising Children, Wellness, Living News

You won't find wolves not nurturing their mates because they are angry, perhaps a reason wolves mate for life.

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Band of Brothers Creates A Brother's Bond

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Autism, Joe Jonas, Living With Autism, Siblings, Raising Children, Disney, Children's Health, Living News

Autism has been the strangest experience of my life. Positives and negatives, hope and despair, triumphs and defeat, laughter and tears.

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HelpingYour Son or Daughter Select a College? Use The Genius of Their Instinct, Not a College Advisor!

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Raising Children, Living, Focus on the Family, College, University, Graduation, Empowerment, Parenting Tips, Cnn, Class, Students, Parenting Advice, Living News

The best school a college bound student can get into is not necessarily the right school. Shelter-seeking tells you to help your son or daughter pick the right school.

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Fifty Bucks and a Card Game: A Father's Gift

Sara Whitman | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Mental Illness, Abuse, Parenting, Family Relationships, Children, Fathers, Living News

A friend of mine, who I'll call John, phoned the other day. He was on the way to the nursing home to say goodbye to his father, long ill, and finally ...

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Backwards Dinner

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Dessert, Cheese, Senior Citizens, Ice Cream, Bread, Children, Cooking, Family Dinners, Living News

The Backwards Dinner: Dessert first while I cooked with the newborn in the Snugli. There were many backwards dinners after that when 'dessert first' soothed them and bought me time.

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Tamra Davis Cooking Show - Granola (Mom With Camera Makes Hip and Healthy Cooking Show)

Tamra Davis | Posted 05.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Healthy Eating, Cooking Recipes, Children's Health, Cooking, Cooking With Kids, Tamra Davis, Living News

What started out as an experiment in what happens when a filmmaker who is a mom winds up in a kitchen, ended with me making my own little reality cooking shows. No crew, just a camera, my life and a good recipe.

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Who Needs the Brothers Grimm When We Have Teen Screen?

Anne Dunev | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, School Shooting, Political Psychology, Mental Health, Children, Fairy-Tale, Psychiatric Drugs, Raising Children, Teen Suicide, Fairy Tale, Schools, Europe, Children's Health, New York, Psychopharmacology, Teenagers, Living News

The test: TeenScreen. Its mission: to test all American school children. The treatment? Psychotropic drugs that carry the all too real risks of suicide, suicidal ideation, homicide and homicidal ideation.

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Peaceful Revolution: Healthcare Coverage for Kids, Lifesavers for Families

Anita Sarah Jackson | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthy Families, Kids, Children, Universal Healthcare, Raising Children, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Health Care, Children's Health, Healthcare, California, Politics News

The federal government has given our states an opportunity to cover uninsured kids and bring badly-needed federal funds into our states. Our state leaders must take advantage of this chance.

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