The fabulous concept of using the incorporation of animals into the program for troubled teens has turned Sorenson's Ranch School into a very effective therapeutic boarding school.The abiding principle of adolescent treatment is reducing their life to the simple basics. Youth ranch life encourages students to return to a time of tending to their chores, and taking responsibility for the work involved in looking after the animals. Moreover, in...more
Retro graduation parties are the best fun if you can pick and era that your party guests will love. You also need to be able to carry it off with a well decorated venue, music, food and other entertainment. Even the favors should have the idea of the era you have chosen. Your guests also need to be able to feel like they are part of the party. However thanks to the popularity of retro parties there is a great deal of stuff available to help you...more
Research conducted by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission offers insights into child development and the types of learning toys and games that are appropriate for kids at different levels of development.Having moved beyond the preschool years, kids in the 6-8 age range have new abilities which affect the kinds of learning toys that interest them. Understanding this stage of child development can help parents make better toy selections for their children.Physically, large muscles have increased strength and coordination, resulting in significant improvements in gross motor skills. With these new skills, kids are ready to venture into new activities such as jump-rope, hopscotch, climbing, ice skating, roller skating, bicycle riding, water sports and playing with balls. Small muscles abilities have also improved, resulting in improved fine motor skills. These skills allow kids to take on new activities such as drawing with pencils, simple sewing, simple carpentry, weaving, braiding, stringing small beads, cutting out paper dolls and assembling jigsaw puzzles.Mentally, kids in the 6-8 age range have developed skills in reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic. These new...more
Parents tend to minimize the value of pretend play time. However, play time has a significant impact on child development. Pretend play offers kids a safe way to learn real world behaviors without the real world consequences... or maybe not. The toys kids play with during make-believe time can have a significant real-world impact on what kids learn...more
One of the best ways to motivate kids is to present required tasks as fun games with their mission being to win the game. Tedious tasks become exciting and fun when put into the right context. This is where kids learning toys can be a big help.This strategy not only works with daily mundane tasks, but also with educational objectives. Learning...more
Proper parenting skills are a major requirement in this lifelong child rearing preparation process and you have to be sure that you are equipped with good parenting skills. Not that it's not proper to dream bout your child's future, its just that things happens differently in real life. THE PROCESS OF BEING A NEW PARENT. Parenting can be compared to riding a roller coaster, where throughout the way you will experience sky high thrills and even sometimes heart breaking downhill's. HERE ARE THE PROCESSES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW TO BECOME SKILLED IN PARENTING. To rediscover the inner child within you - parents have to step inside your children shoes. Try to remember what it was like to be a kid again which is known as a process called "rediscovering your inner child". You must admit, that parents tend to forget how it is to just relax and they get stuck with their boring lifestyle and jobs. For parents to understand the issues at hand with regards to their children you should place yourself in your children shoes. Try to see things from your child's perspective and by doing so you will then realize and understanding about how they're feeling and why they're rebelling. Proper and good...more
The Christmas season is upon us with Christmas Day being less than a month away. With that, for many, the anxiety level may already be on the rise due to the expense the season usually incurs. If you find yourself in this position, consider some...more
Stays at home parents are becoming more and more abundant in our society for a variety of reasons: large daycare costs, job losses and on and on. And although the number of stay at home dads is on the rise, the stay at home mom is still more...more
In this new era moms still needs to stay at home for so many reason to pay attention their family. Moms nowadays have so many options more than ever to give great money making work at home opportunities. And now the internet has become a new work...more
The first thing to understand about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is that it is a neurobiological condition. After depression, ADHD is the second most common mental health disorder in adults, affecting about 5% of the United States...more
Author: Greg LawlorIn school growing up we were taught the lessons of working hard, putting in a hard day's work, that fast cash did not exist, that we had to roll up our sleeves and punch the clock. Making money was not a topic of many school...more
The type of graduation party favour that you buy will clearly firstly depend on your budget. Once you have determined you budget than you can start looking at those stores and web sites that sell graduation favors. The variety and range of costs is...more