Single parenting is nearly all the result of a failure on the marriage. In some case, there are some people that might find no difficulty to face a new life and bring up their children after separation. But for others find trouble to carry out for some reasons. These reasons include their different personalities, upbringing of their respective families, as well as their ways in dealing with stress caused by separation.Even though divorce or...more
Attention Parents - Three Big Mistakes To Be Avoided We can only raise our children to the best of our ability, but sometimes our capability as parents is not quite good enough. Our goal is not to ensure our children are compliant clones of ourselves, or to create cute little creatures that we can show off at every possible opportunity to better our peers. Instead we should strive to produce young adults who have a positive outlook and a...more
Our kids are more in need of role models than teachers. To be a great and successful caretaker and guide of your children, you need to be a great and successful caretaker and guide for yourself. Let's talk about following your own passions, being completely true to YOU, and being an authentic example to your children and therefore the best parent you can possibly be.All my life I prided myself on not being average, the norm, or predictable. In statistical terms, using the Bell Curve analysis, I considered myself to be two standard deviations from the mean. In a Bell Curve, 2.2% of the data entries lie 2 SD above the average and 2.2% of the entries lie 2 SD below the average value.Well, I was reminded of this today when I accompanied my 17 year-old son to the Apple Store to pick up his previously reserved iPad. Apple Corp. released their new, innovative iPad product this morning, and he was one of the lucky ones to be in the first group to enter the store, having woken at 6:30 and arrived at the store 90 minutes before opening. On a Saturday!He started his own eBay business in seventh grade, bought his first Apple Laptop with his own money in eighth grade, upgraded his MacBook last...more
Dating for parents, tips for single mums wanting to date again A city, full of 1000's of people you don't know, just as lonely as a desert. Well to me it's a little like that being a single mum, so busy looking after the kids and yes loving them, but still craving a little attention yourself. It's probably why so many single mum's look...more
The Essence of Alumni Association: A Pure Parental Perspective When you graduate from your college and enjoy the time spent, some of you may think about future and hope that your future children would be able to enjoy the same time, conditions, and experience. It is still not clear whether it is a true reason of why numerous alumni...more
3 Different Types Of Parenting Styles Do you often spank your children when they misbehave? Or do you give them a candy bar so that they can stop bullying your neighbor's son? Perhaps you give your children choices and they get to choose what they want to do.A question that was raised when our first son was born is what kind of parents do we want to be? Let our kids run free or hover over our children so that they become what we want them to be. Most of our parenting practices use how we were raised as kids as a baseline and then certain aspects of it are modified to how we want to run our own household. The way you run your household, however, typically falls into one of these three parenting "styles."Parenting Styles Defined 1. The Indulgent (Permissive/Non Directive) Parent: These types of parents are "easy" on their kids and allow their kids much freedom to act, speak, and do as they wish. They fear that their kids will "not like them" if they are more restrictive or set rules. Children in these types of environments tend to be controlling, can be more on the irresponsible side when they are older and learn ways to please their parents in order to get what they want. 2....more
If you would like to get government grants for single parents, it's doable online! Read on to get the lowdown on how you can accomplish it!As a single parent, it's hard to survive. The economy has certainly not helped with a global recession that's...more
honest parenting HONEST PARENTING+++++++++++++++++++++++++WHICH ROAD DO I HAVE TO TAKE TO REAR A GOOD CHILD?---------------------------------------Not that it's not proper to dream bout your child's future, its just that things happens...more
Unique Christmas presents for you old parents You love your parent very much and are proud of them for having done so much for you when you were a kid. Now that you are well settled, you wish to give all your love to them. Christmas is...more
Penn State gifts are perfect for Penn State alumni, parents of Penn State students, Penn State students, and their siblings and friends. If your Penn State student is graduating or theyre in need of practical sweat pants or notebooks for everyday...more
Breast-feeding saves babies' lives. According to a study in the journal Pediatrics, over 900 babies could be saved annually if 90% of U.S. mothers breast-fed their babies for the first 6 months of life. Breast-feeding helps prevent stomach viruses,...more
"The practice of observing the wedding anniversary, while primarily an excuse for gift-giving, probably has underlying it a belief in the correspondence of certain luck-bringing substances with a distinct number of years." (Source: Funk & Wagnalls...more