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How You Can Help Your Child To Be An Avid Reader

Reading is the most efficient and economical way to help anyoneto acquire information, knowledge, skills and improve on oneself. And it is most wonderful to help your child to be agreat reader as young as possible.
The best way to help a child or any one to learn a skill and begood at it is to [...]

Character Education

Every parent wants their child to develop positive character traits. One way to supplement your child’s character education is to act as a filter for the movies and television shows your child watches, and to review the books your child reads.
The following categories are modeled after “The Book of Virtues for Young People,” an excellent [...]

Types of Schools for Troubled Teens

It can be difficult on all family members to have a teen move to a boarding facility. As a result, many parents choose to take their troubled teen to an alternative school. In these day schools, the troubled teen stays in a highly structured school during the day and then returns home at night. [...]

Study Skills – How Can YOU Help Your Kids?

Some years ago when touring the Scottish Highlands, a man Imet said something that’s stuck with me ever since.
He was elderly, yet was still working away on his smallfarm. He had no intention of retiring, and when asked if hefelt the pace of the years he said no, he really enjoyed hiswork but – [...]

ADHD: A Dialogue With a Non-Believer, part three

Dear Sir,
It was with some interest that I read the article What You Should Know About Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward W. after having it handed to me by a member of our church. There were elements of the article that were insightful, helpful, and needed to be said in a public forum, especially the [...]

Develop Your Childs Genius – Right Brain/Left Brain Coordination

No matter how old your children are, you have an immense power to affect their growth, development and success in life. By actively pursuing activities that contribute to the better development of their brain, you provide them with an advantage over all other kids, and increase their chances to be successful in life. By doing [...]

Parenting Your Teenager: But everyone else gets to do it!

Q. We are getting to the stage with our kids where they are becoming teen-agers and are asking for more and more privileges. When we believe we need to say “no,” our daughter says, “But everyone else gets to do it. Why can’t I?” We get stuck. We don’t want to be too strict or [...]

Raising Teenagers? Stay C.A.L.M.

Parents of teenagers frequently ask what can be done to improve their relationship with their kids. This can be a challenging time, and a time when parents sometimes feel rejected, out of touch, and unclear about what to do. Here’s a simple strategy that can help set you up for a smoother ride.
Stay C.A.L.M. Why [...]

How to Get a Good Diagnosis to See If Your Child Has ADHD

Your child’s teacher says that you need to find out if your child has ADHD or not. What do you do? Here are some tips from the ADHD Information Library.
First, find a clinician, a Psychologist, or Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist, or Psychiatrist, who has a good working knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorder – ADD [...]

Dinner Table Drama

It has been a long day. Home from work, you put together a nice, healthy dinner for the entire family to enjoy. Gathering the family around the table, you sit down to eat and within a minute, a voice pipes up, "I don’t like anything." Encouraging, you say, "I’ve made some of [...]