Mental Illness in Children: Some Facts and Sources An increasing number of children are experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Depression in children, including elementary age kids, is on the rise. If you search the internet you will find many facts about mental illness in children. These facts tell a story.* 1 in 10 children have a mental illness that keeps them from functioning in their families, in their schools,...more
Top Tips For Children's Wedding Favors If you are having children at your wedding it is important that you remember that not everything you have for your adult guests will appeal to your younger ones, and this includes your wedding favors. In fact if you are concerned about children behaving themselves or getting bored during the wedding day, then your favors are a perfect opportunity to give them something which will occupy...more
Personalised Children Books Will Make Your Child Feel Special With the arrival of ever new technology and computerised printing processes, a new genre of books, namely personalised children books, has taken the market in a storm. Many publishers have caught on to this trend and between them they are now supplying a huge variety of topics, ranging from fairy tales and stories relating to popular characters in children's TV programmes to adventures and science fiction.The one thing they all have in common is that they all put your child at the heart of the story. In personalised children books, the name of your child, his/ her home town and birthday, as well as names of brothers and/ or sisters, parents and often up to 3 favourite friends all become part of the book by being placed into passages important to the development of the tale. Some publishers may also include a photo of the child, more often than not as part of the front cover. As these books have, for obvious reasons, got to be ordered, the name of the person ordering them will also be included, thus making the books a perfect keepsake to remember someone by as well.Having written a few personalised stories...more
Childrens Personalised Gifts Show That You Care Every child loves receiving presents, whatever the occasion may be. There is nothing quite like the excitement of opening your presents on your birthday or on Christmas Morning and finding just what you wished for. To find your own name on one of them makes it even more special, because...more
Personalised Gifts For Kids - What Choices Are There? We've all seen it - names, initials and a variety of other personalised markings either scrawled or carefully written and drawn onto items belonging to our children. This is their way of marking their territory, their way of saying: "I don't mind sharing other things, but this one...more
Children Should Be Heard Can you believe some still live by the rule that children should be seen and not heard? Those individuals may not realize it but, this rule can cause self esteem issues in children. Such children may develop an subconscious habit of not speaking up, succeed to their fullest potential, continuously doubt themselves, expect and tolerate being ignored, and avoid doing their best because they feel they won't be accepted. Unfortunately, these children may grow up with these habits and subconsciously teach them to their children.Please understand that children should be SEEN AND HEARD. They should be encouraged to appropriately speak their mind, ask questions about what's happening around them, and speak up when something seems wrong and/or if they don't understand something. Children should also be given opportunities to learn how to communicate effectively early in life so it can be easier for them to communicate when they become adults, join the workforce, maintain happy/healthy relationships, influence positive behaviors from others, and more.Here are a few tips on how to give your child more opportunities to be SEEN AND HEARD:Allow them to...more
Healty Teen Weight Loss Plan ChangesNowadays, teens are also prone to being obese. Obesity is a sickness that strikes anyone at any age. If left untreated, obesity can cause serious complications like diabetes, high blood pressure, and...more
How To Handle The Angry Teenager Any parent that has raised or is raising a teenager has witnessed more that one bout of their anger. There are some teens that are very placid, then there are others that seem to be like walking time...more
Help Your Child Learn The Joy of Reading Reading is something that has become incredibly fundamental to the human experience. It is the basis for most learning; even hands-on types of work such as fixing cars require an incredible...more
Caring for a seriously ill child Caring for a seriously ill child can be one of life's most distressing experiences. If your child has a terminal illness, emotions can be overwhelming and even carrying out everyday tasks may seem...more
Child Labour still a curse! The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, which was passed on October 10, 2006 bans child labour at restaurants, roadside eateries, dhabas, tea shops and also at domestic households, the punishment...more
You Don't Have to Give Up Kids to Have a Successful Career Ivanka Trump the daughter of Ivana and Donald Trump is set to go back to work after having looked after her brother's children and getting the bug to have children. She...more