How To Cope When Your Children Emigrate Finding out your children are planning to emigrate can be a scary experience, but there are plenty of ways to make sure you stay close. There comes a time in every parent's life when they can feel that their children are ready to leave the nest, and it can be a scary and bittersweet time for many, although most people are happy to see their little ones spread their wings. However, these...more
Parents - The Positives Of Your Child Making Decisions Weighing up the potential impact of your decisions and making the correct determinations are crucial life skills, and as your child gets older her decisions will become more and more important. On a daily basis we make many, many decisions, both simple and complicated, and both unessential and vital. The clothes we wear, the places we go, what to purchase, when to cross the...more
Things to Consider when Buying Kids Toy Chests Kids toy chests come in a wide assortment of styles, shapes, and sizes. Their popularity comes from the fact that they provide the perfect solution for parents who are looking for a practical way to store and organize their kids' toys, stuffed animals, and other trinkets. Aside from their storage purposes, toy chests also help minimize clutter. Although appearance may play a role in selecting toy boxes, safety must be the primary factor that parents need to keep in mind. Kids love to be around their toys, so you must go for a chest that ensures your child's safety.More often than not, kids toy chests are built and designed without keeping safety in mind. The Consumer Product Safety Commission states that a toy box that has a hinged lid must be equipped with a lid support that will keep the lid open regardless of its position. When shopping for toy boxes, thoroughly inspect your box of choice, making sure it has the lid supports that are recommended by the commission. Toy chests must be designed for safety. Their lids must have the ability to remain in position when they are opened or lifted up. Thus, the lid supports are...more
Kids Play Tables In order to keep their kids entertained, many parents will ask their kids to sit down at the table. A great alternative for the kids instead of sitting at the kitchen table, is for them to sit at their very own kids play tables. Kids play tables are simply a table and chair set that has been scaled down to...more
Single Parents - Oh No The Kids Are Coming No doubt you are looking forward to that first weekend with the kids as a single parent, but you are full of mixed emotions. You are longing to see your youngsters and spend some time with them, but at the same time, you are not sure how to be a single parent. The first few visits are the...more
Fun Child Activity A Child's Money Savings ChartThis project will teach your child about saving. Explain that when people do not have enough money to buy something, they wait until they do have enough. Saving is a way to get something you want by yourself instead of wanting someone to get it for you. You can also save to buy things for other people.Saving will keep you out of debt and is a healthy financial decision for the future.Materials Needed: Plain PaperPencils, pens, crayons or markers Scissors, glueNewspaper or magazine ads Empty cereal boxStep 1: Explain to your child the purpose of the savings chart and how this will help them stay financially healthy. It will help your child buy something at the store that costs more than they have now. Step 2: Ask your child what they want to buy at the store. Start small and their goal will be reached faster. Step 3: Find out the price of the item your child wants to buy (include sales tax). Find an ad showing the desired item. Cut out the picture and glue it on the cereal box cardboard. Cut it into puzzle pieces. Each piece will represent a coin amount that is needed to reach the goal. For example, if the item is $5.00,...more
Best Jobs For Teens If your kids are like mine, and I hope they are, they are always looking for ways to spread their wings and exercise some independence. One of those ways, obviously, is through earning their own money. Most of...more
Making Faces... Mask Making Fun For Kids Pablo Picasso once said "All children are artists; the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up"There is no doubt that children see things differently to the rest of us. They have a...more
Who's A Pretty Boy Then? - Buying Your Parrot All bird lovers listen up!! Do you know how many bird species are there in the world? Answer: Over 9000 species. And out of which the parrot group itself consists of about 330 species...more
What Has Got Into Our Kids? The likes of Jamie Oliver and other celebrity chefs have pointed out how important it is for our children to have a healthy, balanced diet. Those tricky E numbers can often sneak their way into our food, but...more
Reverse Phone Detective Could Help Track And Manipulate Your Teen's Growth In The Positive Direction If you are a parent, you would want a sound growth of your teen's behavior and mentality. However, healthy growth of mentality...more
A Few Weight Loss Plans For Overweight Teenage Boys Several have a stereotypical idea that all overweight teenage boys enjoy video gaming for hours on end and simply do not get the correct physical exercise that is required to be able...more