What You As a Single Parent Should Know About Your Child From Age 2 to 5 Raising children as a single parent while handling all your other responsibilities can be quite demanding and stressful. Nevertheless, because you love your children and want only the best for them, an understanding and appreciation of developmental milestones can be quite useful as you carry on your parenting. Children develop at their own pace, so it is...more
PARENTS/CARERS are you struggling to talk and communicate with your child or teenager? I would say to anybody trying to sort these things out to set the scene, choose a place and environment that is good to talk and decide where and when for both or all of you. Somewhere without interruptions, that means no phones orTV's on that will disturb you both. Another good starter is to have a snack, biscuits, drink ready as this...more
The Benefits of Junior Golf for Children and Teens Golf is an elite activity out of the reach of many but for those families who can afford it and who are able to interest their children in taking the sport, it can instill confidence as they grow and improve. Learning early will avoid embarrassment later in life if they try to learn as an adult; the sight of their awkward and disjointed swings will invite a lot of ridicule among the more skilled.Dedication to a sport is difficult to measure when laying money for equipment so parents tend to think twice about golf club quality. Almost all of experienced parents have had a child get bored with a musical instrument or other interest and golf can be a frustrating experience that many players quit. It takes a lot of time to drive the kids out to the golf course, wait for your tee-off time, slog through the rough looking for lost balls while being pressured from behind from the next foursome hoping their drives don't hit you in the head through eighteen stressful holes of three-putting in the burning sun.If golf is easily available to the young son or daughter and they show interest and a bit of skill it may well be...more
Toy Trading, the newest trend for Kids! Toy Trading- It's All About Giving and Receiving For Michelle Jacobs of Scottsboro, Alabama, the vision of a toy trading website for children first came to mind in the Spring of 2008. As the mother of a 10 ½ year old son, she wanted to find a way to get rid of his...more
The Importance Of Child Life Insurance Acquiring life insurance for your child is often the first investment in your child's future. It is often the most overlooked. That's why you want to make sure your investment decision is a sound one. When it comes to purchasing life insurance, the earlier the better. That's...more
Cold pools Suck for swimming lessons for kids! Learn to Swim in a warm pool! Swimming lessons in cold water would be like taking a cold shower or a cold bath. If the environment for learning to swim is uncomfortable for the child it is unlikely that much is going to be learned because the only thing the kids learning to swim will be thinking about is how cold the water is.Did you know that you can find a swimming center specifically designed to teach kids how to swim? I don't think you would take your kids to learn to do gymnastics to a dance studio so why would you take your child to learn to swim in an environment not designed for such a purpose. You want a place that has the primary purpose of teaching swimming lessons and that is what you should get.The neighborhood health club is not a primary swimming lesson facility and it is only an add on to the main programming offered it may be a good idea to locate a facility dedicated to teaching swimming lessons to kids. You have to make sure the class structure is organized and effective. Swimming lessons should follow an organized curriculum and follow proper progressions.Parents should pay close attention to...more
Do You Really Have an "Inner Child?" - The Little Prince Series "It's really quite shocking now that I see it. Here I am, a grown woman, behaving like a lost little child.""The way you phrased what you just said is...more
Life insurance for a child? Things you should know Typically, many tend to family level for these meetings, the wages for the security of supply. Where are dead, there is still a financial reserve for...more
Children Need P90x Workout Every parent loves their children very much. They always want to give their children the best things in the world. Thus, the taking care of the growth of children is the most important thing in their life....more
Summer Fun with Boy Shorts Swimwear Every year, women have to face the challenge of finding a swimsuit that really looks and feels good. More important is how happy women feel while wearing the suit. If a woman is wearing a well...more
Art lessons for children greatly enhances your childrens creative abilities Some of us took art lessons for children but, unless we are now professional artists or continue to have a hobby, many of us have discontinued taking art...more
Horseback Riding For Children - How Quickly Will They Learn? For parents of novice level riders, thoughts commonly turn to the degree of difficulty associated with mastering the basics of children's horse riding.Unfortunately, as...more