Jump! With Your Autistic Child It is so simple, yet so much fun. Jumping is a great way for your child to have fun, do something healthy and gain confidence.Finding activities that children enjoy can often be a challenge. Often children with Autism may struggle with co-ordination or other physical challenges that make it hard for them to participate in sports. This often causes them to loose interest in sport related...more
The Best Christmas Gifts 2010 for Kids No one looks toward Christmas more than kids. There are numerous factors such as taking time off from school, the Xmas lighting and decorations, the meals not to mention the actual anticipation associated with ideally getting the best Christmas presents on early morning for being a good woman or even young man in the past year. If you are looking to get the Xmas spirit, just about all you need...more
Kids Plays Kid's Plays-How to Help Kids Put on a PlayKids love the idea of putting on a play. Finding the right scripts to perform can be a challenge, and not as fulfilling for kids as creating their own show. Below are some great ideas for putting on plays that the kids can cast, rehearse and perform themselves! Kids also create their own costumes and set out of things they already have at home.The players may also wish to create a "Box Office," and make their own tickets and a VIP section for audience members who show up with cookies.Twisted Stories-Young actors choose a story they already know and practice by acting the story told the traditional way. Next, the players change the story to make it more entertaining:Tell the story backwardChange the setting or the time (Three Little Pigs in the Mall, or Cinderella in the Future)Create a story morph (blend two stories together)Add in strange props that they must use in the storyAdd a guest character-invent a whole new character that must fit in somehowAdd a black cat-act out a series of stories, but they all must now include a black catTwist the characters-each actor chooses a quirk such as being a kleptomaniac and...more
Acting Like Kids on Halloween in Playa del Carmen Adults in disguise don a wide variety of crazy costumes and can experience the freedom of anonymity. Grown-ups can act like kids again and help to rediscover that part of their childhood hidden deep inside. Allan and I paraded down 5th Avenue in costume and experienced some of the...more
Helping Your Teen Find Their Personal Style It can be tough living with a teen, especially if he or she is strong-willed, creative, and ready to take on the world. In the long run, you will be happy you have raised a kid with confidence and a willingness to strike out in the world, but the transition from child to adult can be tough...more
The Super-Ten "Safe-Smarts Rules" for Kids and Grownups! Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? How about the boogeyman? Okay, good -- so we've got those two covered!But how about the ice cream man, or the next door neighbor, or the after-school sports coach? Now, before you get mad at me for picking on those three, let me just say I have nothing against any of these community members! In fact, my daughter and I buy Fudgsicles from our local ice cream man at the park all the time, and I have a terrific next- door neighbor. So why bring them up?Because…as a child safety advocate and sexual abuse prevention educator, it's my job to make sure that we are teaching our kids about personal safety in the most effective, up to date manner.By now, most parents know that the "stranger-danger" concept is outdated and doesn't serve our children. And, many parents are at least somewhat familiar with the statistic that 90 percent of childhood molestation occurs by someone the child knows, not by a stranger.Does this mean we should teach our kids to fear everyone, or suspect that everybody out there in the world is a child molester? No, absolutely not! Most people are not...more
Finding a Diet for ADHD Children If you have a child with ADHD, you understand the frustrations of seeing your child unable to focus, struggling with impulse control, and a general inability to concentrate for extended periods of...more
Children Behavior - Know Precisely Your kids for Better Strengthening Raising a child is a tough and stressful task. Understanding children behavior is just not an effortless task. Most of the parents deal with this issue and even...more
Free Samples for Teens Most people love receiving free items. That is because it is human nature to desire various products without really putting in financial investment. Now, if a person is interested in getting free samples, like...more
How to Pick Perfect Presents for Kids If you have a special relationship with a child, whether it's your own child, a niece or nephew, or a friend's child, you want to find a "just right gift" – one that won't be tossed aside when...more
Recognizing the 4 Types of Child Abuse Fundamentally there are four primary types of child abuse, each varying greatly in severity, and the symptoms are not always easy to notice. Although much is currently being done in an attempt to...more
Freebies for the Active Teens Freebies for teens have turned out to be favorable not only to the benefiting teens but for the profit oriented manufacturers and service oriented businesses out there. Our teens are known to be in a...more