Back in 1917, the editor of Girls' Own Annual bewailed the loss of privacy. The telegraph operator knows what we say and what is said to us, she lamented. Then television was just a wild idea. Windows and Yahoo meant different things and Google was still to be invented. Surveillance cameras and closed circuit TV were in the realms of science fiction. The butler usually took care of things now can be handled by a computer system like Bsecure.We...more
According to Wikipedia.com child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was utilized to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence...more
Parenting Teens - Facing Up To The Challenges And Finding Solutions Easily And Quickly Parenting teens does not have to be a nightmare. But let's face it there are challenges which will test our nerve. The good news is that if we know where to get help, we can get through all the problems and raise great kids who will become well balanced adults.We may have to face the challenge of our teen being a nutrition nightmare and the amount of junk food and the sheer quantities do not make this any easier. Just think that junk food quantities have doubled in size over the last twenty years. We know that about 17% of teenagers are overweight and about 15% are involved in eating disorders which range from fasting to binge eating and all the variants in between.How do we help teens to make the right food choices? Forget the lectures about junk food and just make sure that nutritious family meals together happen as often as possible. Research in the Journal of Adolescent Health showed that teens who ate dinner with their family had a much better chance of not getting involved in risky behaviors such as purging and binge eating.Other great ways are to be a role model yourself for healthy...more
People should not wait till older or obese to start acquiring knowledge of proper diet and workouts. Children and adults are more sedentary because of computers, TV and video games. In addition, food products adults and kids eat are loaded with unhealthy substances which result in excess pounds. There are a number of services including health clubs...more
Children Disciplining Tips - Learn How The Experts Do It And How You Can Too! If you want to know how to be a great parent or feel that you have been ineffectual up to now, read this article to get a few children disciplining tips from the experts. I say the experts because we need sound advice as parenting can sometimes seem to be the most...more
Kids' Attitude - How To Change It For The Better By Using A Child Behavior Program I have just seen an interesting video on how we can change kids' attitude for the better by simply using gratitude techniques. The role of gratitude in happiness is well established and the more grateful we are, the happier we tend to be.Yet we rarely encourage kids to express their gratitude and that may well be one reason why their mindset at times is all negative. We all know how negative thoughts can drag us down into despair and depression and we cannot get out of that awful vortex.The power of positive thinking is much more than a slogan as all the research shows. Having a positive and grateful mindset should be practised and taught to our kids. We can encourage them to do this by just keeping a gratitude journal. We can have a family list of things to be grateful for on the fridge door. We can ask our kids at mealtimes to tell us about three positive things that have happened that day. We can do this at bedtime too before we go to sleep. Parents should do this too!The results of all this will be that kids' attitude can change and we will all feel stronger, energized and certainly...more
Parent Teen Guide - Finding Out What Teenagers Really Think If you want some parent teen advice, read this article to find some surprising views from teens themselves about how they see parenting and what they would like from us.One thing...more
What Do You Do When You Catch Children Stealing? - Strategies To Help You Deal With This With very young children who like to steal toys from their siblings or friends, stealing is one of the parenting problems that we come across. The first...more
What To Do When Kids Lie - Strategies From Child Behavior Therapy We all tell lies and we even justify telling a white lie as adults because we feel that this method is better, safer and less trouble than having to tell the truth. We do it all...more
How To Parent Unmotivated Children - Strategies From A Child Behavior Program Can Work Wonders! How to parent unmotivated children can really seem like an uphill task and is full of obstacles, it seems. First let us look at the causes of lack...more
Oppositional Children? Time To Get Back In Control Again The behavior patterns of oppositional children usually follow a fairly well defined path. The first thing we notice is the defiance and the almost insatiable desire to have a...more
Know More On Trendy Teen Hairstyles Teenage is a wonderful time for young girls looking for better and easier ways of enhancing their styles so as to impress their mates. Let it be the dressing or the hairstyle, teenagers always try to imitate...more