Learning a language can be very difficult, particularly for an adult whose brain and thought patterns have already slid into the rut of daily routine and have forgotten how to stretch beyond those boundaries. Children, however, have no such difficulties. Their minds have the ability to retain amounts of information infinitely greater than those that can be retained by an adult. This makes childhood the perfect time to learn a second...more
I think it starts with infant-hood; you know, feeding your kids vegetables as baby food. Did we feed them baby food we thought we would like, or what was good for them? I'm an advocate of introducing vegetables as early as 2 months old.As finger food came along, we may have fed our kids Cheerios or other sweet dry cereal to keep them quiet instead of carrot sticks. We may have given them cookies and sugary snacks to appease them in public places...more
Plan A Multi-Layered Gift For Your Child Sometimes special occasions come up when you really want to wow your child with a great gift. Instead of following a list they have created or going with the usual, consider blending a few things into one great, multi-layered gift. You can look to their favorite activities and interests and create a gift that has several parts. Gifts like this give you a chance to offer education and fun in one gift and because you have mixed the two, your child will still love the gift. A great way to get a kid excited and encourage them to grow is by offering sports materials. You can give your child baseball equipment or baseball instruction and combine these items with game tickets. It is a great way for your child to enjoy a great outing to the ballpark, while also improving their own skills and abilities.If your child enjoys sports and wants to learn more from professionals, consider sending them to a camp. You can combine camps taught by the pros with game tickets. Camps give kids a chance to meet other children with the same sports interests. They also get to learn tips from former professionals and those who have been around the games for...more
Adopting a child can be complicated. Apart from an ocean of paperwork, waiting months for decisions, and the limited number of children available for adoption in the United States, adopting can also cost a great deal of money. If you choose to sponsor a child or children instead, that money could go toward helping many children.International...more
If you saw a child in the street, alone, crying and in obvious distress, would you turn away and ignore that child? Of course you wouldn't. You'd do everything you could to help a child in distress. You'd call the police, try and find the child's parents, or just comfort the child until help arrived. It's the natural thing to do - we care for those...more
Hope is a strange, visceral concept. It is one of those words that, despite a clear dictionary definition, is often unquantifiable. Hope is the desire to see things change, to achieve something worthwhile, to have a better life. But by adding a few letters, hope can be transformed all too easily into hopelessness. And for children, the consequences of losing hope can be profound.Poverty - a new definition of hopelessnessFor children living in poverty around the world, hope can be a very fragile thing. They don't hope to go to college one day - they hope that they will be able to find enough to eat to survive. In the poorest regions of the world and even here in our own country, hope can be elusive and delicate, easily crushed and transformed into hopelessness. At its most fundamental level, this is what poverty does to children. It crushes their spirit and leaves them wondering if there is any reason to continue hoping that tomorrow will be a better day. It can also block the path to God's love, masking the light and message of love that He has for all of His children.But before you feel hope begin to slip away yourself, there are things you can do to restore this fragile concept...more
Choose Kids Birthday Invitations Using a Theme Children's birthday parties are among the easiest types of parties to plan because there are so many choices when it comes to decorations and invitations. However, there are many themes available...more
If you are searching for the key to unlocking happiness in your life then you need to look no further than your own kids. Here are five secrets to being happy that you can learn from your kids: never take things for granted, be curious, spontaneous...more
Angeles Kids – Passionate about Child Care The child care industry is one of the most passionate industries around. A lot of people would tell you that it's right up there with the sports industry. This is because there is a lot at...more
Choosing Smart Toys for Kids Naturally, kids get attracted to new toys and when this really is the case, the curiosity can disappear as fast because it is sparked. It is for this reason that father and mother must note that just mainly because...more
Getting your child admitted at Nursery in Chelsea Kids- each one of them is quite similar and yet very different. Some are so clinger while others are shy. Some of them are like they just get mixed up easily with any one while the others...more
All parents have to learn the different phases that their kid will endure while she / he evolves and matures. You'll surely come across a large number of limitations and also troubles, and as with all things in life, it's usually advisable to...more