Children learn the value of showing appreciation and giving back from the examples their parents give them. In turn, giving back is something we have learned from watching others show appreciation. Robert Cialdini, a professor emeritus of psychology at Arizona State University, explains the natural inclination to give back after you have been gifted as… Read more:
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Helping children through foster care
Once the kids are grown and out of one’s house, a person may be bored and lonely and may feel like he or she needs to hear the kids once again in the house. One way of bringing back this wonderful experience is by being a foster care parent. Fostering a child who is vulnerable… Read more:
How to Overcome the Stresses of Bedwetting
As you are drifting off into your dreams and enjoying the images of your carefree youthful days you are quickly awoken by a light tapping sound…Uh oh…you know that sound. This is the tap of a young child in need. A child facing embarrassment, discomfort, and of course exhaustion. “I had an accident.” You don’t… Read more:
The Seven Ages of Dad
It’s fair to say that Dads go through many different ages, from the initial excitement and stresses of being a young father, through to the challenges of being a responsible parent to growing children, before taking on a role where they are more readily seen as Grandfathers first, and Dads second. At each of these… Read more:
How Can We Help Children to Celebrate Their Childhood?
To take one look at the way society is towards children in the modern day, it is a wonder that the whole concept of ‘childhood’ still exists at all. Popular culture is filled with so-called role models as points of reference for what you should look like and aspire to be, relating to both boys… Read more:
The Bond of Shared Solitude: Family Connection in the Natural World
[Adapted from "The Nature Principle"] Boredom has its benefits. So does solitude, that lost art in the age of wall-to-wall media. To occasionally be alone — not lonely, but alone — is an important part of parenting and of marriage. One time, my wife Kathy rented a room at the beach, and spent a weekend… Read more:
How To Instill Good Eating And Fitness Habits In Your Kids
Your biggest role as a father is to make sure your kids have a healthy and happy childhood. A child who is used to an active and healthy lifestyle is more likely to lead a healthy, balanced life as an adult. As the frightening statistics of childhood obesity show, children are exposed to diseases which… Read more:
Inheriting a Kid
So you’ve met a woman. Maybe it was in a bar, or maybe it was in some self-development class, but either way you have felt a connection, a knowing, a sense that this lady is someone you could see yourself spending your life with. Only there’s something you don’t know; something she hasn’t mentioned. You… Read more:
When You Think Your Children Need More, Think Again
How much is too much to give your children? Consider this: For everything you give your child, you are taking something away. This applies to buying your teenager a new car, giving them the down payment on a home, or leaving them $100,000 when you die. The typical parent, at all income levels, imbibes the… Read more:
Matters of the Heart: Women and Heart Disease
February 1-7, 2012 is National Women’s Heart Week There is emerging awareness and concern today, as more women now die from coronary disease in this country each year than do men. In fact, when women show up with their first heart attack, 52 percent of them die from sudden cardiac death. Men, 42 percent. This… Read more:
{Might as well feed your kids Twinkies} Children’s Cereals are Sugar Bombs
How ’bout a couple of cookies for breakfast, son? No? How ’bout a Twinkie? Oh, you’d rather have some cereal? That’s a great choice – much more nutritious than eating dessert for breakfast! Not so fast, dad. That breakfast cereal could actually have more sugar in it than junk food, according to a new study… Read more: