| Teaching Children - Should You Let Nature Take Its Course Or Intervene?
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Teaching Children - Should You Let Nature Take Its Course Or Intervene?
One tough dilemma for any parent is to know when to let children learn for themselves from the consequences of their own actions and when to intervene to teach them a lesson. This is sometimes referred to as natural consequences or logical consequences and the principle is simple but its execution is not always easy.
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| Author : Donald Saunders
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Created : 10 Apr 2007
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| Let Them Have Their Temper Tantrums !
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Temper Tantrum: Let Them Have Their Temper Tantrums !
Children between the ages of one and seven are open to emotional hurts. Temper tantrums are a way a young child expresses his frustration over a situation or a person. When your child feels thwarted, he feels many mixed emotions. Usually temper tantrums are brought about by stress. This stress is anything that disrupts the normal balance of th . . . more
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| Author : BrainyZine
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Created : 05 Feb 2007
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| Active Adults Make Active Families
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Active Adults Make Active Families
Be an active adult and reap the benefits - even from light and moderate effort activities. This will help you in the following ways:
� Weight control
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| Author : Get Kids Active
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Created : 29 Oct 2006
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| The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Parents
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The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Parents
By Jim Brackin
Despite the thousands of books written on the subject, kids don't come with a 'how to' manual. As with all relationships, creating a strong bond takes time and effort. Being a Mom or Dad is a tough, demanding and time consuming job, but there are certain habits that seem to make the job a little easier.
1. Give your love, unconditional . . . more
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| Author : Jim Brackin
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Created : 06 Sep 2006
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| Big Buddy- Making a world of difference
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| Big Buddy mentoring is based on the simple philosophy that boys need good male role models in their lives to become good men. Unfortunately, many boys do not have a father or other male role model in their lives and while mothers do courageous work in raising their boys alone, they cannot model maleness. And above all else, boys learn through modelling.A simple solution is to match these boys with . . . more
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| Author : Ed
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Created : 21 May 2006
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| Raising Boys
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Raising Boys
By Micheal Grose
The topic of raising boys is still a big interest to parents. It is no secret that many parents struggle when it comes to raising or even teaching boys. Boys are easy to raise and teach as long as you understand the trigger that motivates them.
The last decade has seen heightened interest in and awareness of the issues surrounding boys in most of the western wor . . . more
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| Author : By Micheal Grose
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Created : 20 May 2006
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| Understanding your child's needs.
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Understanding your child's needs.
First relationships are very important for children�s learning and development, right from the start. Good communication is the key. Talking to babies and young children makes all the difference, so that they feel safe and supported as they start to explore the world.
Other adults may give lots of advice on how to parent. We sometimes forget to l . . . more
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| Author : Team Up
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Created : 30 Mar 2006
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| Bullying Solution Lies With Communities
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News release 13 March 06
The death of 12 year-old Alex Teka must be taken as a sign of the seriousness of bullying and social relationship issues for New Zealand children. What�s Up, a national helpline that answers 500 calls a day from children and young people all over New Zealand, has received calls from children as young as seven years expressing the wish to die because of the bullying they a . . . more
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| Author : Ed
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Created : 15 Mar 2006
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| Kids not listening? Top 10 Tips to Deal With It!
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This article is one of many about child development on http://www.brainy-child.com
Child Discipline: Kids Not Listening? Top 10 Tips to Deal With It!
By Cathy Gariety
As parents we have all faced it. The kids are not listening to you without you repeating yourself over and over and it's driving you crazy. You give them chances or count to ten and they still won't li . . . more
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| Author : BrainyZine
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Created : 30 Nov 2005
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| New Zealand Families Commission
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Our role is to promote the needs and interests of all families to government and the wider community. To do this, we need to understand the issues affecting families. We listen to families, and organisations involved with them, to hear their views.Our key functions are:
increasing awareness and understanding of the issues that families face encouraging public debate on family-related matters
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| Author : Ed
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Created : 27 Nov 2005
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