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It takes a village to raise a family; advice and tips to make the most of yours.
How Parents Can Help Their Kids With COVID-19 Safety Measures
A question just arrives in our minds today. If you ask us what is this very question. We will say it is all about how parents can help their kids to embrace safety measures in this trying and disturbing moment of humanity.
By Emediong Joseph5 years ago in Families
How to Talk to Your Daughter About Sex Without Shaming Her
I can’t imagine having an open conversation with either of my parents about sex, even now, as an adult. Anytime I’ve tried, with my mother, I’ve been given disgusted looks and felt her scorn. How dare I bring up something that’s to remain private, in an open and vulnerable way?
By Demeter DeLune5 years ago in Families
Motherhood as Meditation
This morning I got up to make a cup of tea before the children woke. I had scarcely filled the kettle before tiny sounds called me back to the bedroom and a sleepy baby held her arms up. I tried to set her down with toys so I could carry on with the morning but she fussed and wailed until I scooped her up again. Motherhood as a different pace than the life I knew previously. We have created different rhythms and embraced a slower pace of life. So I settled my daughter on my hip and finished filling the kettle, including her in my morning tea rhythm. A rhythm is a practice of ebb and flow that evolves to suit each season of your life. I have come to use rhythms at home to create a container for our daily movements. These rhythms arise as I pay attention to our daily life and our needs, using these rhythms to make space for our wants and needs, creating a flow for each day.
By Raine Sillito6 years ago in Families
Parenting for our Youth's Future
Dear Parent, For the kids. We need to bring back our families. The family life that provides stability and security. Now more than ever we have at our fingertips, options to build fundamental resources. I know it is a challenging time for you all these days! As a parent with two grown children I know what it feels like to navigate through work-home balance. However, today's parenting challenges are more than just a work-home balance. There are challenges from society. We want the best for our children. And as the old saying goes "it takes a village". In our case, a Community. During my years of raising my kids, I had many challenges due to being a single parent. The one sided affair left little time for me and kids to have quality of time outside of my work schedule and their school schedule. By the time the day was done, there were only a few hours left for our quality time together. Now, thirty years later, I see so many who are experiencing a single parenting situation in their lives. And all I can think is, how did we get this way? How can we become a Family Sector that provides a stable foundation for our children. As I speak to youth, I hear heartbreaking stories. The main voice they are straining to speak is they don't know where to turn. Many are left without proper guidance because parents are busy with work and keeping up with the growing changes in society. If I could, I would become the Old Woman Who Living in a Shoe. My heart is completely drawn towards helping our youth become stronger in their values and become an advocate for their behalf to educate them to make a greater choice so they can make the right choices when it comes to relationships and marriage.
By Proactively Healthy6 years ago in Families
Fitting In
Life, it's a scary thing. Suddenly we are born and as we grow we are expected to learn new things every day and build relationships and careers and just exist. What happens when you feel like you are fail every aspect of this? What happens when you feel completely alone in a crowed room? Or you feel like the most uneducated person in the room? Or you can't even get your career started?
By Katelyn Doner 6 years ago in Families
Making Life Easier For Your Elderly Loved Ones
Although it's possible for many seniors to continue living independent and productive lives at home, that doesn't mean that it's always easy. For elderly family members, some simple tasks may become more difficult, and although they would like to continue living on their own, they may not be able to function by themselves in the same way that they once were able to. That doesn't mean, though, that it can't be done, or that there aren't ways for you to make their lives easier.
By Kari Oakley6 years ago in Families
Music for Young ones
As a music educator, I have always been an advocate for engaging children in music from an early age. I myself started piano lessons when I was four years old, and those music skills have stuck with me for 26 years now. Engaging kids in music is not only good for their cognitive skills, but it can also help them to come up with their own creative environment. There are countless amounts of times that we hear kids singing a song they made up...let them! Let those creative skills show!
By Stephanie Fernsler6 years ago in Families
The Strong Woman's Guide To Surviving An Adversarial Divorce/Separation with Children
Do you feel alone, lost and broken? Unsure where to turn for advice, or what advice is even worth trusting? This is commonplace to find yourself in when you're staring down an adversarial or difficult divorce or separation, especially when kids are involved. Your heart is walking outside your body, and everything feels vulnerable.
By Starr Watson6 years ago in Families
Understanding the Rights and Role of Grandparents in a Divorce
In case your son or daughter is getting separated, at that point, as a grandparent, it is an awful time. You may not concur with your children’s choice to get a divorce from their significant other or spouse or continue ahead with their new partner. You dislike how your grandkid is being utilised as a pawn by their warring guardians. But there’s a lot more you can do than mourn over the tough time! You can hire lawyers for grandparents rights in Manchester and fight for the little children’s future.
By James Corby6 years ago in Families
Tell your children 'No'
Learn to tell your kid no. No, they cannot have that cookie. No we can’t go inside. Teach them how to deal with rejection, with failure. Teach them to LOSE. Why? So they learn how to build character, gumption and class. Yes class. It takes class to have someone yell in your face and you tactfully tell them to go to hell, so they actually look forward to the trip. They need to learn that the world does NOT revolve around them and their bubble. Their art isn’t the most magnificent thing you’ve ever seen, and their face isn’t made for tv, its made for radio. Sound too harsh? Please let me explain...
By Rachelle Janssen6 years ago in Families
