Archive for July, 2009
Let Them Eat Carrots?
There’s a multi-million dollar industry of books and tips to ‘trick’ your child into eating healthy. Yet, as a parent most people don’t want to use dishonesty and covert squash in the sauce tricks to trick a kid into eating right, it just feels… unhealthy. While I doubt that Let them eat carrots will be [...]
Make the Transition Back To School Easier
Back to school time can be exciting, some kids don’t need much in the way of help for the transition others need a bit of help to get this started. It can be a rough transition for most, going from the relative easy days of summer straight into the structure of the school environment. Here [...]
Prom Fever in The UK
In America the prom is the highlight of most kid’s high school years. A magical night where everyone gets to get all decked out and dance the night away, and it’s been a huge deal for a long time now. The UK has experienced a huge fascination and implementation of their own proms. Parents are [...]
Bath Time Safety Tips
Sadly, there are thousands of injuries every year during bath time. The statistics for children injured or killed duringbath time are staggering. More than 43,000 kids and teens are hurt in bathtubs or showers each year, according to Ohio State University and the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio. [...]
The Social-Outcast Singleton Myth
Spoiled, Socially Maladjusted, Mean, and Self Centered. These are just a few of the words most people associate with ‘Only Children’. (Incidentally, it seems that Wikipedia has a page about ‘spoiled brats’ linked in that page. ) These have been rather persistent over the years, since around the 1890’s stemming from a study by G. [...]
