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How to Handle Your Children’s Fears And Forgetfulness
Fears We all have secret fears, which may seem silly to others but are very real to us. The adult who fears flying can be shown safety statistics, but at…
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How to Handle the Chores And Conflict Cycle in Children
Chores Child care experts are divided into two groups: the philosophers who expect children to work for the common good of the family; and the pragmatists who buy and bribe.…
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How To Handle Oppositional Behavior in Your Children
One of the most common and difficult problems I see is the child with entrenched opposition. When this problem is in its most minor form the child is reluctant to…
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How to Handle Children Discipline Carefully – The Dos and Don’ts
Ignore the unimportant As parents we can't help ourselves, our child waves a fragment of red rag and we charge like a wounded bull. If the plan is to maintain…
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How to Hand Out Hard Rewards In Parenting
Now we are entering the real world where humans encourage action through gifts, favors, privileges, money and bribes. Hard rewards are particularly useful for the older child, adults and Olympic…
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How to Get Your Teens to Communicate With You and Chat With You
Many parents do not take the opportunity to examine the way they and their teenagers communicate. It seems to be one long fruitless argument, caused by their pigheadedness and laziness.…
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How to Get Your Teens to Accept and Enjoy Family Holidays
Up until their teenage years, children tend to accept fatalistically that holidays are something that adults plan and visit upon you. For many, family holidays are a special treat, as…
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How to Get Your Kids Qualification from Education
Your offspring, by law, are entitled to full-time education up to the age of 19 and, until they are 16, this is your responsibility. We want the best for our…
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How to Do Cumulative Rewards For Children
As children get older they can appreciate rewards that are more abstract and less immediate. Now they can visualize the payout from stars, points or tokens. Star charts Stars allow…
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How to Discipline Your Children When They Resisting Bedtime
Active, energetic preschoolers often do anything to avoid sleep. They turn bedtime or naptime into chase time, crying time, or finding-another-book-to-read time to postpone the dreaded bed. No matter what…
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How To Discipline Your Children When They Get Out of Bed at Night
Children under six years old are famous for piping up with late-night requests for books, kisses, milk, or getting in bed with their parents. Remember that your child's need for…
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How to Get Your Children to Tidy the Bedroom
I often wonder if there is a tidiness gene. If there is, some children are born with this vital bit missing. With untidy children we must accept there will be…
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How To Happily Exploring Prairies With Your Family
Learning About the Midwest's "pioneer quilt" of flowers and grass. How fire renews the prairie. How to behave around buffalo (very carefully!) A tallgrass prairie is a magical mixture of…
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How to Take Care of Your Foot When You Have Diabetes
Foot complications are common among diabetics, especially Type I. In addition to problems arising from peripheral neuropathy, there are other causes: There is a greater tendency toward blocked blood vessels,…
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How to Keep Up with the Sporting Abilities of Your Husband
Ever since the days of ancient Greece, athletes have been considered demigods, and their biceps often bring them more money and success than a Cambridge honors degree. People are always…
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How to Share Each Other’s Ambitions when You’re Married
The marriage vows ought to include, in addition to the promise to share each other's joys and pains, a promise to share each other's ambitions. To take just one example…
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How to Properly Let your Child know that you’re Upset
People argue when it is more important for them to put a point across than to listen to and understand the other person's point of view. An argument happens when…
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How to Solve Fights between Children
Fights between children are an adult’s worst nightmare. Whether you are a parent or a teacher where you have to deal with children on daily basis, fights between children are…
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How to be Good Neighbors
No matter if you are moving into a new neighborhood or still living in the current one, being a good neighbor is a lifelong accomplishment. Some will find other neighbors…
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How to Make Your Son Clean His Room
How to make your son clean his room is a dilemma every mother faces every week. Learn this art of making him clean his room on the net through articles…