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How to Teach a Child Proper Hygiene

Personal hygiene is important for everyone. Encourage your child to take an interest in his level of cleanliness from an early age. You can let them read the Kids Hygiene…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Health & Personal Care

How to Take Care of a Child with Cerebral Palsy

This is a general term that describes a range of serious coordination difficulties, including the following: Spasticity, in which the leg and arm muscles are very tight and contract very…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Health & Personal Care

How to Tackle Breath-Holding in Toddlers

Your toddler is prone to tantrums from the age of eighteen months onwards, as he struggles to gain control over his temper. Your child's desire to do what he wants,…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Soothe Your Crying Baby

If your baby cries constantly throughout the night and doesn't respond to your efforts to quiet her, consider the following possibilities: Diaper change. Your first step should always be to…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Set an Allowance for Children

Most children older than five receive an allowance each week from their parents. Giving your child an allowance will enable her to learn how to spend money, save for a…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Reduce your Child’s Risk of SIDS (crib death)

The sudden death of a healthy baby is one of the worst tragedies any family can possibly experience. Yet the tragic fact is that every year approximately one baby in…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Raise a Child with Down Syndrome

This condition was first described by Dr. John Langdon Down in 1866. Although he couldn't identify the source of the problem, he was able to list a number of common…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Increase a Child’s Attention Span

No matter how eager your child is to discover and explore his surroundings, he needs to concentrate on what he's doing. A focused attention span is important, particularly when your…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Improve Children Behavior with Additive-Free Diet

An American medical practitioner Ben Feingold was the first to suggest a link between additives in children's food and hyperactivity. He claimed that if an overactive, disruptive child eats only…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Identify and Educate a Gifted Child

The distinction between a "very clever" child and a "gifted" child is unclear. Some psychologists regard a child as gifted when she has an IQ of above 130, whereas others…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Help Your Child to Adjust to Being Left in the Temporary Care

Early on in your child's life, you will probably start to use baby sitters or childcare services, either to allow you to resume your own social life once again or…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Help Your Child Develop Creativity

Psychologists have compiled a list of features that describe an object or idea that is creative: It must have novelty. It should be original and unusual (for example, inventing a…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Help an Autistic Child

Autistic children have difficulties forming relationships with other people. They seem to be cut off, living in a world of their own. Although the condition was first identified in the…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Help a Clumsy Child Acquire a More Positive Self-Image

Children who are clumsy often grow up to dread physical activities because they see themselves as incompetent. These children develop a negative self-image about their coordination skills, and avoid any…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Help a Child Overcome Fear

Childhood fears are a normal part of early development. Almost 90 percent of young children experience a mild fear at some point. These fears may be real, such as a…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Handle Emotional Deprivation in Children

In 1953, Dr. John Bowiby wrote that every baby must have "a warm, intimate and continuous relationship with his mother," or else he will not thrive. Although this theory of…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Handle Children Fighting

Minor fights are common in childhood. Your child may become involved in a fight for a variety of reasons (for example, she feels threatened; someone has taken one of her…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Handle a Hyperactive Child

A hyperactive child shows an abnormally high level of activity, combined with a short attention span, a low level of concentration, and a superabundance of impulsive and reckless behavior. Perception…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Health & Personal Care

How to Handle a Hospitalized Child

Going into the hospital isn't something that happens just to other people's children—half of all children are admitted to a hospital before they reach the age of seven. Sometimes the…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Handle a Child’s Feelings of Guilt

A child's feelings of guilt stem from his conscience, the part of his mind that tells him that he has broken a rule and that he should feel bad about…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010