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How to Handle a Children Aggression

Every child is aggressive at one time or another. Sometimes aggression is desirable (for example, when he has to protect himself), acceptable (for example, when he is trying to win…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Handle a Child with Attention-Seeking Behavior

Young children seek attention. Attention ensures the survival of very young children. However, children can also push their parents to the absolute limit with their demands to be the star…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Handle a Child with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

It is estimated that up to 3 percent of the general population is affected by Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). ADD is defined as develop-mentally inappropriate inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity, and…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Give Your Baby a Bath

Bath time can be such fun for you and your baby; a time for loving physical contact, a time when your baby can relax in the comforting warmth of the…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Get Your Children to Eat

Sometimes a meal can be unattractive to a child, even though his parents find it very appetizing. That's because eating isn't just about the quality of food—it's also about the…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Establish a Bedtime Routine for Your Children

It's not unusual for a child to resist going to bed at the end of the day: he would rather stay up and continue to have fun! The easiest way…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Encourage Your Child Stop Clinging

As your child develops during the early years, he gradually establishes his independence. For instance, he can do much more for himself at the age of four years than he…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Encourage Independence in Your Child

One minute your child is determined to prove that she can undress herself without your help. The next she desperately wants you to cuddle her because she's afraid to go…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Encourage Imaginative Play in a Child

Imaginative play does not emerge until a child is about one year old, and continues to develop throughout the preschool years. This form of play has two features that distinguish…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Encourage Friendships between Children

Children form friendships for many reasons. At times it is difficult for parents to understand why two particular children enjoy each other's company so much. Friendships provide psychological benefits, such…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Ease Your First-Born’s Jealousy

Nothing can unsettle a firstborn child like the impending arrival of a new baby. Until this moment he's had mom and dad all to himself and he expects this way…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Discourage your Child from Linking Physical Attractiveness to Feelings of Personal Worth

Our culture is obsessed with physical appearance. We are constantly bombarded by advertisements, television programs, and films that create a link in our minds between beauty and success, between slimness…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Discipline a Child

The style of discipline used in any family is defined by the parenting style. Extensive research shows that discipline follows three main styles: Authoritarian. In an authoritarian family, obedience is…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Develop Your Child’s Coordination Skills

Your child's coordination skills—her ability to move and manage her legs, arms, hands, and fingers in a controlled and deliberate way—fall into two categories: Gross motor coordination. Your child's ability…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Health & Personal Care

How to Detect a Hearing Loss in a Child

Whether total or partial, hearing loss is the single most common reason underlying a child's failure to develop normal speech. A hearing-impaired child may be slower to speak, and slower…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Deal with Age Gap between Children

Most parents worry about jealousy between their children, and some parents think they can minimize jealousy by having either a very small age gap between siblings or a very large…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Lifestyle & Personality

How to Deal with a Chronically Sick Child

Dealing with a sick child is difficult at the best of times. There are so many things to worry about, ranging from the trivial (who will do the car pool…

Alan Kennon April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Deal with a Child with Epilepsy

A child with epilepsy tends to have recurrent seizures that are caused by abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain. The condition has several different variations, resulting in more…

Roberta Southworth April 17, 2010

Family & Relationships

How to Criticize Your Child

No child thrives on criticism, although every child benefits from helpful correction. While both these measures share the purpose of changing a child's behavior, criticism is nearly always negative. It…

Roberta Southworth April 16, 2010

Sports & Fitness

How to Cope With Daytime Wetting

Most children gain bowel and bladder control around the age of three or four years and are able reliably to remain dry during the day. Of course, toilet "accidents" will…

Bruno Silva April 16, 2010