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Communicating with our children can be a hard task at times. We feel like they are not listening to us; they feel like we are not listening to them. Good listening and communications are essential parenting skills to achieve success. Your child's feelings, views and standpoints have worth, and you should make sure [...]

Being a new parent can be pretty scary sometimes. You have this brand new little life that is completely dependent upon you. It helps to read books and articles, but until you can experience it first hand, there is no way to even imagine the awesome experience of parenthood.

The amount of toys available on the market has skyrocketed. Children are now faced with shelves upon shelves of toys, figures, dolls, games, and electronics, making it difficult for parents, relatives, and friends to choose an appropriate gift. Presenting even more of a concern are safety issues. With so many choices, how does an unsuspecting [...]

Everyone inherits basic cooking skills from their parents. Each family follows peculiar eating habits. There are certain food preparations which are specific to a particular group of people. Various parts of the same country even have different diets. There are certain treasured recipes in each family which are traditionally passed to the ancestors. Parents used [...]

Children everywhere are searching for some money making ideas. Whether it's for clothes, video games, music, iPods, or whatever the latest trend is presently, youngsters are looking for money to spend on them.

Disciplining children is a very controversial subject today. Many people are convinced spanking is no different than child abuse. The way some parents spank, this isn't too far from the truth. However, spanking should never be used in an abusive manner. Doing so will certainly never have the intended result.

Now that Christmas is over and I have had a chance to play with the many toys Santa brought for our little ones it makes me reflect to the toys I had as a kid. This will not be a complaining session, I was actually quite happy with the toys I had as a child. [...]

Child monitors are marvellous gizmos for many stressed parents. They not only give them more time to themselves and to work, but most especially, they give them the opportunity to provide for the security of their kids even when they are in a different room. Even so, with the many different models available on the [...]

"My son would never do something like that. He's innocent." So said the mother of a man accused of killing a deputy sheriff near Albuquerque. At the time of the shooting, Michael Astorga was wanted for another murder, and his brother is currently serving time for murder.

Without a doubt, step parenting is one of the biggest challenges facing anyone. A family has been torn apart by divorce and the children are caught in the middle of it. Unfortunately, after the child, the step parent has the next big challenge. The only person on ones side is hopefully your spouse. [...]