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You want to give you children every advantage in life. What if I could tell you a way to enhance your child's cognitive development, future educational performance, and even job opportunities as an adult? And you get someone to help you care for your children as well!Learning a foreign language helps brain developmentAccording [...]

The dating effects of single parents is a real parenting issue which can often be overlooked by those who are on the search for companionship.Many parents underestimate their children's emotional needs during this intriguing time. Children often hide their feelings and won't express them until pushed into a corner either through frustration or unconscious neglect. [...]

Most parents have trouble communicating with their twenty-something children. It is a difficult stage of life, a transitional time when adult children ignore their parent's advice or view them as clueless. Many times the adult children will become unappreciative and hostile, pushing the parent/child relationship into a downward spiral.Martha Pope Gorris, author of [...]

It cannot be denied that single parenting is a tough job. No matter what circumstances have thrown you into the world of single parenting, the road that you are traveling is a rough one.There are many struggles that a single parent may face. You must know how to balance your work, housework, visitation [...]

I was talking to a friend the other day who was telling me about a 40-year old man who threw a temper-tantrum every time he didn't get his way. While the man was generally a nice guy, his tantrums made everyone around him walk on eggshells. They didn't know what would set him off or [...]

Values are ideals that guide or qualify your personal conduct, interaction with others, and involvement in your career. They help you to distinguish what is right from wrong.It stands to reason then, that teaching values to your children is an important part of being a parent. Values make our society safe and workable, and [...]

You may know that the husband is the head of the household. But we often overlook that the wife is the household manager. Let's face it, any mother who has successfully managed a house full of kids is qualified to manage just about any business. She knows how to handle inventory (clothes and groceries), manage [...]

Let us hope that your child will not experience any major trauma in his or her developing years. But even if a trauma should occur, it doesn't have to be a "life-shattering event." More than fifty years of research, beginning with the study of children who experienced the London bombings in World War II, has [...]

According to standardized intelligence tests, children are getting smarter and smarter. Most children recognize school success as a highly valued achievement in today's world. Our culture celebrates high achievers, and we are one of the most productive nations in history. Yet many educators agree that underachievement is among the most serious problems facing our schools [...]