Jul 1st, 2010
The hazards facing children on the Internet vary widely. There's the chance they'll find inappropriate content. They might make friends with people who aren't who they claim to be. They may face cyber-bullying. While not every child will encounter all of these problems, they are very real. It's important that parents help their children know how to cope.
Jun 30th, 2010
What kid doesn’t love it when Mom or Dad spends money on them? But where's the line between generosity and parenting with your wallet, and what’s the danger of crossing that line? What’s the best approach to take when your ex-spouse spends on the kids instead of parenting them? James Lehman explains.
Jun 30th, 2010
A recent groundbreaking research is finding that the programming of the sub-conscious mind plays a much larger role in our mental and physical development and this programming begins BEFORE conception. How we CHOOSE to react to events in our lives gives our children the belief that this is also how they should react to a similar event in their lives.
Jun 29th, 2010
In the the last of our four-part series based on the sun signs, we discuss the Air signs - Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. Air Children live a lot of their lives in their fertile imaginations and their minds. Air is meant to be everywhere, but not intrusive. As long as you let them be, that’s what most Air children are like.
Jun 29th, 2010
To your children, all interactions with your partner are very powerful life lessons. When they get married and have your grandkids, will they raise them to be decent, compassionate individuals? Or will they perpetuate a dysfunctional cycle that began with you? The answer falls squarely within your collective hands.
Jun 28th, 2010
In the third of a four-part series on the sun signs, we discuss the Earth signs. Earth children are stable, hard-working, outgoing, loyal and steady in their temperament. Although the best-behaved of all the signs, Earth children still require a specific kind of care to nurture and cultivate their best qualities.
Jun 28th, 2010
Children are the easiest beings in the world to heal because they are the most creative and open to change. When you surround your child with an environment constantly overflowing with positive, light-hearted laughter and fun-loving joyful energy, they absorb this energy and effortlessly begin to discover this natural state of healing inside.
Jun 27th, 2010
In the second part of our four-part series based on the sun signs, we discuss the Water Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Water Children are extremely sensitive, emotional and have a sense of magic about them. They are intuitive and gentle, and care should be taken that they don’t lose these qualities.
Jun 27th, 2010
Many of us know that there is a big difference between social intelligence and intellectual intelligence. But not many of us know that social intelligence deserves the same precise, discrete and unambiguous handling that intellectual intelligence does. So what does it take to raise a socially intelligent child?