Parents With Mental Illness: How It Impacts Their Parenting Capacity

Aug 5th, 2010

Parents With Mental Illness: How It Impacts Their Parenting Capacity

There are many reasons that a child may grow up disturbed and perhaps the most unfortunate is to have parents who are themselves coping with mental illness. A large number of children live with a parent who has a long-term problem such as alcohol or drug abuse, personality disorder or depression. Psychologist, H'vovi Bhagwagar tells us what happens to the child and other family members when parents have a mental illness.

Adolescent Behavior Part II: 8 Ways To Manage Acting-Out Kids

Aug 4th, 2010

Adolescent Behavior Part II: 8 Ways To Manage Acting-Out Kids

In part two of this series on adolescent behavior problems, James discusses eight ways to challenge acting out behavior in kids today - from disrespect to breaking curfew to alcohol and substance abuse - in order to start changing your child's behavior tomorrow.

Adolescent Phase – Or Out-of-Control Behavior?

Aug 4th, 2010

Adolescent Phase – Or Out-of-Control Behavior?

“Every teen goes through this!” You tell yourself these words, but in the back of your mind, you wonder if your child’s disrespect, acting out and destructive behavior really is normal. How do you know if your child is going through an adolescent phase, or if his out-of-control behavior is here to stay? James Lehman has the answer in Part 1 of this 2-part series.

Championing Your Child To Develop High Self-Esteem

Aug 3rd, 2010

Championing Your Child To Develop High Self-Esteem

Studies show that high self-esteem is the #1 ingredient essential for developing happiness, fulfillment, rich relationships, and overall success in life. In the life of every child, usually sometime between birth and age 6, something happens to have the child doubt him or believe that he or she is flawed, unlovable, not worthy, imperfect.

Working Moms: Get Your Groove Back After Kids

Aug 3rd, 2010

Working Moms: Get Your Groove Back After Kids

Are you longing to get back to work after children? If you find yourself in such a position desiring more from life, but simply afraid of how to go about it after a long break, here is some expert advice for moms who want to get back to rediscovering themselves.

Is It Okay To Spoil Your Kids?

Aug 2nd, 2010

Is It Okay To Spoil Your Kids?

None of us want ‘spoiled’ kids - kids who are bratty, self-centered, demanding, inconsiderate. So, what spoils children and what doesn’t? We can spoil our children with material things, but we can’t spoil them with love, says Dr. Margaret Paul. Love is the energy of acceptance for who the child really is.

Home Buying Minus The Heartache

Aug 2nd, 2010

Home Buying Minus The Heartache

When the time finally comes to sell your old home and buy a new one, you have little choice but to be brave and go through with it. Proper planning will put you more in control of the situation, making the stress of home buying easier to handle.

Raising A Gifted Child: Getting The Balance Right

Aug 1st, 2010

Raising A Gifted Child: Getting The Balance Right

Gifted children tend to be passionate and single-minded about their interests, focusing their energy on the topics that absorb them, often to the exclusion of other activities. One of the challenges for parents with a gifted child is to encourage them to develop a range of interest outside the academic sphere, that not only rounds them out but stops them from being isolated from their peers.

Indian Parents: Now You Can Monitor Your Kids In School Buses

Aug 1st, 2010

Indian Parents: Now You Can Monitor Your Kids In School Buses

Indian schools are all set to implement a high-tech solution that will enable schools and parents to monitor students' entry into and exit from school buses. This state-of-the-art RFID and GPS based tracking system displays not only a real-time view of the location of the bus, but also the student inside the bus.