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Planning Your Child’s Summer
For most of us, the lazy days of summer are a thing of the past. Most of us are juggling jobs! Sadly, the days of relaxing all summer and doing nothing but focusing on rest and relaxation died out with our grandparent’s generation. However, just because we adults have boring commitments and responsibilities over the summer months does not mean that our children should have to suffer. Children only get one childhood and summer time should be a time of fun and memory making.
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Children: Chores and Allowances
Being part of a family involves having responsibilities. The sooner children learn this, the better. On that note, many parents ask themselves if children should be given chores. The general consensus is: Yes! Giving children age appropriate chores teaches them to be responsible. It also helps them to see how important they are in the family and how their contributions help everyone. When deciding upon chores you should keep your children’s abilities in mind and not just their ages. Some children may not be mature enough to handle particular chores – while other children may be mature enough to be given very important household responsibilities.
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Why Your Kids Need to Exercise and How to Get Them to Do It
Decades ago, screening children for high cholesterol and high blood pressure was fairly uncommon. Today it’s not. If you haven’t heard, many of today’s children are battling the bulge. The excessive weight that many of our children are carrying around should not be ignored. It can lead to physical and mental health problems now - and in their future.
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When Your Children Have Headlice: Treatment Options
Just mentioning head lice is enough to make you feel itchy isn’t it? These pesky little creatures affect almost every child of school age at some time in their lives, and cause no end of grief for parents in the seemingly never ending battle to get rid of them. The first sign you might notice something is wrong is when your child starts scratching their scalp or neck. There might even be a rash at the nape of their neck due to louse droppings! It sounds terrible, I know - but don’t worry. They can be got rid of, but it takes time and a lot of persistence. Before we look at the various treatments available, let’s just dispel a few of the myths surrounding these pests.
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Child Bedwetting Solutions and Advice
Bedwetting, or enuresis, will affect all children at some stage in their lives. It is estimated that fifteen to twenty percent of all five and six year olds will wet the bed at some point. Making that transition from wearing nappies to being dry is a big step after all, and it takes some children longer than others. Having a few strategically placed potties around the house can be an enormous help during the day, when your child needs to get to the toilet in a hurry. Some parents let their children wander around in just a t-shirt during the day so that they don’t have to worry about pulling pants down. However, you should expect a few puddles here and there along the way until your child learns to recognise when they need to go.
Latest Pregnancy & Parenting Discussions
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Jimmie mother again at 50..
Jimmie has just had her 9th baby and its healthy but shes 50…
That would be special enough if Jimmie were human, but shes a chimpanzee at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem.
Her last baby was born 16 years ago and nobody expected the OAP ape to be getting pregnant again but Jimmie took it all in her stride and handled the birth all on her own. The father is thought to be a 7 year old male who is no longer living at the… -
We have just moved and i dont have a HV!!
Im just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to find their number?
We are staying under the same doctors as i have servre PND. But my LO hasnt been weighed since 16 weeks and he is 24 weeks this week…
I have tried phoning my old one but she is never there, the doctors only have the number for the ones i used to have. Can’t find it on nhs’s website.
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Finally I got an answer from child services.
The day we took S to her sisters house I sent the ‘ contact’ person at Child services an email I explained all the problem’s and explained where S was.. Then I phoned the head office they said they would pass on the message and get back to me........
Yesterday I got an email… Ive translated it verbatim
Dear Mrs A
In the week we received your email we set up an emergency meeting with S, her sister, myself and other groups within child services it was decided that S would be better… -
My own fairytale for my kids
I’ve found a way to teach my kids wisdom so that it is interesting and memorable lesson for them: I’ve decided to write my own fairytale. I’ve always had a passion for writing and here’s how I can use it. For now I have only the introductory Chapter 1, I’m planning to discuss the “hot” topics in each chapter (e.g. Tom (my 5 year old son) can’t figure out how to get along with children of the same age - so the hero in my next chapter will have the same problem)
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Out and About with Twins
Hello all!
My twins are almost five months old now, and I’ve slowly learned that it isn’t always easy to get them packed up to make a trip to the store.
The other day, it took me an hour to put everything I needed into the diaper bag and get the kids into their car seats. By the time I got there, I had no clue why I decided to go to that store because I forgot what I needed to buy. I ended up walking out without buying anything.
Did anyone else have…