50 Things Every Single Dad Should Know
by Detra Davis, Det. ?Mama said there?d be days like this,? are strikingly honest lyrics that should be the introduction to the single dad?s national anthem. What mama didn?t say is that the days would sometimes go on, and on, and on, and on. It?s no secret that being a...

Top 10 Home Business Ideas for Single Parents
by Detra Davis, Det. There is no doubt these are difficult economic times for all parents but particularly for parents who have only one income. I am a firm believer that single parents must have several streams of income and operating a home-based business is one way...

Eating Disorders in Teens
by Nivea David, Niv. According to a survey eating disorders most often affect young women. Less than 10% of people with eating disorders are boys and men. Eating disorders affect a person?s physical and emotional health. They are very dangerous illnesses and can be...

Acquiring The Very Best Parenting Skills
by Clive Jenkins, Cli. Without doubt you have heard this term, in one way or another, "Parenting Skill", but how do we go about finding this particular skill? Do we administer for it in college, and earn credits for it? Learning something is much harder than teaching...

Peer Pressure and Teens
by Nivea David, Niv. Peer pressure is one thing that all teens have in common. You can't escape it. It is everywhere. Whether it is pressure to conform to a group norm or pressure to act, peer pressure is something everybody has to deal with at some time in his or her...

Anxiety treatment
by Monica Craft, Mon. Anxiety is a feeling of being physically or mentally angry or feeling unease. The teens experience it when they faced with a stressful situation, like an interview, before an exam, or during a worrying time such as illness. It is normal to feel...

Drug Addicts Teens
by Monica Craft, Mon. Have you found that a troubled teens life has been struggling with drugs and or alcohol abuse. For many parents finding out that their son or daughter has been struggling with teen drug abuse is a catastrophic revelation. With the pressures of...

Parenting Advice: The Key to Solving Society's Woes!
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Parents don't get an operators manual along with their new baby.Which is tragic, really, considering the fact that they are embarking on the most important task of their lives. After all, the success of their children depends, to a large part on...

How We Could Solve Poverty With Expert Parenting Advice
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Parents don't get an operators manual along with their new baby.Which is tragic, really, considering the fact that they are embarking on the most important task of their lives. After all, the success of their children depends, to a large part on...

Teenages Abortion Problem
by Nivea David, Niv. In a teenagers life when the start the enjoy the life and special events,the pregnance is a very big problem in there life.The teenagers pregnance is very big problem of the world mostly the develop contary.when the teenages are coming out to the...

Struggling Youth And Wildness Camps
by Monica Craft, Mon. The word ?struggling- is describing a mental condition of a youth who are trying to understand the condition of social and moral environment. Struggling youth are progressively challenged to achieve physical goals of which they may have never...

Making Your Kids Slow Down and Think
by Nomad Rick, Nom. My, how childhood has changed. Whereas most kids grew up spending time outdoors playing sports and such, today it is all about instant gratification.Drive through your neighborhood after the school day has ended. What do you see? A dearth of kids!...

Children's Mistakes
by Diane Overgard, Cfle, Dia. Peter was a fisherman, originally named Simon, whom Jesus chose to be one of his followers. An impulsive personality, Peter was prone to making mistakes. Several of Peter?s blunders are recorded in the Bible books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John....

Teenagers
by Diane Overgard, Cfle, Dia. Rude teenagers! Poor grades! Talking back! Out of control teens!The teen years may be challenging but teens are also funny, interesting, caring, loving, and committed people! When parents understand behaviors that are part of the normal process of...

Those Summer Days
by Diane Overgard, Cfle, Dia. I can still hear the sound of red-winged blackbirds singing as i pulled my rusty old wagon down the path to the woods. When I got to "my" crabapple tree I would unpack my wagon... a ragged blanket to cover the thistles, three or four of my best pals...

Parenting Advice: Children and Night Terrors
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Q. "My seven year old boy sometimes awakens screaming in the middle of the night. When we go into his room he is sitting straight up in bed, staring straight ahead. We try to calm him down but he isn't even aware that we are in his room. After a few...

Spiritual Programs for Troubled Teens
by Monica Craft, Mon. Troubled Teens struggling with motivational and self-esteem issues often find success through a structured, emotional growth with a family and these boarding school environment. In the changing of physical, and mentally in a teenager?s life give the...

Truancy in Teenagers
by Nivea David, Niv. Truancy is something that was easier to deal with in our parent's day. It is define as the dictionary calls 'the act or condition of being absent without permission' were standard. A good lashing helped clear up any doubt as to the relevant...

Parenting Advice: Children Who Lie
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Unfortunately, even though adults hate lying, they often set up their children to do just that. Here's a look at how:Mother has just heard that Greg was throwing stones at someone:"Hi Greg, what have you been doing today?" [Why would I tell you if...

Parenting Tips: SATS! - A Daunting Educational Yardstick
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. It's that time of year again. Everyone seems to be stressed about it. The head teacher wants good scores for the national league tables. The teachers want to show how good they are. And the children - well, they have been told again and again how...

Codependency vs. Tough Love in Teens
by Nivea David, Niv. Codependency is about having a dysfunctional relationship with self. Co-dependency is a behavior that can be passed from one generation to another generation. Basically it is an emotional and behavioral condition. Due to this it affects the ability...

THE SEVEN STAGES THAT EVERY PARENT WITNESSES
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Phase 1: The Twinkle in Your Eye.Your biological clock ticks away and prompts you to smile at every cute baby face you see. Should you start a family of little ones? This tickles your curiosity as you love to "make" babies.Stage 2: Blue line...

What Can I Do To Help My Son Get Over His Extreme Shyness?
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Q. "How can I help my 7 year old son? He is so shy that he hardly talks to anyone other than family members".A. Although some children are, by nature, slow to warm up, that does not mean that they cannot overcome their fears and anxieties. The trick...

Improving Your Child's Behavior through Problem Ownership
by Mark Lakewood, Mar. One of the most effective and powerful ways to improve a child?s behavior is to make sure the child always assumes complete responsibility and ownership of his or her behavior. Often, parents inadvertently fail to have their child assume...

Parenting Advice: Single Mums Having Problems With Sons
by Dr. Noel Swanson, Dr.. Q. "I am a single mother with a 7 year old daughter (Caitlin), and two sons (Tom, 9 & Liam, 11). Cait is doing fine, but I am having real problems with the too boys. Tom has learning difficulties at school, but seems to behave fine there. It is when...