It can be a scary thing to think about whether or not vaccines could harm your child. I never even knew of such a debate before I had kids. It was only after I had my son that I starting reading about it and got scared!

Diane Dignan answers the question, "How to choose the best children's books?" She is the author of the award winning book, Bartholomew's Gift, writes stories with morals and positive uplifting tales for children and adults.

The Promise Center is the first award a Daisy Girl Scout earns. It is awarded when she learns the Girl Scout Promise. It is the center of a flower around which Daisy petals are placed as they are earned.

Baby Boomer grandparents tend to be active, well-educated and fun for their grandchildren to be around..

Infants like to be carried. If you even attempt to put them down, they will usually start crying immediately. With an infant sling, you can carry your child around for hours while doing your daily errands. It is actually best to stay moving while wearing an infant sling. Infants normally do not want

Tired of the scramble to put a healthy meal on the table every night before the kids melt down from hunger? Let's Dish promises to save you time preparing meals by providing a commercial kitchen and all the fresh ingredients you need to assemble multiple dinners ahead of time. You freeze the me

Does your child refuse to eat a variety of food?Do you feel like you are at a loss of how to get your child to eat more of a variety of food?Well read on and hear from an experienced parent what to do.

Teaching children about neglect is difficult because you cannot point to physical scars or bruises to explain the effects of neglect to a child. Many forms of neglect have no symptoms at all or only symptoms that appear as the child grows older. While some forms of neglect have physical signs such a

Times are changing. The way society treats children has changed, and the respect and discipline kids used to have for adults has largely gone. You only have to travel on the bus during after school hours to witness the lack of care many youth have for anything around them, fighting, spitting, and ge

Verbal bullying is done often and without thought.Words just pour out without any regard for the person being victimized.It leaves lasting scars that, in some cases, can never be healed.

Throwing a party for an expected mother takes a lot of planning and some careful thought. The highlight of the day will be the baby shower menu, which should consist of plenty of good foods and a few special dishes. By considering everyone's tastes and dietary needs your party will be a great s

Is there a difference in toilet training boys from toilet training girls? The principals may be the same however the tricks and techniques can be very different.

Just because therapy is required by your child's IEP doesn't mean it will happen as planned. Make sure your child doesn't miss out.

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You need to understand their primary energy type but also know how their secondary energy type affects their expression of who they are. There are four energy types and though each of us has all four types as part of our nature, one of the four types will be dominant and one will be a secondary infl

Discipline and punishment are two very different things.Discipline is a system of teaching based on praise and instruction to encourage good behavior.Punishment is negative.

Tiling in mathematics is called "Tessellation." Shapes, generally regular ones, are used to repeatedly cover a space. Like tiling, no space, gap, or overlapping should be resulted in tessellation. Tessellation is a fun class activity where students experiment putting shapes together to for

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