Kids
Scare away monsters and nightmares
Nightmares, bad dreams and monsters can be a common complaint in younger children, and often is classed as a normal developmental stage. However, even older children will sometimes bring back the monsters during changes in routine, movies, theme parks, new friends, late nights, extra sugar and a looser routine can all lead to an over-active, [...]
Unmasking Attention Difficulties
Read: Unmasking Attention Difficulties Often, symptoms of attention or learning deficits are misunderstood for laziness, lack of motivation, or limited intelligence. Memorization is excessively difficult for ADHD students. Many feel inadequate or dumb, avoid homework, need several reminders to get started, and lose motivation through frustration—but they are neither dumb nor lazy. They most likely [...]
The Mom Is The Message
Moms are sneaky. Sure, we have a reputation for being incessant nags, but we do some of our best work in secret. We put applesauce in the brownies to make them healthier; carrots in the cake; cauliflower in the mashed potatoes; yogurt in the smoothie. Kids never know what we will be up to next. [...]
One Mom-Bloggers Testimony on Brain Training
Read: Part 1: “I Love You Guys” One Mom-Blogger Describes How Brain Training Is Changing Life For Her Kids “Last year was a tough year,” Julie Worthy writes in her blog. So begins this mom-blogger’s story of embarking on what she calls an “amazing journey” to find help for her son, recently diagnosed with ADHD. [...]
Creativity, all wrapped up
The brightly colored box dropped with a thud out of the mailbag. “Kiwi Crate,” read the label. We peeked inside, intrigued. Tucked beneath layers of tissue paper was a bevy of treasures sure to spark a little someone’s imagination. There were the makings of pinwheels and stained-glass windows. Even a canvas tote, ready for tie-dye. [...]
Social media changes the way pregnancy information is shared
You’re in labor. Is there an app for that? There ought to be, based on the information gleaned through a new survey of more than 1,000 pregnant women conducted by American Baby magazine and Good Books, publisher of the “Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy.” Fifty-one percent of respondents planned to record the birth [...]
A tired parent’s guide
Maybe you had a baby this year. Maybe you accomplished potty training. Maybe you slept through the night for the first time in two years. Whatever you’re celebrating or hoping to leave in 2011 you suddenly have a new struggle: finding a great babysitter on this very busy night. When Gina Linss and her husband [...]
Exercising caution
Dear Mr. Dad, I was changing my 2-year-old daughter’s diaper after she’d come home from spending the day with her father (he and I are not together). She was touching herself and I told her to stop because her hands were dirty. She then said that “daddy touches me here.” I am completely freaking out. [...]
Chronic pain is common child complaint, study finds
Chronic pain is usually thought of as a problem affecting adults. But a new study shows that chronic pain is also highly prevalent in children and that more kids today suffer from pain compared to two decades ago. Researchers in Nova Scotia analyzed data from 41 studies on pain in children published since 1991, which [...]
Reasonable rules
Someone recently asked if I agree with the currently popular parenting adage that “rules without relationship lead to rebellion.” No, I do not. First, as a writer, I am keenly aware that alliteration can be very misleadingly seductive. There have been times, for example, when I came up with a clever alliterative phrase and convinced [...]
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