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The Importance of Hobbies

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:31:09 -0500

Consider that children who have an avid hobby or interest thatthey are passionate about are more likely to spend their money,when they have their own stash of it, on that hobby orcollection and not on drugs or other potentially harmfulchoices. If your kids are busy after school at dance class, soccerpractice, rock collecting or any other hobby or interest theyfind engaging, they won't have time to hang with the kids whohave nothing better to do than experiment with drugs, gangs,alcohol or whatever else could get them into serious trouble. Myfriend wrote that if kids are intense about collecting paperclips, toe nail clippings or in love with little league, thenencourage them ... help them develop their passion for apositive accomplishment. Teach them how great it can be toinvolve themselves in something that gives them a sense ofaccomplishment and pride. Help them through the rough spots when they can't get a dancestep the first tries by letting them know that, usual...

Reversing Hair Loss For Children - What You Can Do

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:29:10 -0500

Hair loss for a child is traumatizing because in most cases, the child would not just understand why it is me! Worse still is that the other children would not also understand why their colleague or peer is not having hair. In the case of alopecia that occurs at child birth, it means that the head or scalp of the child would be smooth as if well shaven using a razor. The external loss cannot compare to the internal or emotional loss. The self esteem of the child is completely eroded every time the peers laugh. This has the effect of not allowing the child to freely play with the peers which is a hindrance to mental development and general learning. What is required is a quick solution. It requires that an understanding of how hair is lost. The diagnosis need to be quickly made, when made earlier in the growth stage of the child, long lasting remedies may be provided. What can you do then to prevent or reverse the loss of hair? Here are some tips: To prevent hair loss: Provide balance...

Security Items

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:29:31 -0500

My older daughter sucked her thumb. She did so until she wassix. My younger daughter had a love affair with her bottles andpacifiers until she was six. Both girls gave up their securityrituals on their own, in their own time and when they were readyto give them up. This is not to say that it didn't distress meto see their teeth protruding and to know that orthodontic billsloomed large in our future. I just couldn't do it to them ...couldn't take away something that was so important to theirfeelings of security and their self-enforced methods of soothingthe savage. I think, of the three horrors above, the bottle was the worst. Idid take bottles away from my older daughter when she was three.It wasn't so traumatic. She wanted a bottle for a few nights butknew she had to give them up for the sake of her teeth andcomplied. My younger daughter absolutely refused to give thebottle the boot from her life until only recently. Her two frontpermanent teeth, which had come in earl...

Thanksgiving Memories

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:24:48 -0500

Turkey .... Stuffing .... Cranberry Sauce .... Pumpkin PieThis is usually what comes to mind when we think ofThanksgiving. Granted the food is yummy and worth waiting forhowever, let's not forget another import aspect of this holiday'Being With Family & Friends'.Family & Friends, they are what make this wonderful holiday sospecial, and help create those special memories.Memories .... Everyone has them and each is precious. I lovebeing with my husband and two beautiful daughters, but I thinkmy favorite remembrances are from long ago. 'Nana's House' Thisof course was my beloved grandmother, who has been gone from usfor many years, but will always be remembered with so much love.Thanksgiving at her home was the best. Our family is not very big but with the sisters, husbands andcousins it seemed like an army. My sister and I looked forwardto spending the day with our cousins; we always had so much fun.Of course the very best part of the day was when nana declared'Time To E...