Categories: Family Relationships

Find Your Happiness by Working on Your Family

Today’s fast pace environment just doesn’t give couples the ability to sit down and enjoy each others company. We have to worry about the kids schooling, the soccer practices, dance classes, karate classes and the million other things that we all feel we need to do for our families in order to make us as parents feel that we are doing all that we can to help our children live normal and productive lives. But in reality, we are only burning ourselves out.
How do I go about changing my life?
Parent needs to come to the understanding that children …

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Categories: General Article

5 Reasons to Sign your Child for the Open Dance Lakewood Classes

Having a child is a blessing. Having more of them is even a greater one. Seeing how they grow up into amazing human beings is something that every parent dreams about.

During the growing up process, all children show signs of attention to some things. Some kids love painting, others do great in sports, while some like to dance. If your child seems to love dancing, it’s time to take them to dance classes. See more about it here

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Categories: Close Family

Love a “Loser” and Build a Healthy Happy Family

Sometimes we are very fortunate to be backed by a strong support team. Ironically, though it is sometimes those closest to us who succeed in derailing our attempts to unlearn destructive lifestyle habits.
Parents often exhort children to “eat up, it is good for you”. Thereby you establish a vicious cycle where food intake is equated with love and approval. The implication to this is that if your child does not eat all the food that has been prepared, he is made to feel ungrateful and unloving. If you see food as a reward and a substitute for love, you …

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9 Factors Affecting Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse

9 Factors Affecting Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse

The damaging effects from sexual abuse can be life-long if assistance is not received to work through the issues. The sooner the treatment, the less likely are the long-term negative results. Unfortunately, most people sexually abused do not receive treatment until years or decades later, if ever. Following are 9 factors that influence the damage from sexual abuse.

1. The age the abuse began. There are the experts who believe that the earlier the abuse, the more damage occurs. This is because the younger the child, the fewer emotional resources s/he has …

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Categories: Happy Family Tips

Relaxing Vacations In Ski Chalets

When one mentions the word chalet, often images of skiing in the Swiss Alps come to mind, but one does not have to go to Switzerland or be a pro-skier to experience a chalet vacation! Travelling to any ski resort, whether in the USA, Canada, or Europe, chalets can provide an excellent opportunity to relax, have a mug of hot chocolate by the fireplace, and unwind in the isolation of snowy mountains surrounded by loved ones or strangers about to become new friends.
The dictionary defines a chalet as a wooden home with a sloped roof and overhanging eaves, common …

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The Facts and Statistics of the Childhood Obesity Epidemic

The Facts and Statistics of the Childhood Obesity Epidemic

Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. Did you know that 1 in 5 children are obese and 1 and 4 are considered overweight. Minority children suffer even higher rates of obesity. All of these statistics are very alarming and there are several contributing factors that have led to this epidemic. You should understand that childhood obesity affects children exactly like obesity affects adults. Both obese children and adults have a higher chance of developing hypertension, high cholesterol, low self-esteem, asthma, sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes and even some forms of …

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Simple Steps to Ease Childhood Obesity Problems

Simple Steps to Ease Childhood Obesity Problems

In my previous article, I talked about the growing danger of childhood obesity in wealthy and developed nations, especially the United States. This problem is partly caused by the lifestyle changes that are going on in those countries. One of the major foundations of the lifestyle changes is the rapid advancements of technology. It is undeniable that technology has helped in making our life easier, but you have to remember that technology can also become a double-edged sword. With advanced technology, we do not need to do as much labor intensive work as …

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Teaching the Rituals of Friendship

Teaching the Rituals of Friendship

When we are children, we understand the rituals of friendship so much better than we do as adults. We play down at the creek and hunt for pebbles, comparing them for beauty, competing with our friends for the prettiest ones, painting them in bright colors to give away as gifts. Sometimes little children swear allegiances of friendship in the most sincere possible way and never forget those early promises of eternal friendship. Others put them aside and remember them late in life; forgotten and dusty promises.

Friendship rituals might be promises or tokens or even …

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Categories: Family Tips for Saving Money

Ensure That Your Family Eats Healthy – Build a Healthy, Happy Family

Ensure that your family eats healthily this year by following these tips:
o Work to add fruits and vegetables into the daily routine. Aim for a goal of at least five servings a day.
o Keep fruits and vegetables on hand and ready to eat, therefore making it easy for your child to choose healthy snacks. Healthy and tasty snacks include low-fat yogurt, peanut butter and celery, or whole-grain crackers or bread and cheese.
o Serve them with lean meats and other good sources of protein at meal times, such as fish, eggs, beans, and nuts.
o For more fiber …

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Categories: Family Photo

3 Simple Tips to Make Family Time a Good Time in Your Hectic Life

Any working person’s life can become extremely hectic at times. The common suspects are: a busy schedule, loads of work, as well as faithfully keeping the promise to never put off until tomorrow any work that you can do today. As a consequence, you may be totally satisfied with your rapid career advancements. Yet, this imbalance is very bad for your family life, as it can make you lose the precious bond with your spouse and children.
If you suspect that you are losing touch with your family, you need to do your best to avoid making the matters worse. …

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