Categories: Family Relationships

How To Keep Children Entertained During Travel

Traveling with children can be a difficult thing to do, especially if you are planning a long trip in the car or a plane ride. Kids are usually pretty well behaved in the beginning, but as they become bored and stir crazy they will also start to be more fussy and ornery. These tips will help you keep them happy next time you are traveling:
Invest in a portable DVD player. It is amazing to see how long kids can be entertained by a simple little machine! Bringing a portable DVD player along with several of their favorite movies is …

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Categories: Happy Family Show

How to Have a Happy Family Holiday With Your Teenage Children

The planning of last year’s family holiday brought me to despair.
The New Year has barely begun when my husband Steven starts planning the upcoming summer holiday. The internet is surfed for hours, plenty of the latest holiday brochures are arriving at the house and Stephen is in heaven.
We are a family of three and our ideas of a happy family holiday could not be different. The only thing we can agree on is a warm holiday in the ‘sunny south.’
Our first task is to find the right accommodation. A hotel is not suitable for my 18 years …

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Categories: Good Relationship

Children In Broken Homes Need Emotional Support: How Can You Help?

Studies show that children go through faster recovery when parents decide to have a divorce sooner than prolong a marriage that has ceased to work out. But even if this is the case, it is the children who suffer the emotional brunt associated with a divorce, often leaving permanent emotional scars.

Statistics suggests that about half of married couples today are ending up in divorce resulting to what we call broken homes. Many preconceived notions about the effect of …

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Categories: Good Relationship

Are We Losing Our Children? Learn How to Build a Healthy Happy Family

The breakdown of the family unit is the ultimate reason for the deterioration of our children’s behavior. Estranged family relationships, materialistic ideals and broken homes affect our children, read on to see how these affect our children and what we as parents can do about it.
Somehow it seems that our culture has shifted from adult oriented to peer oriented, as children spend more time with their friends than their parents. These friends they emulate in terms of lifestyle choices, morals and language.
The breaking away of children from parents can be seen as a natural progression to independence and …

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Categories: Happy Family Tips

Saving Your Sanity, Teaching Children Respect and Creating a Happy Family!

Teaching Children Respect
It is always with astonishment that I see parents bully and belittle their children and then complain that those same children are hateful or disrespectful!
Honestly, how loving and respectful can a child feel about someone who constantly criticizes and frightens them? What must it be like for a little kid to be yelled at constantly? I wonder how it must feel to have Mom or Dad, the most important people in your life, always demanding that you DO something, eat right now – or else! Go to sleep this instant! Can you imagine always being threatened …

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Categories: Family Tips

Part 4 – Divorce Is Not Chess and Children Are Not Pawns

In my last article I wrote about the teamwork that is needed to make sure we don’t treat a broken relationship like chess and use children as pawns. We have the parents, the friends, family, new partners and sadly the children emotions all tied up in this horrible game of tug of war. Have you ever seen a real tug of war? It only ends up one way wherein one side is stronger than the other and the losing side usually ends up being dragged over a line that has been placed on the ground that they don’t want to …

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Categories: Love Daddy

Nuture Your Children Right With These Essential Parenting Tips

Parenting is the most difficult and thankless job anyone can hold. Whether you have a strong support group to go to for advice or you are on your own, figuring out what to do with your child can be a difficult and sometimes, frightening experience. Read the tips in this article for suggestions on parenting techniques and ideas.

If your toddler is trying to climb out of his or her crib, lower the mattress if it is possible. This …

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Categories: Love Mommy

What Every Mom And Dad Needs To Know About Their Children

Nobody will argue that parenting is hard and something that you really have to work hard at. Raising children takes a bit of help sometimes and these tips could be a great helping hand when you need it. You can get some great information about things that may have had you perplexed so you can do better in your parenting every day.

Show physical affection for your child. Human beings naturally crave touch. Whether it’s a hug or a …

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Categories: Family Album

Better Parenting Means Better Children Learn More Here

You want to make sure that you are raising your children properly and doing all that you can when it comes to parenting. This article will go over numerous helpful tips and tricks to assist you on your way. These have been hand picked and should prove to be highly beneficial.

When buying a car seat for your child, it is important that you do your research first. This is because so many car seats have been recalled for …

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