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Latchkey Kids
Is your child a latchkey kid? What to consider when your child is home alone. Latchkey Kids At around 11 or 12, depending on a child’s maturity level, spending a couple of hours home alone as [...]
Healthy After School Snacks
Does your child’s after-school snack get high marks? After School Snacks When kids come home from school they are often ravenous and reaching into the fridge or cupboard comes second nature. And considering supper may be [...]
Making Your Child’s Lunch Food Safe
How to pack a school lunch for your child that’s food safe. Safe Lunches Lunchtime is a crucial meal for kids, carrying them through the rest of their busy day. So it’s important to not only [...]
Why You Should Feed Your Kids Healthy Breakfasts
Why serving your child a healthy breakfast is a must. Healthy Breakfasts They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and no wonder. Most children will have gone a full ten or more [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Give Newborns Honey
Why you really should not give your baby honey. Honey and Newborns When babies are under one year of age, their digestive track hasn’t matured enough, nor does it has enough microorganisms to offset a certain [...]
The Purpose of Allowances
The real reasons why we give kids an allowance. Allowances It’s not uncommon for parents to tie children’s allowances to their chores, their homework or even their grades. But Jolene Godfrey, author of Raising Financially Fit [...]
Should Kids be Paid to Do Chores?
Should we pay our kids to do chores? Paying Kids for Chores Chores. Every family has them, and most us would like our kids to help out around the house. After all, as family members, it’s [...]
Raising a Modern Family
A look at the challenges of raising kids in today’s world. Today’s Families Certainly each generation of parents have their own challenges they face when raising kids. And today’s families face different influences than those of, [...]
Teens and Lack of Sleep Linked to Attention Problems, Low Grades
It’s common for high school students to sleep in on weekends hoping to catch up on the sleep they missed during the week. But now, a new study out of South Korea has found that teens [...]
The Pleasure of Parenting
A reminder of the joy and pleasure of raising kids. The Pleasure of Parenting It’s true that parenting our children is work. Cooking meals, cleaning the home, helping with homework, doing laundry and driving, are but [...]
