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Teaching Children to Be Sensitive
Children come in all shapes, sizes, personalities and abilities. These differences in our children should be both accepted and celebrated, but all too often, children are laughed at or made fun of if they vary from the norm. You can help teach your child to respect others and be sensitive to peers with differences.
Winning the Whining War
“My sock feels funny.” “The cereal is too smushy.” “I don’t wanna clean up.” All of these statements sound even worse when whined at a piercing volume. No one likes the sound of whining, but that never stops your child from sounding like an air raid siren. So, how do you cope with whining — and make it stop?
First Aid for your First Aid Kit
Has it been a while since you’ve checked or re-stocked your first aid kit? If so, now is the time to throw out any expired medicines, stock up on those that are safe for your kids, clean up all those bandage wrappers and refill the cotton swabs.
Open Wide: Shopping for a Dentist for Your Child
Your little one has made it through the teething phase and now has some adorable pearly whites. You might think you still have some time before you have to take her to the dentist. However, the American Dental Association recommends children visit a dentist by their first birthdays. This visit will help accustom your child to the dentist, and you can learn proper techniques for brushing and flossing his teeth.
Neti Pot: A Remedy With Hidden Dangers
The neti pot looks like a genie’s lamp. It is often used to flush out bacteria and irritating pollen and mold spores in the nasal passages to relieve sinus pain and allergies. Neti pots have been used for this purpose for centuries, but they can be life threatening if used improperly.
Playdate Confidential: Helping Your Child Choose Good Friends
When your children are young, you can have a good amount of control over which children they play with. But when your kids enter kindergarten, the days of hand-picking their playmates are over. So how can you help your children make good decisions about their friends?
The Meningococcal Vaccine: Updates and New Information
Every year in the United States about 2,800 people are infected with meningococcus and about 300 die. About 400 people who survive have permanent disabilities, such as seizures, loss of limbs, kidney disease, deafness and mental retardation. While the disease has no prejudices and can strike anyone, children less than 1 year old and adolescents are at the greatest risk.
A Really Good Morning: Getting Back into Your A.M. Routine
Jarring alarms, haphazard lunch packing and a frenzied dash to school with you in the center of the chaos, shouting out reminders to brush teeth, eat breakfast, find the homework. Does this sound like your morning? Now that winter break is about to end, it’s time to get your family back into the swing of the morning routine — and time to make your role less like a drill sergeant and more like a contented observer.
How to Help Your Young Nail Biter
As we get closer to 2012, you might be thinking about New Year’s resolutions both for you and your kids. If your child is a nail biter, we’ll try to help make 2012 the year she stops for good.
Have a REAL Happy Holiday: Take the Stress Out of the Season
For most families, the reality of the holiday season means harried shopping trips, overstimulated kids, burned holiday treats, broken ornaments and last-minute tree trimming. But there is a way to help your family have a fun holiday without the frazzle!
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