Ways to teach kids with learning disabilities

By Aditi | September 3, 2010 10:27 am |
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Learning

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Teaching children who have learning disabilities can be a major challenge for parents as well as teachers. Most children know or learn how to deal with problems as they are capable of processing information and have the ability to organize information into a plan or strategy to tackle a problem. But there are also children who find learning to process information a very uphill task. This is not because they are not diligent enough but this could be a disorder.

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‘Helicopter parents’- are you one of them?

By Aditi | September 2, 2010 7:45 am |
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Parenting Blues

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Are you one of those parents who hover over their kids in anxious anticipation for the fulfillment of an unmet need? You might do it out of concern and your intentions are absolutely honorable, but such behavior might earn you the name of a ‘helicopter parent’.

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Coping with your picky eater kid

By Aditi | September 1, 2010 7:30 am |
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Parenting Tips

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Kids often tend to be very choosy when it comes to food. Often toddlers refuse to eat certain food items and there could also be instances where they just want to eat a particular food. Allowing children to be independent in terms of the food they eat can go a long way in helping them be independent as they grow. This might mean that your child isn’t eating the prescribed food but as long as it has normal energy levels and hasn’t faced any health related issues, it is okay to let it decide on what to eat and what not to. This is especially true for that stage where the child isn’t growing very fast and doesn’t need an awful lot of calories.

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Top 3 Professions for Working From Home Mums

By Angel | August 19, 2010 7:51 am |
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Tips

It goes without saying that working from home becomes more and more popular among mums. Such a job gives women nice opportunities and allows to spend a lot of time with a child. However, if you still don’t know what profession to choose, I can recommend you to consider these possibilities:

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How to Choose Maternity Clothes

By Angel | August 19, 2010 7:21 am |
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Babies, Pregnancy

Maternity time is one of the happiest times in women life so she would like to look fabulous and feel comfortable. That is why maternity clothes should be stylish and comfy. Here comes a list of tips that will help you to choose the right clothes for pregnancy:

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Figuring out if boarding school is right for your kid

By Aditi | August 17, 2010 8:37 am |
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Parenting Tips

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It is always difficult as a parent to decide on whether or not to send your kid to boarding school. The thing to be kept in mind while taking a decision is that, whether the boarding school is right for your kid, will he/she thrive in it. For this you need to understand the basic differences between two types of boarding schools: therapeutic and traditional.

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Tips for an abusive mum to improve parenting skills

By Aditi | August 1, 2010 1:10 pm |
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Tips

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It is common to see mothers who have lived in poverty abusing their kids. However, it doesn’t mean that they cannot change even if their financial situation doesn’t improve. A recent study states that if proper counseling is offered on parenting skills and if they are provided with emotional support, their behavior towards children can be improved considerably.

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Dealing with teen pregnancy in sensible ways

By Aditi | July 27, 2010 11:32 am |
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Teens

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Teen pregnancy is a growing menace for parents these days as the number of cases have been on rise. It is no doubt an area of both concern and angst for parents. They are definitely correct in being upset over this, but they also need to understand that it is not just the girl who is responsible. So, when faced with such a situation parents need to help their child instead of accusing them and getting angry with them. However, when you try to help your child, you need to ensure that the choices that you make are well informed. Also the boy should also be made a part of this responsibility as he is equally at fault too. 

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Delivering premature babies more likely in women with albuminuria

By Aditi | July 25, 2010 12:59 am |
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Pregnancy

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A recent study by National Kidney Foundation has revealed that women with albuminuria have greater chances of giving birth prematurely. Albuminuria is a condition is which the level of protein albumin in urine is abnormal. This is a very significant finding as it allows doctors to be better prepared for premature delivery in women. They can get to know about this condition by a very simple and inexpensive test.

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Sleeping babies in car seats should be strictly avoided, study suggests

By Aditi | July 11, 2010 5:04 am |
Categories:
Sleep

carseat82609slwMany parents who consider a car seat to be a very good place for a new born to take a quick nap should think again. A recent study has revealed that this could have adverse effect on a kid’s health as it could reduce the oxygen levels by almost 20 percent of all newborns.

Car seats are primarily safety gears and you cannot take your kid home from a hospital without one. The problem with them is that the kid needs to be placed upright and this could lead to breathing problems while the baby is sleeping. The reason for this is that these seats compress the chest resulting in decrease of the size of the airway which is a major reason for lower levels of oxygen in blood.

It is natural for parents to wish that the infant finds some sleep, but they should ensure that they do not use a car bed for the kid to sleep in. It has been found that the early days of a kid is the time when parents are most desperate to find a perfect place for their kid to sleep.
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