children

Understand Your Rights For Pregnancy Leave

February 12, 2011

Maternity leave rights are governed by the family leave act of 1992 with defines the basic understanding and rights for maternity leave Even though this legislation typically requires a minimum of 12 weeks of time off, your real amount of maternity leave will be based on the size of the organization that you work for and their human resources policies.

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How to Deal with Lying in Children and Teens

February 4, 2011

When you catch your child in a lie, it’s natural to feel betrayed, hurt, angry and frustrated. But here’s the truth: lying is normal. It’s wrong, but it’s normal.

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Calm Parenting: How to Get Control When Your Child is Making You Angry

February 3, 2011

Maintain control when child makes you angry. Why is it so easy to go from “zero to 60” when our kids make us angry? There are many reasons, but I think it’s mainly because we allow ourselves to go to 60.

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Teenagers Choose Camp In Summer

February 2, 2011

When summer rolls around parents often wonder what to do with their teenager. Clearly youthful bodies require activity and young minds require stimulation as well. Often teens need a challenge during the summer Without enough to do teens may lead to get involved in activities that will get them into trouble. Therefor, many parents realize keeping a teenager active during the summer is very important

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How To Determine What Are Safe Internet Websites For A Child

January 30, 2011

There are many potential sites that a parent may not want his or her child to view. The parent may not know what the best methods to protect ones child from such inappropriate material. This article goes through some of the key things to remember so that ones children can stay on only safe internet websites.

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Simon is possessed

February 18, 2009

Can you quiet down? I have to bounce. Simon said this to Mary and I last night at around 10:30 pm.  We were entering our third hour of trying to get him to sleep and were very tempted to just leave him there on the couch and go to bed ourselves.  Really – how long [...]

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February Blog Round-Up – 9 Great Mommy and Daddy Blogs

February 11, 2009

Today I am going to try something new  . . . There are several blogs out there that I enjoy reading when I have the time so I thought, why not share them with others. Funny thing is that most of the blogs I read are written by mommy bloggers.  While there are a growing [...]

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A recent conversation with my toddler

January 7, 2009

*Daddy busily cutting up a large pork roast into smaller sections* Vinny: Daddy, what’s that? Daddy: It’s pork. Vinny: I don’t like pork. Daddy: Oh, do you like bacon? Vinny: Yeah I like bacon! (DUH!) Daddy: Well, bacon is pork too, it comes from a pig. Vinny: No, it comes from chicken.  And bananas come [...]

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Pancakes, poop, and potty training

January 7, 2009

This morning, I thought I would make my boys some pancakes – they usually go over well and they are quick to make.  Even though Vinny adamantly opposed them, he caved in and asked for one when they were ready.  I have come to realize that, even though they say no about most things, they [...]

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How to balance raising children with running a home based business

January 3, 2009

Anyone that stumbles across this blog will see that it has been neglected over the last year or so.  As with so many things in my life, I started with a great amount of enthusiasm which waned over time.  Surely this is the fate of many blogs – after all, it is nearly as easy [...]

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