A Staggering Statistics of Teenage Drunk Driving
“One out of 10 children ages 12 and 13 uses alcohol at least once a month. In a single year, 522 children under age 14 were arrested for driving while intoxicated, (113 of them were under 10 years old). 70 percent of all teenagers drink alcohol. 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents [...]
A Dozen Holiday Gift Ideas for Today’s Teenagers
Many parents find it difficult to know what gifts to buy for their teenagers for the holidays. Perhaps last year you thought you had the “perfect gift” for them, only to have it returned the next day and your feelings hurt. If you are struggling to figure out what to get your teenager [...]
Forget the Helicopter Parents. be a Submarine Parent!
“I called the director of Chloe’s camp to let him know she only drinks orange-pineapple juice for breakfast…not plain orange juice.”
“We had Jacob’s soccer coach over for dinner to make sure he understood that Jacob doesn’t respond well to direct commands. We want the coach to use “suggestions” when talking to Jacob about soccer techniques.”
“I [...]
Buying Nursery Furniture - a Guide for New Parents
Having your first baby is a wonderful and at times, frightening experience as you grasp how much there is to do. You want your newborn’s nursery and the nursery furniture to be better than a fairy tale dream, but it is essential to think about you and your little one’s safety and security above all [...]
Surviving the Teenage Years
There are no formulas to protect our teenagers from all the dangers and demands of the world. They are being exposed to academic pressures, peer pressures, identity formation issues, and let’s not forget sex, drugs, alcohol and violence. Adolescent behavior is erratic, oppositional, unpredictable, impulsive and at times, just unmanageable. There’s the mood [...]
Teenage Driver Accidents
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), teenage driver accidents are so common that they are now considered to be the leading cause of death among teenagers (boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 19).
In addition, males and females in this age bracket are responsible for 14 percent of all [...]
Single Mother and Toddler Travel Beds
My sister advised me to buy a toddler travel bed because it is becoming an increasingly popular child sleep aid for parents who need to travel frequently. I purchased the travel bed, as I need to go for official tours frequently and my daughter always feel at home because she stays in her familiar travel [...]
Successful Parenting
Research on the internet about available parenting advice and information for parents on how to successfully rear and treat babies, children, pre-teens and adolescent teenagers, has revealed a wide and extensive database of articles and products on the subjects of successful child development, successful child rearing and successful parental influence.
One can find informative literature on [...]
The 5 C’s of Parenting
If you will dare to care, to correct in love, to share the teachings of charity, and demonstrate genuine concern, you will model responsible parenting principles. Below I’ve detailed a few approaches that promote a strong parent-child relationship and keep the lines of communication open:
Communication: In the eleventh chapter of Deuteronomy, parents were instructed [...]
Asthma in Toddlers and Children
The worse thing than childhood asthma is asthma in toddlers. Most children who have asthma developed the disease while they were still toddlers. With a reported 5 million American children suffering from asthma, 173 thousand of them hospitalized for severe symptoms and 864 thousand receiving emergency treatment annually, it is important that your toddler be [...]
