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Unique Homemade Children’s Halloween Costumes
Published on 27 Sep, 2011 at 4:40 in How It's Made | | No Comments
Halloween provides a great opportunity for kids to dress up in many kinds of unusual and unique costumes. You can create homemade costumes for parties and trick or treating that will guarantee your child will be the only one with the costume. Get a head start on these ideas and enjoy watching your child steal the show.
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How to Deal With Bad Attitudes in Children
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 5:46 in Education | | No Comments
Students with attitude problems are a common scene in any school or classroom. These attitude problems can stem from a great number of factors. The main problem arising from poor student attitudes is that these attitudes can affect a teacher’s level of successful classroom control. The educator should keep in mind that her main goal is…
How to Deal With Children’s Jobs
Published on 15 Aug, 2011 at 11:16 in How It's Made | | No Comments
He grew up with certain traits that left you believing he would be a manager or an accountant, and then he came home to inform you he was going to be a firefighter or a policeman. As a parent this can be quite disturbing, knowing your son or daughter’s chosen career will be filled with danger. Have faith….
How to Create a Summer Schedule for Children
Published on 23 Jul, 2011 at 8:33 in How It's Made | | No Comments
Summertime is full of fun activities for your young ones. Without the rigors of a strict school schedule, they are free to stay up later and enjoy days full of playing with friends, creating art projects, reading books and watching movies. However, to stave off that summer boredom that can sometimes set in as the days…
Children’s Lemonade Stand Shut Down, Fined
Published on 20 Jun, 2011 at 7:58 in Nutrition | | No Comments
Even for kids selling lemonade near the US Open golf tournament in Maryland, it’s hard to make a buck these days.
Many residents living nearby the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland have found a number of ways to earn a little extra income from the annually descending throng of fans. But this year, two families, the Marriotts…
Vacation Packing Checklist for Children: From Babies to Teens
Published on 13 Jun, 2011 at 9:02 in Travel | | No Comments
Pre-trip packing lists are especially helpful if you’re preparing for a family vacation. We’ve got two basic packing lists—one for babies, the other for older kids—to get you started. Adjust as needed for length of trip, planned activities, and expected weather.
What is on your packing checklist for kids? Add your must-haves in the comments below.
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2 outfits and…How to Teach Young Children to Practice Good Oral Hygiene
Published on 12 May, 2011 at 8:08 in How It's Made | | No Comments
Teaching children proper dental hygiene is an important part of their development into healthy adults. Brushing, flossing and rinsing help prevent dental cavities and disease as well as tooth loss. Parents should teach good dental health by both demonstration and example; the family that brushes together smiles together.
Instructions
Baby Basics 1.Clean baby teeth twice daily with a soft washcloth…
Counseling Techniques With Children
Published on 11 May, 2011 at 8:06 in How It's Made | | No Comments
Kids are people with their own ideas and personalities. Counseling can be as difficult for children as it for adults – sometimes even moreso. No matter what the purpose, it is important to remember that communication with children is not the same as it is with adults. There are a variety of counseling techniques to use…
Researchers enlist robots to help autistic children
Published on 5 Apr, 2011 at 8:13 in Technology | | No Comments
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have enlisted a specialized “Nao” robot to help teach autistic children.
As assistant professor of psychology Dr. Joshua Diehl explains, autistic children typically respond positively to technology-based interactions.
Nevertheless, the robot is programmed to teach children critical skills to help them better interact with humans as well.
“We’re really…
How to Handle Unruly Children
Published on 4 Mar, 2011 at 10:03 in How It's Made | | No Comments
Stubbornness is cute in a toddler but by the time the child reaches school age, unruly behavior is a problem for parents, teachers and others. The first step in correcting the problem is to admit that our own parenting methods probably allowed our child to become unruly and by altering them, we can help our child behave…
Children May Pack on Pounds After Tonsillectomy
Published on 1 Feb, 2011 at 11:22 in Diet | | No Comments
Weight gain is common after children have their tonsils removed, an analysis of four decades of research concludes.
Researchers from Saint Louis University found that 50 percent of the children in the studies gained more weight than expected as part of normal development, according to study lead author Dr. Anita Jeyakumar. While not “hugely surprising,” the findings are important to…