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Hobbies & Games > Kids Crafts Fun winter crafts for kids: 1 of 14

Wintertime is a great time for fun craft and gift ideas. If you're wondering just how many things you can do with a pine cone, stop. There are so many other ways to enjoy winter crafts. As always, parental involvement helps ensure safety. Not by any means is it true to say that all kids love to get dirty, but for the ones th...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Should parents have teens' Myspace and Facebook passwords?: 2 of 24

Kids will be kids. We've heard it all before; you have to know with whom your kids are associating and the activities they choose to partake in. This has always been 'proper parenting advice' and it should be taken more seriously with the wider variety of people and activities that present themselves to our children. In thes...
Hobbies & Games > Kids Crafts Fun spring crafts for kids: 1 of 10

Springtime is the time of fresh colors, and arts and crafts is a wonderful way to delight in them - and help bring the outside in, on those rainy spring evenings. For the days when it is nice enough for birds, squirrels, and other animals to come around, why not give them something to enjoy? A bird feeder is something that w...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies When should a parent start disciplining a child?: 3 of 17

Discipline is meant to teach self control. It is an ongoing process in which we never stop learning. Discipline becomes internal, that is why it is so very vital that discipline starts when the brain is at it's fastest period of growth and development, which are the first five years. While there is no actual time frame for w...
Hobbies & Games > Kids Crafts Tips for outfitting the ultimate kids' crafts workshop: 1 of 5

WARNING: Art rooms should only be used for parents who want their children to think ore abstractly, learn problem-solving skills, enhance development, express their creativity and ideas, and have limitless fun. Should any of these symptoms occur, encourage them and hope it spreads. Getting the ultimate kids workshop is not s...
Health & Fitness > Medical Issues (Other) Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): Symptoms and treatment: 7 of 29

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a problem in the abdomen or otherwise intestinal areas. Commonly used to determine if symptoms are IBS, is the Rome II criteria, which is a list of symptoms frequent in those with IBS. By using these, doctors are able to tell if it is specifically Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or if the problem is som...
Health & Fitness > Autism Autism: Symptoms and treatment: 3 of 12

Half of parents of autistic children sense something is wrong by the 18 month old point. They might begin to notice verbal, as well as nonverbal communication problems. These children often have difficulty in social settings and dramatic play, and some are even aggressive toward themselves or others. Occasionally, a child ap...
Hobbies & Games > Kids Crafts Tips for containing the mess when working with crafts and kids: 4 of 14

Entering the craft room is the best time to reinforce how valuable clean up is. Pointing out how nice it is that the room is ready for all kinds of new messes and fun just sort of reminds children that the last time they were there, they did a good job of clean up. Clean up should be mostly the child's job and after a little...
Hobbies & Games > Card Games How to prepare for your first Ladies' Night Poker Game: 1 of 3

When it's time to throw that first Ladies' Night poker game, the first thing you should count on is that even though you may think you have a very good understanding of the way cards are played, your opponents may not, nor may they really care. It is likely that you will lose to naive calls more than you win with good calls....
Jobs & Careers > Job Search (Other) Determining your chances of finding work after having been a housewife for years: 1 of 3

The thoughts of going back to work are just too exciting to take. Your heart beats just imagining all the new hands you're going to get to shake. And a paycheck, too? Wow, it just keeps sounding better and better. Going back into the workforce after a long time might make a person a little nervous, but if one weighs the opti...