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I'm a freelance writer and as you can see my pen name is Maxwell Payne, which some of you may see as a play on a name of a popular video game character, but I assure you that it was chosen for reasons which may never be known. I write a variety of articles

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies How knowing your child's temperament should guide discipline decisions: 1 of 15
A child's temperament can give a parent valuable cues on how to react to the child's responses and cues. There are 3 dimensions of temperament including emotionality, activity, and sociability. Combined these dimensions make up how your infant or child react to a vast sea of situations, conflicts, stimulus, and environments.Y... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods The benefits of giving children choices rather than commands: 5 of 37
Giving children choices rather than commands teaches skills that will last a lifetime.By giving a child a choice rather then a command you allow that child to learn some crucial life skills. These skills include responsible decision making, acceptance of consequences, ability to think at higher cognitive levels, and being bet... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Teen Challenges How young is too young to think about having a girlfriend or a boyfriend: 5 of 31
Children reach the beginnings of puberty around age 11 and their interest in the opposite sex will generally emerge between ages 11-14. Most dating seems to get its start between the ages of 14-16 which is about average. Obviously any dating before puberty is not actually dating and a child's motivation during that period is ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Risky Child Behaviors When children steal money at home: What's normal and when to worry: 2 of 8
Does your child steal money from you?Children for the most part are considered mostly amoral; that is they lack the capability for moral judgement. They generally are starting to develop a sense of right from wrong moving through childhood but they have yet to perfect it; their demanding and need based minds can't fully grasp... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) Should you let children sip your beer, wine or other alcoholic drinks?: 19 of 35
Many countries outside of the United States do condone limited tasting and small servings of alcoholic drinks to children at meals. There are advantages to allowing your child to taste adult beverages and in the early teen years even a good idea to allow them a beer or glass of wine with dinner on special occasions.The reason... More..