Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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1. How Much Does a New Baby Cost?
[MOMS]
Many potential parents feel they're ready to take on the responsibility of raising a child, but the majority of new parents vastly underestimate the real costs associated with bringing up baby. A Redbook survey says up to 41 percent of new parents believed that in hindsight, they weren't as financially prepared to have a baby as they thought. One expense those parents failed to budget for were those involving the child's... Read More
Many potential parents feel they're ready to take on the responsibility of raising a child, but the majority of new parents vastly underestimate the real costs associated with bringing up baby. A Redbook survey says up to 41 percent of new parents believed that in hindsight, they weren't as financially prepared to have a baby as they thought. One expense those parents failed to budget for were those involving the child's... Read More
2. When In-Laws Have Input on Your Kids
[MOMS]
As if you needed even more tension between you and the in-laws...When kids come along, so does the advice - many times, unwanted - from in-laws and other relatives. How do you keep the peace and adhere to your own child-rearing principles when your pushy relatives have their own ideas about raising kids? Parents rank different beliefs - whether religious, punishment-related, or about money or gifts - as major conflicts with family... Read More
As if you needed even more tension between you and the in-laws...When kids come along, so does the advice - many times, unwanted - from in-laws and other relatives. How do you keep the peace and adhere to your own child-rearing principles when your pushy relatives have their own ideas about raising kids? Parents rank different beliefs - whether religious, punishment-related, or about money or gifts - as major conflicts with family... Read More
3. Anxiety in Children
[MOMS]
It seems like kids lead a carefree life full of play and devoid of the worries we face as adults. But anxiety is on the rise in kids, whether it's generalized, social or panic attacks. There are a lot of time constraints put on kids these days. Their school days are ruled by structure and not much time blowing off steam outside anymore. Then after-school activities like dance, sports, musical instruction or other extracurriculars, plus... Read More
It seems like kids lead a carefree life full of play and devoid of the worries we face as adults. But anxiety is on the rise in kids, whether it's generalized, social or panic attacks. There are a lot of time constraints put on kids these days. Their school days are ruled by structure and not much time blowing off steam outside anymore. Then after-school activities like dance, sports, musical instruction or other extracurriculars, plus... Read More
4. Making Friends with Other Moms
[MOMS]
Some of us imagined that when we had children, we would become a member of a special tribe, a global community of mothers where we'd always be able to find common ground and form strong bonds. Ideally, that is the way it should be, but reality doesn't always live up to the ideal. Making friends in general can be a challenge, and that doesn't always change when a woman has children. Many mothers find it difficult to hook... Read More
Some of us imagined that when we had children, we would become a member of a special tribe, a global community of mothers where we'd always be able to find common ground and form strong bonds. Ideally, that is the way it should be, but reality doesn't always live up to the ideal. Making friends in general can be a challenge, and that doesn't always change when a woman has children. Many mothers find it difficult to hook... Read More
5. Why Your Kids Should Learn Consequences
[MOMS]
For every action there is a reaction. We're talking about consequences, and it's an important lesson kids should learn in life sooner rather than later. It goes without saying that you want children to learn the consequences for their actions, especially when those actions aren't appropriate. {relatedarticles}Ann Douglas, author of The Mother of All Parenting Books: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Preschool... Read More
For every action there is a reaction. We're talking about consequences, and it's an important lesson kids should learn in life sooner rather than later. It goes without saying that you want children to learn the consequences for their actions, especially when those actions aren't appropriate. {relatedarticles}Ann Douglas, author of The Mother of All Parenting Books: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Preschool... Read More
