Family Life and Parenting

A parent is always concerned about the health of the child. Children are always fussy when it comes to eating nutritious food. They like eating junk foods like burgers, chocolates, ice creams and chips etc. Eating junk food will not be beneficial to

A mom often wears many hats, taxi driver, cook, housekeeper, bread-winner, shoulder to cry on, and more. So, how does mom juggle it all? The following are six secrets of organized moms to help make things easier:

1. Routines. Organized moms serve dinner at the same time each night, have strict bed times, have after school routines with homework and socializing. If you want to be an organized mom, you have to have a routine you stick to. This might mean that you get your child up at the same time each day, and expect them to get dressed and make their bed before they come in to breakfast. You may have a few different routines, such as your morning routine, your after school and evening routine, and

I have listened to many stories about when my parents were kids and all of the things they were allowed to do. I don’t let my kids do half of that stuff. At 6 and 3, I am still trailing behind them when they ride their bicycles in front of the house. I have heard about enough abductions in the news that I never let them out of my sight in public. I often wonder if I am too overprotective of my children, and where other parents fall in the parenting spectrum. There are three categories that parents often fall into. Which type are you?

In-Your-Face Parents

One of the greatest gifts we can teach our children is how to be respectful. It is a gift because one of the ways we can best teach it is by giving it to them, and when we respect our children, we open a door of wonderful possibilities in our relationships with them and their place in the world.

Can respect really do all of that? Absolutely. Respect is not the same as obedience, where children make decisions and choices because of the consequence they might face as a result, or because they have learned that they simply have to follow the rules.

Respect Begins at Birth

Respect is not a tangible or black and white guideline for parenting and life. It is a set of behaviors, reactions, and attitudes that we must begin to instill in our children from their earliest days with us. The best way to teach a child how to respect others is to respect your child and others in your life. You begin doing this when your child is still an infant by:

• Respecting her need for food, even at 3 in the morning when you are exhausted
• Respecting her need to snuggle, even though you have already snuggled for 23 hours today
• Respecting her need for conversation, even if it

Dining as a family may create happier, healthier teens

A new survey reveals that a family sit-down at dinnertime can benefit teenagers in more ways that you may think, and may even reduce your child's risk for trying or using drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol.

Last week, the US National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse released a report on family dining trends and how family