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Why Your Pre-Teen Quit Playing Sports

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One way to encourage your child to get a healthy amount of exercise is to make it fun. Sports offer kids the ability to exercise while having fun, the chance to learn how to play as a team, and a good way to develop athletic skills. Despite these benefits, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of 13. Here are some reasons why that happens. It stopped being fun. Have you ever watched kindergartners play soccer against another team of kindergarteners? What happens is both adorable and amusing. They sit down when they get tired, and start playing with … Continue reading →

Even More Places to Find a “Sensory Friendly” Santa

Parents of kids who have Sensory Integration Dysfunction disorder, or an Autism Spectrum Disorder, might want to find a “Sensory Friendly” Santa that their child can visit this year. For some reason, a lot of these events are scheduled for December 4, 2011. Here are a few more places to find a Santa that your child can visit without being overwhelmed. I’m not sure exactly when the “Sensory Friendly” Santa events started. This year, I have noticed that there are plenty of them, in locations scattered all around the country. I do not know why so many of these events … Continue reading →

Are You Sure Your Child Has ADHD?

A quick google search will lead you to more information about ADHD than you could possibly read. Many parents think that they know enough about ADHD to be able to properly diagnose it in their own children. It’s best to get a formal assessment by a professional health care provider, though. There are many other disorders that share some symptoms of ADHD. Are you sure your child has ADHD? According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of ADHD include: difficulty with sustaining attention on a task, frequent failure to follow through with and complete tasks, and problems with organizing. Kids with … Continue reading →

Interfering in Children’s Friendship Problems

I don’t know why I do it…but alas it has happened again. It is parental intervention in a friendship problem with my child. For some reason I really struggle with letting my children work it out. I hate to see them hurt or not getting along with someone, so I attempt to patch things up. However that almost always backfires. When my oldest son was in middle school he had a lot of difficulties with his best friend. The problem is that his best friend’s mother is also my very good friend. Needless to say it ended up causing friction … Continue reading →

The Man Called “Dad”

Forget about the flailing economy, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and other international and domestic upheavals, according to President Barack Obama, being a father to his two young daughters is one of his toughest jobs… but also the most rewarding. In honor of Father’s Day, the president devoted his Saturday radio and Internet address to fatherhood, and didn’t shy away from speaking about his own perceived failings as dad to daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 10. Obama also spoke about growing up without his own father. “I felt his absence. And I wonder what my life would have … Continue reading →

Do You Pay for Your Adult Child’s Health Insurance?

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One of the changes that came from the Affordable Care Act benefited young adults. For the first time, people who were between the ages of 18 and 26 could be covered by their parent’s health insurance. However, many parents are finding that they don’t want to, or cannot afford to, pay for the extra cost that covering their adult child adds to their insurance premiums. There was a survey done by eHealthInsurance. The company is an online seller of individual health insurance policies, through 180 different insurance companies. The survey shows that parents are not very enthused about the idea … Continue reading →

Home Study Interviews Part 1

When the application is complete, the references are in; the safety check is complete so now what? Now the fun begins! You will have a couple’s interview and an individual interview. When you process the application you will be asked to write letters individually about your spouse, your marriage, your extended family. In the letter they want to know about your spouse’s good features, and their bad ones. When the couple’s interview starts you will be asked about items that are in your letter. They will want to know who manages the money, which one makes the hard choices, who … Continue reading →

Choose your References Carefully

There are some things in the adoption application that need more consideration than others. One of those things is your references. You and your spouse need to sit and make a list of your friends. Look at the list and give consideration to any marital problems, work problems or any recent disagreements that you have had with that friend. I mention this because of a problem that we encountered with one of our references. The agency sends out request to the people you list, we used friends from work and our personal lives. In the letter from the agency they … Continue reading →

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before…

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All parents work hard at being a parent. It’s not easy to give up hours of sleep because your child needed you, and then head into work the next morning. It can be frustrating to have your child going through a “difficult stage”, no matter if that stage is due to age, personality, or just the result of a really bad day. When your child is in a public place, and behaving in ways that make people stop and stare, it can be completely embarrassing, for you, the parent. These are the moments when you are going to be the … Continue reading →

Calendar of the Year

I’m more J.Crew than JWoww, which is probably why I love, love Minted.com’s super fab new photo calendars. The company, which embraces innovative indie designs, recently released a line of photo-licious 2011 calendars that are 100 percent customizable. Which means conservative yet trendy (okay, wannabe trendy) moms like me can now covet calendars the way they do holiday cards. I know what you’re thinking: Photo calendars as Christmas gifts… ho, ho, ho-hum. Not this year. Believe me; if there is anyone, who is hair-triggered to place her kid’s adorable mug on a mug, mouse pad, tote bag or calendar, it’s … Continue reading →