Parenting Articles (Sorted by date)

Ready Your Child For Reading

It's never too soon to start your child on the path to reading. Simply talking to your infant and toddler helps her develop the vocabulary she will need as she enters school and begins to read.
Brent SittonOctober 01, 2005

Preparing Your Young Actor or Actress for Industry Success

Helping your young acting hopeful prepare for a successful acting career can be an incredibly rewarding experience for the parent. All parents like seeing their children being creative, expressing themselves, and, most importantly, having fun.It...
Brooks PattonOctober 01, 2005

Extra-Cute Baby Outfits

Parents live vicariously through their children and play dress-up.One of the joys of being the parent of an infant comes in the form of choosing cute outfits for the baby to wear.
Kirsten HawkinsOctober 01, 2005

11 Important Tips On Teen Dating

1 ACCEPT THAT DATING IS NORMAL Whatever your parents think, teen dating is normal. You cannot learn everything that you need to know in a classroom situation.
Roy BarkerOctober 01, 2005

The John Wayne vs Apron String Approach to Parenting

My husband and I have different views on parenting. He likes to recount a scene from an old John Wayne movie, "Hondo", where a young boy doesn't know how to swim.
Julie ButlerOctober 01, 2005

A Parent's Instruction Manual

Just when we seem to have parenting techniques that work with the first child we discover that they don’t work with the next. Wouldn’t it be great if children were born with instructions?
Carol WelshOctober 01, 2005

Should the Dad Attend the Birth of His Baby?

Not so long ago a dad-to-be would pace up and down outside the labor room and would be admitted only after the birth. Modern practice is to assume the dad-to-be should be at the birth to offer support.
Tony LuckSeptember 30, 2005

Is Change Really About Behaviors in Public Schools?

Much is written about behaviors in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. The question is to ask is it really the behaviors that need to be changed? Are not behaviors the desired end result?
Leanne Hoagland-SmithSeptember 30, 2005

Baby Strollers - On A Budget

Since you got the news, you have begun gather the things your new bundle of joy will be needing. If this is your first baby you may be overwhelmed by all the decisions at first.
Martin SmithSeptember 30, 2005

So You Want to Know the Truth about Child Birth and Labor?

Labor and childbirth was an amazing, positive experience for me, both times. I am very fortunate, I know. But I do believe that if you prepare yourself through education (reading books, reading articles like this one, taking prenatal classes, etc)...
Suzanne Doyle-IngramSeptember 30, 2005