From the category archives:

Life Challenges

Teaching children learning handwriting skills can be difficult when they have not yet obtained the fine motor skills necessary to grasp a pencil or crayon and controlling the lines they make with one.  Children learning handwriting skills poses challenges for many children Pre-K through 5th Grade.
My 5 year old son, Sawyer, is in Jr. Kindergarten [...]

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How to Teach Your Child the Concept of Respect

(This is a brochure I found at my church.  I scanned it and have the publishing information at the end.)

As he looks at the umpire following a questionable call in the division playoffs, eleven-year-old Josh throws down his baseball glove and screams, “You don’t know what you’re [...]

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I have created a website exclusively about adoption, primarily international adoption, however many topics will apply to both domestic and international adoption. It has a list of books we have found very informative, enlightening, and helpful. You are welcome to visit it at www.TonyasTipsForAdoption.com. (type or paste into your browser or click on [...]

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As featured on Chicago’s WMBI Morning Radio Program
“A recent poll of 46,000 teens by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America found that dealing with peers is the leading source of stress for kids, ahead of school, relationships and violence.” (Family Circle magazine, January ‘08) So how can you help your child deal with peer [...]

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(This is scanned from a “FaithHome for Parents” brochure that my church hands out. See details at the end.)
It has been a month since Dad died. Aaron is six years old and in the first grade. His sister, Ayanna, is ten years old and in the fourth grade.
Aaron is no longer doing well in [...]

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