Articles about Kids and Teens
Body Piercing, Is There Anything Wrong With It?
When you spend a day at the mall, you see people with body piercings. Perhaps you see someone with a nose ring. Another may have a belly button ring. In fact, you may see people with some really c...
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Women, War, and Dating
I guess I should’ve figured something like this would happen one day. My son Will, who has just turned sixteen, is now dating, and was out on one this past Saturday night. I happened to be sitting in...
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Ending Child Labor
Your Nike shoes that cost you 150 dollar and your 70 dollar pair of Levi Strauss jeans were most likely made by a young person from the age of 5-14 living in Indonesia, Honduras, China or Haiti. They...
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8 Simple Tips To Help Your Child Read
Take away the skill of reading and not only books become a mysterious and foreign world, but reading train timetables, ordering from a menu, understanding bank statements, and any number of straightf...
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Fitness – It’s A Family Affair
OK, you are eating healthier meals and now you want to get your family to exercise together. First, sit down and talk about the different things you all like to do. Give everyone a turn to come up wi...
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Don’t Make Fast and Furious Food Changes
OK, moms and dads out there, we hear you when you say, my children won’t eat healthy foods. If we even say the word, they tune out and already decide they don’t like it. Well, my first response to th...
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Dinnertime Chatter
One of the themes I see on the various internet boards I belong to is that children eat and run. First, whatever happened to manners. We were not allowed to leave the table without permission and unl...
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Activity + Poor Food Choices = Non Healthy Lifestyle
One of the biggest misconceptions people have today is what constitutes a healthy lifestyle. Just because you exercise does not mean you are healthy. I hear much too often, oh, I can eat this because...
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A Child’s Self Image
With all the focus on weight today it is not surprising that children are starting to look at their bodies at earlier ages. Children as young as 7 years of age are asking parents about their bodies....
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It is Almost Prom Season
Proms Season Is Almost Here Is your child going to a school prom or formal this year? If so there are quite a few things you may want to consider. For starters make sure you know who your child wil...
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Acing the SAT Exam
Don’t cheat. This goes without saying for 999 out of 1000 students (hopefully even more!) but cheating is not the way to score high on the SAT exam. Not only do you sacrifice your integrity and trust...
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If Not SEX, then what?
Top 25 things Teens can do other than Sex 25. Visit the Library 24. Go see a funny movie 23. (: Send a card to a friend :) 22. Play Monopoly 21. Write a letter to a family member 20. DaNcE! 19. ~ T...
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Does My Child Have Migraine? 5 Things To Consider...
Maybe you have migraine yourself, or someone you know does. You start to wonder if your child is going through the same thing. They might be complaining of headaches, or going through cycles of sympt...
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Distance Learning Defined
The Definitive Explanation Distance learning is a term which encompasses all learning that takes place at locations remote from the point of instruction. It is an option for beginning studies or con...
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Leadership Tips For Students
Today’s youth are living with an explosion of technological advances especially in the area of the internet, mobile applications and multi-player gaming. This increases the need for proper supervisio...
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Ten Hottest Careers
What do you want to be when you grow up? If you are still trying to figure out which career path you want to follow, examine the following list of occupations currently considered the ten hottest car...
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Ant War Lessons
Kids these days really have it made. I know this gets said a lot, but it’s the truth. They have it made, and then some. I walked in on my two grocery killers yesterday afternoon, and they were talki...
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Making Science Less Abstract for Preschoolers
A simple experiment that can help preschoolers discover and enjoy the wonders of science. Most childcare businesses supervise children for more than three hours a day, five days a week. Such long hou...
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Getting a Social Security Disability Lawyer
To be able to win a social security disability case can only be obtained through the assistance of a competent social security disability lawyer. Getting one is such a no small matter. What must we r...
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Do You Know How Safe Your Roommate Is?
Landlord - Tenant Common Sense When choosing the perfect roommate, whether you are the tenant or the landlord, a little common sense and due diligence should be a pre-requisite before making your dec...
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