Archive for June, 2007

The Metamorphosis of The Brain: Raising Your child to be a Brainiac

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

The human brain never actually stops developing. Beginning formation in early prenatal life (just 3 weeks after conception), the brain’s development is a lifelong endevour, endlessly under construction, constantly reshaping and redefining itself based on everyday life and the types of stimulation that we provide for it.
When children receive loving care from a parent, neural […]

Teaching Preschool Color and Shapes with Family Games

Monday, June 4th, 2007

My kids just can’t get enough of playing games with Mom and Dad–can yours?
Sometimes we all take a break in the middle of the day and play a game together. Most of the time, I just make sure we play games so that we all have fun together. I can get so caught up in […]

Parenting Your Teenager: Ask Questions

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Many parents seem to be more than a little confused about what they have a right to know about their teens.
The question I often get goes something like this:
“We want to know where our 16-year-old son is going to be, and who he is with. He makes it sound as if we are the most […]

Grandparents! Help Your Grandkids Do Math!

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

This may come as a surprise.
But despite all the advances in education, many kids still struggle in the math class.
Math is an important subject, yet many kids just don’t “get it”.
Teachers can only devote a limited amount of personal attention to each student.
And parents are so busy with their own work nowadays, they don’t have […]

Why Scrapbooking Moms are the Secret Weapon in the War on Terror

Friday, June 1st, 2007

There is a front line and a back end to every successful war effort. Rosie the Riveter was an icon during World War II and she was symbolic of the strong American woman who took command of the US economy and war manufacturing; without her there would have been no Allied victory.
We are once again […]