Helping Parents Succeed
When you help your kids to love reading, you provide a gift that will enrich their personal and professional lives for years to come. Even though teachers play an important role, parents are a child’s first teachers. To nurture the love of books, parents should begin reading to their children as soon as possible.
Consider the following tips to help build literacy skills in your child at every stage of development. [Read more…]
Maintaining a good marriage is a lot like baking a good cake: the outcome is 70% the quality of the ingredients, 25% the skill of the baker, and 5% luck. Therefore, most of the requirements for a long and happy marriage are within your control, so it pays to work at keeping your relationship healthy.
Keep these suggestions in mind to help you and your spouse manage relationship conflicts, financial issues, and family dynamics so you can stick together through better and worse. [Read more…]
This article is written by Marina Salsbury.
Having a child while in college presents many challenges, both educationally and personally. Whether through planning or lack thereof, it creates obstacles college students don’t usually have to face. Not only do student parents need to focus on studying in the library, working on online college classes, or social life, they must take total responsibility for a whole new life. However, one can be successful in balancing the challenges of parenting and college successfully with careful planning and organization. [Read more…]
Dates at home can be very romantic and help your relationship flourish even during a recession. You can have a good time while still cutting back on fancy restaurants and babysitters. Try these ideas for sharing a wonderful time with your partner and making simple enjoyments more memorable. [Read more…]
Going anywhere with a baby is tough. Strapping my 2 year old into the car seat is hard enough, but then I have to deal with a multitude of straps to make sure he is secured in the vehicle. Then, once we arrive he has to be picked up to move into his stroller. The whole process repeats when we go back home. [Read more…]