Crayon muffins, golfball painting, jewelry and more. Click
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Help For The Holidays
The holiday season can be a challenging time, regardless of what you celebrate:
Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanza or the Solstice. Here are some common
pitfalls and how to avoid them and make this holiday season a happy memory
for all. Click
here to read more...
Arriving home from the hospital with their newborn daughter, Shoshanna and
Jon were both overjoyed and overwhelmed. The couple anticipated the happiness
they would feel for this very wanted baby, but they were shocked by how
hard it was to transition from a duo to a trio. Click
here to read more...
Three Steps to a Happier Relationship
Who is more important; your spouse or your child?
OK, maybe you shouldn't answer that question! But, after studying thousands
of couples over two decades, the research of Dr. John Gottman shows that
one of the main characteristics that happy couples share is that these couple's
make their relationship a priority. The best approach to achieve this goal
is to take "baby steps." Click
here to read more...
Coping with Colic
Colic is a little understood problem that torments up to 25% of infants
and their parents. Having a baby who suffers from colic is inherently more
stressful on the whole family. Many parents wonder why the experience of
parenting this difficult to sooth baby is not as joyous as they had imagined.
Parents start to feel as helpless as their babies. Click
here to read more...
Childhood Vaccines - Making an Educated Decision for your Children
Every parent today has questions about vaccines. Are they safe? Is there
still mercury in some? What are the potential side effects? Can I delay
some shots? Are all the diseases still common? Do vaccines cause autism?
You want to know the answers before your baby's first checkup and shots,
but you have nowhere to turn for unbiased advice. Your doctor tells you
that all vaccines are perfectly safe, that the diseases could kill your
child, and that you have to vaccinate or else you are putting your child,
and everyone else in the country, at risk. On the other hand, the anti-vaccine
books, websites, and some of your friends tell you that vaccines are dangerous,
the diseases are harmless, and that you are crazy to vaccinate. All these
uncertainties boil down to the one all-consuming question of the decade
that every parent agonizes over - Should I vaccinate my child? Click
here to read more...
Relationship experts say that it takes more than being able to manage
conflict for a marriage to beat the odds.
During the early years of child rearing, marriage is all about getting
through a never ending To Do List. Couples don't carve out the time to
invest in creating and maintaining a solid partnership with open communication,
affection and intimacy. Yet, without this investment of time and energy,
too many couples will wake up one day with the children out of the house
and not have any idea who the person is they have been sharing a bed with
for the last 25 years. Click
here for an article recently featured in the Washington Post which highlights
this issue.