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The good news is, you can take steps to help your teen build self-esteem, which will benefit your teen in a number of ways. Teens who have confidence are better prepared to handle peer pressure, navigate challenging dating relationships, make good decisions, and recover from setbacks. Here are eight strategies that will instill life-long confidence in your teen. Promote Self-Improvement Teens who struggle to master a skill may conclude they’re complete failures....

The best approach is to take it one step at a time. This guide will help you think about how you are going to handle being away, who will take on your responsibilities, and how you will transition back once your leave is up. Making a plan for maternity leave will help reduce stress now and later. What Is Maternity Leave? Typically, maternity leave refers to the period of time that a new mother takes off from work following the birth of a baby....

With saints, artists, and nobility as namesakes throughout history, Anthony is a strong, classic name. An English form of the Roman family name Antonius, Anthony is often linked to Marcus Antonius (also known as Mark Antony), a notable Roman politician in the ancient world. Mark Antony isn’t the only well-known historical figure with this name, however. Two prominent Catholic saints, the fourth century Egyptian hermit St. Anthony the Great and thirteenth century Portuguese St....

The practice of human mothers eating their own placentas (known as placentophagy), however, is a relatively newer practice that is thought to have originated perhaps in the 1970s, as part of the movement to incorporate more natural birthing methods. Some women choose to consume their placentas on their own in different ways after birth, such as blending their placenta up in a smoothie or cooking and eating it. After birth, the mother requests to keep her placenta and then uses a company that dries and grinds the placenta then places into pills that are usually stored at room temperature....

Take headphones, for example. Headphones have their place, for sure, and they can be very helpful when your child is listening to an audiobook, their favorite piece of music, or plugging into some white noise to block out loud noises in their environment. But with headphones being marketed to even the youngest children out there, one has to wonder about the true benefits here, as well as the safety of babies and young children using headphones on a regular basis....

This approach is often used to discipline kids with ADHD, autism, or oppositional defiant disorder. However, it can be effective for all kids. Discipline Discipline strategies fall under positive or negative punishment. Positive punishment involves adding a consequence, while negative punishment involves taking something away. Positive Punishment Punishment is used to stop negative behaviors. And while it sounds confusing to refer to punishment as “positive,” in operant conditioning, the term positive means adding....

Setup Process: Simple and straightforward There’s an easy-to-follow Setup Guide included in the Blink XT2 box. Our first step was to download the Blink Home Monitor App and create a Blink account using our email address. Each Blink XT2 system consists of a Sync Module along with one or more cameras (in our case, just one). The Sync Module, which has to stay plugged into power at all times, is what communicates your Wi-Fi connection to the Blink app and Blink devices....

People often wonder how long after the doctor breaks your water will the baby be born. Typically, amniotomy will quickly get labor going but the time to delivery varies widely from minutes to many hours. Purposefully breaking the amniotic sac as a labor intervention has been used by obstetricians and midwives for more than a hundred years. Today, the use of amniotomy varies around the world. The procedure is used routinely in some places and infrequently in others....

Your Breasts During Pregnancy During pregnancy, the milk-making glands in your breasts begin to grow and develop. Hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin play a major role in preparing your breasts to feed your baby. As your pregnancy goes on, your breasts will get bigger. Your areola, the circular area surrounding your nipple, will become darker. These are good signs that the hormones are doing their jobs and your body is preparing to produce breast milk for your baby....

How Does a Bulb-Style Breast Pump Work? A breast pump is a device that’s used to remove breast milk from the breasts. The bulb-style breast pump is a manual style pump. You operate a manual breast pump by hand, and they don’t need batteries or electricity to work. To work a bulb-style breast pump, you place the shield over your breast and squeeze the bulb. When the bulb is squeezed and let go, it creates suction....

Now, the bad news: The irony here could be that the most harmful part of a temper tantrum isn’t what your toddler is doing, but what you don’t do to put a stop to them over time. Luckily now is always the right time to start implementing effective techniques for dealing with temper tantrums. Make Sure the Area Is Safe If your toddler is kicking, hitting, spitting, throwing things, throwing himself down on the ground or into walls or banging his head, then there is some potential for harm....

If you recently had a baby, you may find yourself wondering if you can safely take melatonin. Caring for an infant has its fair share of stressors. Whether you are overwhelmed by the huge task of being completely responsible for meeting your little human’s basic needs or you find yourself feeling anxious and worrying constantly (or both!), it’s not surprising to find it hard to sleep at night. Breastfeeding parents may wonder whether taking melatonin is safe for their nursing infants....

Because much of the hype around intermittent fasting is wrapped up in diet culture, many people have tried it. It it wouldn’t be unusual for someone who is newly pregnant to want to continue a practice that is commonly viewed as healthful. However, now that you’re expecting, it’s one more thing to add to the, “Hey, is this okay?” list you’ve been keeping. The short answer: No, it isn’t a good idea to fast while pregnant....

Now, however, you’re quite naturally suspicious of everything you put in your body. That packet, which once looked perfectly innocent, is making you raise an eyebrow. Daniel Roshan, MD, a high-risk maternal-fetal OBGYN in New York City, says that Emergen-C is fine to take while pregnant. “Vitamin C increases iron absorption from the stomach and decreases anemia,” Dr. Roshan says. “It also helps people to recover from a cold faster, so overall it’s a good supplement to take....

But sometimes if morning sickness is left untreated—or if it morphs into hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness—it can wreak havoc on your system, especially if accompanied by vomiting. In fact, if severe morning sickness is left untreated, it can potentially lead to significant weight loss, dehydration, and possibly even malnutrition. In extreme cases, it could even put your pregnancy at risk. When morning sickness gets extreme, most expectant parents start to explore their options for relief from the persistent—and sometimes overwhelming—nausea and vomiting....

Overview Garlic (Allium sativum) is a commonly used ingredient found in many recipes all over the world. But, garlic is more than just a flavoring for food. Throughout history, the medical benefits of garlic are well noted. The actual origin of garlic is not known. However, the use of garlic dates back at least 5,000 years to ancient Egypt. It was found in King Tut’s tomb, and there are records of its use in ancient Greek, Roman, and Chinese medicine....

In fact, while sperm aren’t typically in precum, sometimes they are found in the fluid. Plus, sperm can live inside of precum. So, while uncommon, there is a small possibility of getting pregnant from precum fluid. In fact, research shows that about 4 in 100 women will get pregnant from precum. That said, there are other reasons to be cautious about using the withdrawal method to avoid pregnancy. While very few people may conceive with actual precum, up to 1 in 5 will unintentionally get pregnant when using the withdrawal method because of accidents, such as not fully withdrawing the penis from the vagina in time....