Establish a schedule that sets aside specific time to do certain tasks. Younger kids need consistency with nap times and mealtimes. Older kids benefit from a schedule to remind them of when to do homework, complete chores and take care of other responsibilities. Follow through with consequences and don’t just make threats as you’ll be training your child not to listen to you.
Maybe we just don’t have enough bedrooms for each child to have their own room. Certainly the larger our family, the more likely it is we’ve run out of space for separate rooms. It’s also possible that we prefer to give our children the experience of room sharing—we might have fond memories of doing this ourselves, or we might want to teach our kids how to share and resolve sibling disputes....
Clearly, behavior differences don’t always stem from the environment. Each child is born with a unique temperament. As a parent, it’s important to tailor your discipline strategies to your child’s individual needs. Traits That Make Up Temperament A child’s personality differs from their temperament. Personality refers to attributes such as intelligence and abilities, while temperament only refers to in-born traits. Researchers have found a child’s temperament is made up of nine traits: Activity Level....
Parents of multiples have many worries before their babies arrive—how to care for both babies at the same time, how to get enough sleep, how to pay for everything. Fortunately telling twins apart is one fear that can be taken off the list. Perhaps that is why this fear resonates with some parents. Recognizing and knowing your child is a deep-rooted, primal instinct. To not recognize your child, even if the form of temporary amnesia like mixing up twins, would be to admit failure at that basic parenting trait....
Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints, even though their identical genes give them very similar patterns. The fetus begins developing fingerprint patterns in the early weeks of pregnancy. Small differences in the womb environment conspire to give each twin different, but similar, fingerprints. In fact, each finger has a slightly different pattern, even for your own fingers. Why Twin Fingerprints Aren’t Identical Identical, or monozygotic, twins form when a single fertilized egg splits in two after conception....
Jonathan is a Hebrew name meaning “God has given.” It is a shortened version of the name Jehonathan or yehōnātān (Yahweh has given). Yahweh is the god of the Israelites, whose name was revealed to Moses in the form of four Hebrew consonants. The name is derived from two Hebrew elements; yeho referring to the Hebrew God and natan meaning “to give.” The name Jonathan also appears in the Old Testament, where Jonathan was the oldest son of King Saul, and portrayed as a man of great strength....
In 2014, along with Amri Kibbler, she co-founded HeyMama, a networking community for working moms. She is currently the CEO and runs the company, while being a single mom to her daughter Lili, 10. The company’s mission is all about community. “I was inspired by growing up in really big cities,” Libin explains. “I grew up in Queens. My high school had 5,000 people and my college had 20,000 people....
Published in Psychological Science, the study found that the amount of knowledge a child has about a topic is what makes them curious to want to learn more. Kids with an intermediate amount of knowledge about a subject are more curious about it than if they had no prior knowledge or even extensive knowledge about the topic. About the Study Researchers at Rutgers University conducted two experiments during the study and had a total of 100 participants, ages 3 to 5....
To succeed in school and in life, literacy is necessary. It’s no wonder, then, that so many parents work hard to ensure that their children learn to read as soon as possible. Some parents buy phonics DVDs and flash cards and start teaching their kids to read almost from the day they bring them home from the hospital as newborns. Learn to distinguish when early reading is a sign of giftedness or just the work of diligent parents....
In both situations and in all their variations, grandparents may have to formalize their status to be able to care for their grandchildren properly. Grandparent custody comes in different forms, and the legal terms for these forms can differ from state to state. But parenting grandparents usually have one of the following legal relationships with their grandchildren. Physical Custody With Power of Attorney When grandchildren live with grandparents and grandparents are responsible for their physical well-being on a day-to-day basis, the grandparent has “physical custody....
How Popular Is the Name Lily? Lily has been holding steady in the top 50 baby names in the U.S. for more than 15 years. Per the Social Security Administration, its peak popularity came in 2011, when it ranked 15th (alongside other classic favorites like Natalie and Grace). In the 2021 rankings, it stands at #31. Before 2000, though, it wasn’t an especially popular name; in the early 1970s, it barely cracked the top 1,000....
The Study Results The study, published in Diabetologia, analyzed 2,470,580 babies’ development through age 25 (in most cases) to determine the connection between the birthing parent’s diabetes and the child’s increased risk of developing a vision problem. The findings indicated that mothers with diabetes, including Type 1, Type 2, or gestational, had babies with a higher risk of vision problems due to higher refractive error (RE). This means that the eye fails to properly focus images on the retina....
As part of a series of studies by a research team in Illinois, it was found that 9% of pediatric burns unit patients had received their injuries from removing hot contents from a microwave themselves, and subsequently spilling it on their body. Almost half of these cases were severe enough to require surgery for skin grafting. Research team member Dr. Kyran Quinlan, MD, says, “The microwave door between your toddler and the scalding hot liquids inside is easily opened by your 2-year-old....
Haven’t given birth yet? You’re probably wondering what it’s like to deliver a baby and bring home a newborn during these unprecedented times. Luckily, we have the 4-1-1 from new parents that have gone before you. They’ve shared their experiences to let you know that you’re not alone. And although there are certainly some major things you’ll miss out on, there’s also an undeniable closeness and bonding that comes from this experience....
That’s bad news, according to health experts who warn the illnesses could circulate together. That scenario could make this winter more challenging than years past, and threaten chances of returning to life—and school—the way it was before the pandemic hit. An Unprecedented Flu Season Approaches “This year’s flu season is unlike any other because it is expected to peak alongside the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” says Kevin Ban, MD, chief medical officer at Walgreens....
However, treating infertility goes beyond fertility treatments. Infertility treatment can also include surgical interventions, lifestyle changes, weight loss, or treatment of an underlying medical condition. Your infertility treatment plan will depend on the cause or causes behind your infertility, whether the problem is from the woman’s side, the man’s side, both sides, or remains unexplained. The good news is that 85 to 90% of couples dealing with infertility are treated with low-tech treatments, like medication or surgery....
