Category Archives: Parenting

Kids Fighting the Corona Blues

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Are Your Kids Fighting the Corona Blues?

As parents are facing the devastation of their lives being turned upside down, sometimes parents lose sight that their children’s lives have been also turned upside down. Men and women all over are battling a loss of jobs, essentials working overtime with fear for their own health, domestic violence, fear, depression, and so many more overwhelming feelings and circumstances thanks to Covid-19. What about our children? Are they also feeling the Corona blues?

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Developing Self Confidence In Kids

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Developing Self Confidence In Kids 

Self-confidence is an important factor in the life of anyone, young or old, and self-confidence begins at an early age, during childhood, when all of a person’s perception of themselves and the world around them begins. Parents play a vital role in the development of self confidence in children, and there are numerous ways in which they can give their child’s confidence a healthy and effective boost.

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How To Entertain A Newborn

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How To Entertain A Newborn

Whether you’re a first time mom or second time mom, here are some steps to bring you and your baby closer! After you bring your bundle of joy home, you realize the hospital didn’t send directions, and you worry that you may not be properly fit to take on this new task! Follow the advice I have and in return become more comfortable about your abilities as far as being a mother.

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Helping Kids Like Playing Outside As Well As Inside

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Helping Kids Like Playing Outside As Well As Inside

Sometimes our children enjoy being inside so much that it is difficult to get them out of the house to get fresh air and exercise. This has probably gotten worse since our kids today have so many more options when it comes to staying inside. Once kids could play something quiet or read indoors, but now they can do almost anything inside, even sports with Wii. So, what can you do to get them playing outside?

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How to Care for An African American Baby’s Hair

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Taking in a New Foster Baby and Learning How to Care for an African American Baby’s Hair

The phone rang while I was waiting to get my daughter’s birth certificate straightened out. There had been an error when her birth certificate was filed originally at the time of her adoption. We never received a copy of the certificate but needed it to be able to obtain a passport for my daughter to go out of country with us. I was laughing because it was an error on DSS’ part and we were a little perturbed with having to go back to Raleigh for a second time to try fixing the problem. So, while standing in line at the Vital Records office, I look down to see it is a call coming in from DSS. I joked with the employee at the vital records office saying, “They probably have another child for us to take in.”  

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