How often you utilize the services of a babysitter depends on your lifestyle, your work schedule and your guilt level. Many parents will not allow themselves a night out when they've been working full time. This may not be healthy for your...
A healthy parent-child relationship is critical to an infant's psychological development. It gives her the security she needs to explore her environment, teaches her to trust others and helps her learn to control her emotions. Unfortunately, when...
Families come in all shapes and sizes: single parents, same-sex parents, extended families with shared parenting, foster and adoptive parents, and a birth mother and father. No matter what the home setup, academics agree that parenting principles...
Healthy Families is a voluntary program run by the U.S. government that involves visiting participant's homes, the goal of which is to strengthen families by reducing child abuse and neglect, childhood health problems and juvenile delinquency....
Parenting young children is a rewarding but challenging endeavor that often leaves parents overwhelmed and frustrated. According to Healthy Children, the parent child relationship begins at the moment that a baby is born. Effective parenting...
Obesity in children can be a great concern to their parents, owing to a child's increased risk for developing health problems and the costs associated with treating those problems. According to research published in the American Journal of...
According to the book "Parenting For Dummies," communication and listening are essential for any healthy relationship---including that between parent and child. Unfortunately, it can sometimes seem that your child only listens when he wants to....
When parents choose to separate, they must decide who will retain custody of any children they have in common. Historically, sole custody has been given most often to a child's mother, with fathers having only visitation rights. Because of a...
Louisiana judges prefer that custody and visitation plans be determined by agreement between the parents. They lean toward awarding custody according to the terms of such an agreement unless it is clearly harmful to the child. When the court must...
Groups are dynamic that allow for an environment in which to practice new skills. They are also a place to learn new ways to think, feel or perceive. A group creates a special community, and an ADHD group can be a supportive environment in which...
