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Lions Clubs Encourage Early Childhood Vision Screenings
Health screenings are a traditional part of the back-to- school season throughout the country. Eye screenings in particular are important for children entering school for the first time, since vision and learning are inextricably linked.
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"Survivor To Thriver": Healing The Impact Of Childhood Abuse
Healing the impact of childhood abuse is a difficult yet hopeful process. If you were physically or sexually abused as a child, you may often feel fragmented, confused, vulnerable, and somewhat chaotic inside. You may have difficulty with trust and intima
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Blaming Our Parents Is Easy
It's easy to blame our parents for how we are: "How can I be successful and happy when my father always told me I wouldn't amount to much?" "My mother was never a role model for a happy, healthy woman." "No one ever showed me l
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Winner's Gold From Personal Garbage
Have you noticed how everybody takes it for granted a bad experience is automatically all bad? That nothing good could ever come from a bad childhood? I'm hearing the comment more and more often that we have become a victim society. Maybe this is true. We
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10 Ways To Make Learning More Fun For Children
Traditional ways of learning required a teacher, a chalkboard, a desk, a ruler, pencil, and a textbook. A teacher with a stern, professional posture stood before the room with barely a smile on her face as she taught her class. This was the image seen in
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A Tribute To Maria Montessori
A tribute to Maria Montessori, a pioneer in early childhood education. This article provides parents with an in depth account of the principles of "The Montessori Method". Particularly helpful for those parents seeking a rational alternative t
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Pregnancy – Foods And Other Things To Avoid
It is essential that you take care when preparing foods and avoid doing certain things when pregnant. This is due to your baby's immune system not being sufficiently developed to fight any infection you may pass to it whilst within the womb.
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Taste The Pleasure Of A Healthy Body With Weight Loss
Weight loss is a universal phenomenon. You can tackle this health hazard by making some small changes in your lifestyle, eating habits, physical activity.
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Youth Heroes – A Double Standard
Some of the most famous heroes of our youth have met with a terrible end. Some have died from drug overdoses while others have succumbed to alcohol, committed suicide or something worse. What kind of message does this leave?
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Your Obese Child & School Programs
More than five years ago, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published ‘Guidelines for School and Community Programs' to promote physical activity in children and teenagers, in hopes of helping them develop lifelong exercise and physical fitness regimen
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Why You Should Read To Your Child
As a parent you have many important priorities when it comes to your child. You need to keep your child safe, healthy, and loved. In today's hectic world, we often spend so much time engaged on those priorities we forget another important area -- mental s
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Why Are Our Children Getting Heavier? -- The Five Truths Every Parent Must Know To Get Their Child's Weight On Track.
With as many as 50% of all children being overweight in this country, parents are beginning to realize that something must be done. There is no shortage of information about nutrition and exercise, but the task of helping an overweight child without setti
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When, What, And How You Should Teach Your Preschooler
One of the most important things you can do for your child is to offer an environment rich in learning opportunities. If you give your child the opportunity to learn then he will learn -- it really is as simple as that.
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Three Keys To Teaching Your Child The Alphabet
Learning the alphabet is a key part of your child's education especially when it comes to learning to read and write. It is important that children learn not only to recite the letters in order, but also to recognize letters out of sequence. In addition,
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Teach Your Child The Alphabet
One of the first steps in becoming a successful reader is to learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet. The alphabetic principle teaches that spoken language is represented by written words that are made up of varying combinations of letters, and tha
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