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Car Seat Safety: 4 Simple Tips To Keep Your Child Seated

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I was startled when my friends asked how I got my two kids to sit quietly in the car seats when they saw two fitted in the back of our car.

According to them, they have problems getting their child to sit in a car seat. Worse, some never think of using car seats at all!

Oh my God! I thought parents are supposed to put child safety as priority when they are on the road.

It’s better safe than sorry. As for me, since the birth of our first child, J, car seat is something that my wife and I seem to agree upon without much argument (not that we always argue).

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Teaching Kids About Money and Finances: An Interview with J.F. (Jim) Straw

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With great pleasure, we present to you an interview with J.F. (Jim) Straw. He touched on a topic many parents dare not touch: money.

Who is J.F. (Jim) Straw:

Over the past 50 years, Jim has written well over 700 books, booklets, manuals, reports, courses and articles about doing business — all based on his own personal, hands-on experience. His writings are “specific” methods, techniques and approaches to doing business that anyone can use to start or expand their business. Being the latest “You Can Be A Millionaire In One-Year Or Less!”

In the same period, Jim has generated over $400 Million in revenue. With this impressive record, Jim is second to none to talk about teaching children about money and family finances.

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Reading list – 23 September 2007

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Here are some parenting tips to add to your Sunday reading:

10 Essential Packing Rules when you’re Traveling with the Kids – Excellent tips if you are traveling with young children. Michael and Hannah are the experts as they are always on the move with two kids.

Twenty skills to teach children self control – Every parent should have this. It’s an overview of what you should teach your child.

How Well Do You Communicate With Your Kids? – As I always say, you can multitask your business but not people, especially your kids.

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Vomiting and Diarrhea – A Family Affair

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What a week!

I have just recovered from vomiting and diarrhea. I got it since Monday. Trust me, you don’t want to go through this (forgive me if it sounds gross but that’s what happened):

First day: Vomited several times 8-10 times.
Second day: Diarrhea, 7-8 times. Mainly watery stools. Completely knocked out. Took a 3-hour nap.
Third day: Diarrhea, 3-4 times. Vomited once.
Forth day: Diarrhea once.
Fifth day: Hooray, solid stools. Started to crave for foods.

Sounds bad huh? There’s more.

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5 Essential Ways of Dealing with an Angry Child

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Sometimes parents feel that children don’t have a right to express their anger or frustration and they’ll instead term it a tantrum.  It’s important to realize though that tantrums are the juvenile way of releasing pressure.  Whereas grownups might swear, yell, stomp feet and throw things – and come to think of it, that is a tantrum – children are rarely afforded the same opportunity without getting into trouble for their behavior.

For angry children, validation goes a long way to calming their behavior.  Showing your child that you understand why she is upset and trying to resolve it with her demonstrates that you are on her side.  As adults, we should be mature enough to not throw a tantrum in response – “Will you stop whining?  I can’t stand it anymore.”

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