Once featured on Larry King Live was the review of a ‘Baby Pageant’ – a beauty pageant for young girls. The participants were from 3 months to about 7 years old and they had to undergo all the beauty therapy preparations adults would go through, polishing themselves up for a contest. With the increase in […]
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“Where are your manners?” said the mother of a young boy coming out of the supermarket. This is a question on all our lips as parents, when it comes to the behaviour of the young children today. It appears as if manners like, politeness, respect, kindness and consideration have been thrown out of the window. How do we raise polite
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We might think that the pressure to be cool and to look good does not affect children. Recent research from the University of Sussex psychologists suggests that the pressure to be cool and look good does affect children and is actually bad for them. The world we live in is a world of having more, looking good
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There are several ways to parent and there are several styles but I always like to look at raising children based on scripture for the best guidelines on parenting. Here are some that I would like to share. Guidance we are meant to direct our children on the right path, to teach them and encourage them
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It is important to pay particular attention to passing on key life-transforming principles to our children in their foundational years when habits are formed. Teach them the way they should go includes focusing on raising successful children and instilling life-long values in them and not just being focused on providing for their welfare and educational needs. If
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Dealing with Do What You Do The most challenging aspect of raising a toddler is the fact that at that age they are more “do what you do” people, rather than “do what you say”. Every attitude, gesture, habit, facial expression and utterance is promptly copied; whether you realize it or not. Most of the
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Parenting Etiquette Part I Contributed by Janet Adetu Many of us start the journey to professionalism well before the journey to parenthood. In fact the school of thought says that it is wiser to get a job first before you think of getting married, the reasons of course are not farfetched. Whether you are a
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I stumbled on a story that stated that the 15 year old son of David and Victoria Beckham got a job in a coffee shop, where he is earning minimum wage because his parents want him to learn the value of money. The Beckhams are some of the richest set of parents in the world and
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Princess Diana‘s brother Charles Spencer has spoken about what it was like to have a privileged upbringing – and how his nephews Princes William and Harry have turned out to be the kind, compassionate and ambitious adults that they are. Speaking to Oprah in a televised interview, Charles, 50, discussed the challenge of raising a royal child, such as his nephews William and
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Can we take steps that teach children how to make money? Is it a skill that can be taught. Many schools and parents leave this important skill to chance and just expect the child to do the right things like go to school, graduate, get a job and earn a living. However we have seen
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