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Source: Connect with Kids “Sometimes when parents are trying to figure out what’s their role and how much do they push and how much do they step back, there are gonna be some differences and some miscommunication,” – Rick Van Haveren, Ph.D., Psychologist Today there are about 4 million kids who play sports and have a unique set of both rewards and challenges: their coach is their mom or dad. How can these parents make the best of the situation both on and off the field. Bill Bufton loves to watch his sons Beau and Brett play ball. Bufton is not the boys’ father, he’s also their coach. “It has its ups and downs,” says 16-year old Brett. “But I guess [one] of the good things is he’s always there to help you.” But there are admittedly some downsides. “I tend to take the game and sometimes practice home,” says Coach Bufton. “And I like to talk about things as we get home and they like to just leave it at the gym or at the field.” “[Sometimes] I get home and he’d be on my case all the time ...

I was recently made aware of this website that offers a unique idea and technique to help keep your kids on task and on time. ****************** Take the nagging out of parenting! Find it hard to "Get out the door" on time in the morning? Want to end those bedtime battles? Want your kids to be more independent? On·Task On·Time for Kids takes the nagging out of parenting. Designed by a mom of triplets plus one, this unique time management system supplies 52 full-color task stickers to organize three routines: Morning (getting ready for school), Afternoon (transitioning from school to home activities), and Evening (getting ready for bed). Individualized routines are put together by parents and children to fit their life style. Daily routines are created by applying task stickers to a Routine Disk. The Routine Disk is inserted onto the On·Task Timer Unit and the child sees what tasks should be completed, what tasks should be done now, and what tasks are coming up next. Parents ...

By Aurelia Williams Teen smoking statistics are on the rise. It is very important that children are informed of the teen smoking statistics and the harmful effects of smoking.Having involved parents — those who know a lot about their children’s friends, activities and performance in school — can help children overcome peer influence to start teen smoking, according to a study by a researcher at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The study also confirmed earlier findings that the more widespread children think smoking is, the more likely they are to start. Moreover, children who are socially competent — who have the ability to exercise self-control and good judgment — and have parents who monitor their behavior tend not to start smoking. The study, which was published in the December 2002 issue of Prevention Science, surveyed students in four middle schools in a suburban Maryland school district. Why Parental Involvement Is Key While researchers have k...

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