Posts Tagged ‘parenting’

Five Things Every Parent Should Do for Their Young Children

Babies are wonderful bundles of joy. They are easy to love. Nature has cunningly designed them to be irresistible. This helps new parents cope with the hardships of getting up at night and caring for their infant's immediate needs, which tend to be food, drink, exhalation of wind and clean diapers. So far so good. It is the next part that is more difficult and which many parents… Continue reading

September 15 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: child, child-rearing, duty, parent, parenting, toddler, upbringing | 13 comments»

10 More Linux Resources for Kids

Yesterday, I wrote about Linux distributions designed with kids’ needs in mind and some of the software for children that runs on Linux. Today I thought I’d share some of the other resources I came across while researching a likely candidate to install on my nephew’s and niece’s new PC.

Switching Your Kids to Linux by Scott K. This is a great primer for parents getting ready to give

June 30 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: children, computer, education, kid, linux, parenting, pc, student | 4 comments»

Linux for Children

I recently took possession of a pair of older PCs – the natural consequence of nagging one’s older relatives to get something a little more “post-Columbian” – and of course my first instinct is to refurbish one as a Linux PC for my nephew and niece, ages 7 and 5. My nephew, especially, is computer-obsessed, and I figure that giving him a complete child-friendly, education-focused PC might encourage some more… Continue reading

June 29 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: children, computer, education, linux, parenting, pc, school, student | 13 comments»

5 Ways To Celebrate Father’s Day, When Your Child is Still a Baby

Father’s Day is just around the corner. Besides taking the kids to the beach or having brunch at a nice restaurant, here are 5 ideas for dads to use web and social technologies to make this day even more memorable.

Tweet with the kid. Whether you are at a Father’s Day barbeque party or at a jazz concert, live-tweet the event and give short updates on what’s going on. You can share

June 19 2009 | By Leon | Tagged: family, father's day, parenting, twitter, web-app | 11 comments»

12 Ways to Get “Back to School” Right

This week or next, your kids will be heading back to school. If your house is anything like mine, that means terror, trauma, and chaos – and that’s the good stuff! The first few weeks of school are probably going to throw you some curve-balls, too: your child gets bullied, the bus schedule is rearranged at the last minute (we lost a 6th grader for two hours the year before last… Continue reading

August 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-school, children, parenting, school, school-supplies | 9 comments»

Father’s Day – 10 Top Tips for Being a Great Dad

It is Father’s Day on Sunday (June 15th, 2008) in the UK, USA and many other countries around the world. This year, the day will be especially poignant for me as for the first time in my life on father's day I will be without my father who passed away last December. So this year is truly a time to remember just what he meant to me and what… Continue reading

June 13 2008 | By Arvind | Tagged: children, fathers_day, parenting | 9 comments»

Becoming a Great Step-Dad

The biggest change I made this year, and maybe in my life, is becoming a step-dad. Moving in with my partner meant making a commitment to her three children, a commitment that turned out to mean a heck of a lot more after I made it than I had thought it would. Becoming a step-dad is akin to becoming a father, but there are a few important differences that… Continue reading

July 23 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: children, family, howto, parenting | 30 comments»

My 7 Year-Old Son’s Life List

About two months ago, on a rainy Saturday, my seven year-old son (who is enjoying his budding ability to write) came to me with a small, yellow pad of paper and said, "Daddy, I want to write a list. What should I make a list of?" Suddenly, I recalled reading about John Goddard and the life list he wrote at age 15. His list consisted of 127 things he… Continue reading

February 6 2007 | By Rob | Tagged: children, goals, habit, parenting | 32 comments»

Defusing Tantrums

Gretchen Rubin brings us a necessary list of tips to help us deal with those moments in life when our children decide they've had all they can stand, and they can't stand any more. The secret is to acknowledge the reality of children’s wishes. This sounds obvious, but think about how easy it is to deny their feelings: “You can’t possibly want another Lego set, you never play with the… Continue reading

September 27 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: children, Lifestyle, living, parenting, tantrums | 4 comments»

6 Tips for Effective Discipline and Consequences for Parents

Letting your child to understand every moves and actions may cause reactions and consequences is important. First step is to giving them appropriate punishment and consequences for any rule breaking actions they have. Parenting Ideas has an article on 6 tips for effective and consequences - Related, Respectful, Reasonable, Strong, Swift, and Short-term: ... The first was designed by Stephen Glenn, the author of “How to Raise Self-Reliant Children in a… Continue reading

June 12 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: discipline, parenting | 1 comment»

Essential 101 Tips For Improving Children’s Behaviour

Over at Parenting Ideas, they have selected top 101 tips from Dr. Andy Gill and fellow authors on improving children's behaviour. There are also some education for the parent on stress, staying calm and training responsibility. Look like they are great reference to have around! Here is a snip of the post: ... Thanks to Dr Andy Gill and other authors for these 101 parenting tips on understanding and improving children’s… Continue reading

January 5 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: list, parenting, tips | 3 comments»

10 Tips for Making Time-outs Work

If you are a parent, here are some tips for you. When your child acts up and you need to discipline, is there a way to discipline and what sort of plan you should have to make it work? Over at Parenting Ideas, they introduced a child discipline called Time-outs, and best of all they have a list of 10 tips for making it works for you: