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The Process of Childbirth

The event you’ve been anticipating for months is around the corner and you’re curious, maybe slightly worried, about the signs of labor. How will it feel? When will it happen? How long will my labor be? How will I know it is time? Every birth is different but we can help you identify some labor signs to watch for.

Teen Pregnancy

While preliminary teen birthrates have declined in the past couple of years, teenage pregnancy, categorized by women under the age of twenty is still a prevalent topic to be discussed. Statistics provided by the CDC and National Vital Statistics Reports reveal that in 2015 the birth rate for teen pregnancy was about 22.3 births per 1000 women within the age of 15-19. Learn more about risks, prevention and other tips from top professionals such as Shelia Kamen, PsyD, Guylaine Hubbard Bosmer, PhD, and Pattie Mallette.

How to Organize your kids Activity Items "Activity Bags"

One of the most stressful things as a parent can be to keep track of all the different things that goes with each activity. The soccer cleats, the ballet slippers, it can, you know, especially when you're trying to get out of the house in the morning. So what I do, is I take a lot of Ziploc bags and I label them for each day, so for example Thursday, ballet, I have the hair net, the leotard, the hairspray, all in one bag. If you don't want to use plastic bags, you can use recyclable cloth bags. You can make these yourself or you can buy them at Bag-All.com.

Zero-Waste Organic Mom

What does zero waste mean?

A zero waste family means living a life of voluntary simplicity, refusing what you do not need such as junk mail, freebies, things like that that are given to you on a daily basis. Reducing the things that you do need such as furnishings and clothing. Then it's reusing by shopping with reusables and swapping disposables for reusables and it's about recycling what you can, what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse. And rotting, that is composting, the rest. And it's about shifting your life from a life of stuff to a life of experiences.

 

Teens and Smoking - Expert Advice to Prevent and Stop your Teen From Smoking

According to the most recent Surgeon General’s Report entitled, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People, the report focuses on the vulnerability of teens and teen smoking, especially between the ages of 10-18, the ages most users start using tobacco products. Studies show that over 28% of high school teens smoke. It demonstrates the health effects of the use of tobacco products as well as smokeless tobacco products.

Teens and Smoking - Expert Advice to Prevent and Stop your Teen From Smoking

You sit down, don't get crazy with them, talk with them. Ask what the payoff is. Teen brains are much more driven to get rewards than to avoid risks. Neurologically, that's what they do. So ask, "What's the payoff, sweetie? "What do you get out of this?" If you can find out why she's doing it, what the payoff is, see if you can find another way to get the payoff. If she's trying to look cool, pay for the better clothes. If the kid is just trying to get a risk experience, talk them into skydiving or scuba diving. Find some other ways of getting the reward.

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What Dog Should I Get For My Child

If you already have children and you want to have that white picket fence dream, and have a dog involved, you really want to look at what life you have. Is somebody a triathlon athlete? Is everybody behind a desk when they get home from work? We really want to look at our lifestyle. Do we want the dog just to enhance our child's life? We want to see exactly what we want, so that we can look at the specific dog. And I'm not talking breed. It doesn't matter what breed you have.

Talking to Kids About Terrorism

There comes that moment as a parent when you have to explain to your children why bad things happen in the world. And it's painful because we all know that the world is not fair, and it's not ordered. So it's very important to not expose children to the constant barrage from the news and from other TV. Turn off the TV. Turn off the radio and try to shield your child as much as possible from what's going on around. If your child has questions, answer their questions directly and simply.

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