Helping Improve a Child's Concentration on Studies?
If this is a new problem, perhaps your son is bored. If he has already learned the material, then time spent reviewing would undoubtedly bore him. Public schools have to cater to the majority, and the majority are average students. Those students who are exceptionally...
Garbanzo Beans for Baby Finger Food
Garbanzos are a favorite snack of all three of my children. They eat them by the handful. I do, too. Yummy!
Getting Teen to Help at Home?
Most kids (many adults, too) do not take the initiative to do things that need to be done. Few children even think about what needs to be done, unless it needs to be done for them! They just arent experienced enough to do much thinking ahead. So go ahead and...
Child Sucking Thumb?
I wonder if thumbsucking really does cause dental problems. I sucked my thumb until I was 9 (awful, I know!), and my teeth are so straight I frequently get comments about them, and Ive never had braces. For advice, though, I can only offer the things my parents...
Saving Money on Baby Food
Only my first child ate baby food of any kind. My second child got only breast milk for the first 6 months, then he got some real food from the time he was 6 months old. He started with bread cubes and unsweetened cereals like cheerios. Later, foods that we...
