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		<title>How to Be A Loving Understanding Parent Through Good and Bad Times</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/11/25/how-be-loving-understanding-parent-through-good-bad-times</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise Peck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, my parents were not around much, but I had my grandparents. I remember my grandfather bringing me to school every morning. During the rides we would talk about school, my friends, grandmas’ cooking, and tell each other funny stories. My grandfather giving me rides to and from school every day was his way...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Growing up, my parents were not around much, but I had my grandparents. I remember my grandfather bringing me to school every morning. During the rides we would talk about school, my friends, grandmas’ cooking, and tell each other funny stories. My grandfather giving me rides to and from school every day was his way of being and active parent in my life and I have to say those are some of my best memories. </p>
<p>My grandfather and I had a special bond too. He loved pulling pranks on me and sticking potatoes in my backpack. I would come home from school and he would laugh and ask was your backpack heavy today and I would smile and say, “OH YES!” My grandfather would laugh some more.</p>
<p>Not only was grandfather in my life to make me laugh, but he was also in my life for the sad times too. He always sat down with me when I was upset and would hug me and help me find solutions to my problems. Those were the times that made the biggest difference in my life. Just knowing my grandfather was always there no matter what. </p>
<p>As I am much older now I see many children without someone to turn to for guidance and support throughout there childhood and it saddens me. I could not imagine getting through my childhood without any kind of support or comfort when I needed it. Children should not have to feel like they have no one. </p>
<p>If you are a parent, it is important to be there for your children through the good and the bad times with great love and understanding. Parents are what shape their children into the parents their children will someday be. Ask yourself, what do you want your children to be like as parents when they grow up? Do you want your children to be cold or kind hearted? It is your choice, but my advice is to be an active loving understanding parent in your children’s lives so they never have to feel alone through anything they have to go through. </p>
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		<title>How to Be An Active Parent During the Busy Holiday Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise Peck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many parents are busy working too much throughout the holiday seasons to take enough time to be an active parent in their children’s lives. It is important during the holiday season we find time in our busy schedules to sit down with our children and see how they are doing whether it is at dinnertime...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many parents are busy working too much throughout the holiday seasons to take enough time to be an active parent in their children’s lives. It is important during the holiday season we find time in our busy schedules to sit down with our children and see how they are doing whether it is at dinnertime or before bedtime. </p>
<p>Other ways you can be an active parent throughout the holiday season is to take a day you have off, make Christmas cookies with the children, and just have some holiday family fun. If your not a great baker maybe ice skating, skiing, sledding or building a snowman is more your thing to do with your children on your day off. It does not matter what you do on your day off with your children, but it does matter that you spend as much time with them as you can doing something you all enjoy doing as a family. </p>
<p>I know my family always enjoyed making donuts on Sunday mornings throughout the holiday seasons. Making donuts and hot chocolate and having breakfast together as a family in them, morning with our grandparents was one of my best memories. We would laugh, tell stories about our weekly activities, and make new memories together. It was a time we all looked forward to at the end of the week. </p>
<p>Now I am not saying you have to make donuts and spend Sunday mornings together,  but picking a time a few times a week with the family is the best way to be an active parent throughout the busy holiday seasons. </p>
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		<title>Divorce And its effect on Children</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/11/20/divorce-its-effect-on-children</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanat Mohanty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I am a girl wanting to arrive at limitlessness of the sky, I nestle my youngsters in my home, educating them how to fly, My center nourishes them as I look at them, increase under my care Want them to know, that I love them and will always be there!” Taking the project to present...]]></description>
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“I am a girl wanting to arrive at limitlessness of the sky,<br />
I nestle my youngsters in my home, educating them how to fly,<br />
My center nourishes them as I look at them, increase under my care<br />
Want them to know, that I love them and will always be there!”</p>
<p>Taking the project to present an excellent youth to youngsters is a powerful step for 1 nurturing mom. It can almost mean the beginning of a new era for mom as well as her youngsters. This, however, is not simple. A girl who has determined to be 1 parent or guardian might experience a quick sensation of avoid with internal and public demands that kind of tag along with the divorce and divorce. Also, carrying on quarrels with ex-husbands may guide in the loss of self respect for them. Impact the stress of the shame of a ‘failed marriage’ also results in things difficult for a girl who is changing herself to manage the position of 1 mom.<br />
It is therefore an excellent nurturing tip for individual parents to take the simple fact and move on. Problems might come, but looking back into the past is certainly not a excellent option. Daily normal life is not old water it is a stuffed river, it cannot stop. Feelings come and go but it is your information that results in defeating the continuous troubles after wedding ends into divorce and divorce.<br />
How to reduce divorce and divorce from sleeping the groundwork of an imperfect youth?<br />
Raising healthy, pleased youngsters should not be taken as an obligation. Your youngsters are your asset; they mean the globe to you. In their glistening little brown eyes you can see their upcoming disguised in nascent levels, ready to breathe out.  While some men like to keep touching youngsters and service them psychologically, others do not. This should not impact 1 mom to shirk from her duties towards her youngsters. Neither should this impact the day-to-day lives of youngsters. Once you become a nanny, you are the single choice producer for your youngsters. Build your youngsters take the fact that the lack of their men from their day-to-day lives does not mean that there would be no one to look after them. Build good knowing and have trust in your youngsters, not only this, provide them with a reason to guide their day-to-day lives, manual them throughout.<br />
Be single-mindedly targeted on nurturing after divorce<br />
Would you like to continue to be subtle over the troubles that life delivers forth or would you like to products up to deal with life in its true colors? For example, if you discover that the connection between your youngsters and their dad results in a harmful atmosphere then it would be better to stop going for it.  If you discover that it is better being with friends to get psychological service, proceed. Along with this, do not ignore to present excellent family principles to your youngsters, develop them with appropriate care. Be your own self-support, become monetarily, psychologically powerful, realistic and never take an opportunity.<br />
Be advanced and aim for success if not efficiency<br />
Living is an art and lifestyle properly is like creating expertise in all the disciplines. No uncertainty, you have to multi-task and work a little bit more, but this does not mean recognizing conquer and losing monitor. For 1 mom, nothing is going to be functioned on a platter; you will have to go through appropriate direct to develop it. Get ready to deal with the globe proactively. Never bed, cry or grumble and arrive at your most popular objective by being a trusted and self-reliant parent or guardian.<br />
Concluding ideas&#8230;.<br />
Whether you show in a major school or like celebrity Pooja Bedi are a press individuality, being 1 mom could be complicated for any girl that belong to any training or community or state. You too can place the mysterious carpeting of life well, and distribute the special around! Well-known divorcee individual parents like Mira Nair of ‘Salaam Bombay’ reputation, to divorcee individual parents like my make who is spending so much time to bring up her youngsters ( I respect her daring and inner strength) all women should get, set and go to come up earning out of the difficult actual life scenarios. Every individual mom should show your survival knowledge and develop trust in her that she can do it, no matter how far the horizon!<br />
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		<title>Five Ways to Be An Active Parent</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/11/12/five-ways-be-active-parent</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise Peck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an active parent in your children’s lives is extremely important because it helps teach them and shape them into the adults that they will sometimes be. Being an active parent doesn’t have to feel like parenting. You can actually make parenting fun and I know 5 ways to do just that. 1. Outdoor Activities...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being an active parent in your children’s lives is extremely important because it helps teach them and shape them into the adults that they will sometimes be. Being an active parent doesn’t have to feel like parenting. You can actually make parenting fun and I know 5 ways to do just that. </p>
<p>1. Outdoor Activities &#8211; Doing outdoor activities with your children such as playing basketball, catch, kickball, tennis, or football is being active with your children. If you and your children are not into sports, you could always go hiking, fishing, canoeing, bike riding or swimming. If you are looking for simple outdoor activities to do as a family try going for a picnic and playing at the park a few times a week. </p>
<p>2. Board Games &#8211; Ah…the old board games. Get children away from those video games and play some fun board games with them at the dinning room table. Heck, even add some munching snacks along with game time. It is sure fine way of being active in your children’s lives and having a bit of fun with them too. </p>
<p>3. Baking &#8211; Oh, I did say baking. Baking cookies, breads, pies, or pizzas can be fun for you and your children to do together. In addition, it helps them learn how to measure out things with measuring cups and how to bake. Eventually, all children do need some real life skills for when they are all grown up. </p>
<p>4. Chores- Now I know you think chores don’t sound like a fun way of being an active parent, but taking the time out of the day as a family to clean up the house is one way of being an active family. It also helps teach your children responsibility and home to take care of their belongings. </p>
<p>5. Family Date Night- Okay. I know family date night sounds odd, but you and the family should pick one night out of the month or week to go out for a night on the town to grab some food and do some fun activities such as bowling, roller skating, or going to see a movie at a theater, It a great way to spend time with the family out of the house. </p>
<p>There you have it! Five fun ways to be an active parent in your children’s lives. I hope this has given you some ideas on how to be a happy active family together. </p>
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		<title>How to take care your child</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/09/09/how-take-care-your-child</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saifudheen MS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be busy sometimes even becoming unable to take care of your child. but the truth is that your baby child should get proper care and attention. Also your lovely talks and plays will impress them and will help to make their brain work right way.Babies those who didn&#8217;t get any proper care and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may be busy sometimes even becoming unable to take care of your child. but the truth is that your baby child should get proper care and attention. Also your lovely talks and plays will impress them and will help to make their brain work right way.Babies those who didn&#8217;t get any proper care and love will grow as bad guys or girls. you can see many street boys around the world and they often do many crimes resulting to social imbalances. </p>
<p>Your baby will grow like how you treat them. if you treat them with anger and harsh behavior, don&#8217;t expect any positive character from them. Instead if you treat them with love and care, they will grow as what you hope for. love your child and make them grow better.</p>
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		<title>What Exactly Is Active Parenting?</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/06/07/exactly-active-parenting</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Barnhill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a very popular phrase being tossed around lately which is &#8220;active parenting&#8221;. When most of those who are parents in this modern, hectic world were kids themselves, &#8220;active parenting&#8221; was just normal parenting. So let&#8217;s take a closer look at what this phrase actually means. It means being more involved with children, helping...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a very popular phrase being tossed around lately which is &#8220;active parenting&#8221;. When most of those who are parents in this modern, hectic world were kids themselves, &#8220;active parenting&#8221; was just normal parenting. So let&#8217;s take a closer look at what this phrase actually means. It means being more involved with children, helping them with homework, listening to their problems with an open mind (remembering that we were their age at one time) and most important, staying alert to any problems that they are having at school.</p>
<p>One way to do this is keeping a close rapport with the child&#8217;s teachers. Ask them to report any unusual behaviors or problems. It takes a lot of energy keeping up with kids these days, such as monitoring computer activities, noticing any changes in dress or mood swings, and looking closely at grades in school such as dropping grades or unexplained absences. But this is well worth the time and effort as today&#8217;s children really are our future.</p>
<p>One failing that is noticeable is that many of today&#8217;s parents expect the child&#8217;s school to teach them everything that they will need to know in life. Parents need to teach their children how to survive in the outside world in both social and financial situations. This training needs to start before kindergarten. So many children &#8220;act up&#8221; in preschools because they haven&#8217;t been taught how to socially interact with others such as sharing, doing what the teacher says and not fighting. The basics that should be taught are courage to try new things, self-esteem, responsibility and cooperation with others. There are tons of active parenting articles and even classes online. Put as much effort as it takes because you only get out what you put in and our children are the greatest investment that there is.</p>
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		<title>Important Polite Manners a Child Should Know Before Reaching Age 10 – Part V</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/05/11/important-polite-manners-child-should-know-before-reaching-age-part-v</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>loryza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Continued from Part IV A child should be introduced to polite manners at an early age, and must be taught consistently later on. Also, teaching polite manners will help him blend better with other people and especially adults. Bringing up a polite child will bring less problems when he grows up later. It will also...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;Continued from Part IV</p>
<p>A child should be introduced to polite manners at an early age, and must be taught consistently later on. Also, teaching polite manners will help him blend better with other people and especially adults. Bringing up a polite child will bring less problems when he grows up later. It will also help people to better like your child, and will help him better socialize with others.</p>
<p>Teach your child to respond appropriately when someone asks him &#8216;how you are you?&#8217; and also teach him to ask in return. Teach to the child that the asking individual expresses positive interest in him and teach to your child to respond by asking the person in return. And also, teach your child not to quickly open and enter doors; a child is often quick to enter peoples&#8217; rooms which is a clearly impolite thing to do when done by older ones. Teach the polite manner of knocking first and wait if there was any response, even on partially opened clearly opened rooms before entering inside. And this must be taught and observed whether on his own home or when staying at other homes. These polite expressions is better taught to the child rather than when he learns it through observation.</p>
<p>Continued on Part VI&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Important Polite Manners a Child Should Know Before Reaching Age 10 – Part IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 12:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>loryza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Continued from Part III Another important aspect in important polite manners you should teach to your toddler/s is how to manage negative thoughts and views he may encounter. Well, the world is not all good and you must teach to your child to respond to it in a polite way. Sadly, many parents fail to...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;Continued from Part III</p>
<p>Another important aspect in important polite manners you should teach to your toddler/s is how to manage negative thoughts and views he may encounter. Well, the world is not all good and you must teach to your child to respond to it in a polite way. Sadly, many parents fail to recognize and teach this important lesson of life. This can be the reason why do we have many slanderers and malingerers today.</p>
<p>Teach the child that the world is not interested on what he dislikes. He may dislike some feature of his playmate or a parent&#8217;s friend such as misplaced teeth, obvious birthmark or thinning crown of hair. Teach the child to keep negative opinions to himself, to you and to friends and out of earshot of adults.  Simply, teach your child not to comment  on other people&#8217;s physical characteristics especially if it is negative. Instead, teach your child to compliment positively in a genuine way which is always pleasant and welcome. Be sure to be consistent and patient. A child often pattern his personality and attitude to his parents and caretakers, so be sure to observe this polite manners as well.</p>
<p>Continued to Part V&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Kitchen Necessities for Active Parents &#8211; Dishwasher</title>
		<link>http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2011/05/09/kitchen-necessities-for-active-parents-dishwasher</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 10:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>loryza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best relief for an active parent is a thing that washes the dishes, a job now done by the dishwasher. In the past, washing plates by hand is a common routine after a meal, and it is often done by parents and then the children when they grew up. But if the...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the best relief for an active parent is a thing that washes the dishes, a job now done by the dishwasher. In the past, washing plates by hand is a common routine after a meal, and it is often done by parents and then the children when they grew up. But if the parent wants to be more involved in taking care of the child, more time must be devoted to that. And the dishwasher can help cut the time spent in the kitchen. Having a dishwasher at home is not a sign of tardiness of the parent as more time is devoted to taking care of the kids.</p>
<p>There are important reminders on purchasing a dishwasher. Make sure that you choose the model with layout that suits your dishes and utensils, so in the future you can buy wares that suit your dishwasher in turn. Also, choose ones that have extensive sound dampening system. Many dishwashers work better if they have hot-water plumbing at home.  Also, check if  your water at home is softened so you can choose to have a water softener installed on the dishwasher. Make sure you pick detergent carefully and do not use inferior ones that may damage glassware.</p>
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		<title>Successful Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nitha thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every one wants their children to excel in every aspect and behave well. Parents give their children so much of advise and orders that finally children becomes &#8216;parent deaf&#8217;. Why does it happen? Have you ever felt your kids are not responding well to you? Children will learn every thing from their parents. Rather than...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every one wants their children to excel in every aspect and behave well. Parents give their children so much of advise and orders that finally children becomes &#8216;parent deaf&#8217;. Why does it happen? Have you ever felt your kids are not responding well to you?</p>
<p>Children will learn every thing from their parents. Rather than demanding to do as you say, you can try to tell them to do as you do. Actions can speak more than words. Take a scenario for example, if your kids used to shout while fighting, you would have definitely wanted them to stop shouting and fighting. But have you ever thought, while parents fight among themselves, how high their voice goes. Their children would have got that habit from parents.</p>
<p>But not every traits are learnt from parents. It is better that every parent takes some extra care for avoiding such situations where they show wrong behaviors to their children.  Instead of telling your kid to obey you, you can tell him to learn how to do something as his Mom or Dad does. This will encourage the young kids to start thinking as grown ups.  Otherwise they will not value your words. If your words and actions does not go hand in hand, then they would not obey your words.</p>
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