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How to Cope with Anxiety When You’re a Parent
If you’re a parent, you will have to cope with anxiety at some point in time. There are a lot of risks in daily life, and when you have children, it’s your job to protect them as much as you can from those risks. For example, 600 child pedestrians are killed by car crashes every year, which is why we as parents are so vigilant about supervision and hand-holding when our kids are walking on the streets or in parking lots. What happens when, as a parent, your anxiety goes beyond what might be seen as typical, however, and becomes something more pervasive? If you’re a mom with an anxiety…
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A Guide To Healthy Teen Food Choices
One of the best courses of action regarding good teenage health is to create an environment that makes the consumption of healthy food easy for children, but without placing pressure on them to choose healthy food. Teen food choices aren’t always the best. Does this sound confusing? This article provides information on how to make this work. Stocking The House With Healthy Food The saying may not be monkey see, monkey eat; however, this is the case when practically placing healthy food in a home. Without having an individual grocery budget, teenagers tend to eat whatever is in the kitchen when at home. If you stock up on sliced vegetables…
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Oh What A Vacation!
First, that vacation was AAAAAAHHHHHHMAZING!!!!! Yes, I missed all of my little Peanuts. But, I had a great time with my kids (Selena and Zachary) and families. Mostly an awesome time with granddaughter Alice. I also got to spend some quality time with my bonus granddaughter Olivia. The girls are 8 and 10 so they got along fabulously. I spent time between the two families. Selena, Dan and Alice. Then time with Zachary, Amber and Olivia. (okay, I have to do it again! They live 19 miles apart and it takes 2 HOURS to get to the other house. WHATTHE#$&(#%*#@^%!! Sorry, I just needed to remind myself Sandpoint, Idaho is…
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Should You Give Your Child A Cell Phone?
It’s difficult to imagine life without cell phones, but when you were a kid, that’s almost certainly the case. Now it seems as though kids are getting their first cell phone at an even younger age, and it’s something that’s usually top of the wish-list. Deciding when to give your child a cell phone is a difficult choice, and each child is different. To help you and your child prepare for getting their first cell phone, take a look at the following and work out if it’s the best decision for you. Are they old enough? Children mature at different ages. While one eight year old might be very responsible for…
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Surviving Your Family Vacation
Your family vacation is something to look forward to – you deserve to get away after all of your hard work. But like anything else that requires planning, organization, and everyone getting along, family vacations can be stressful. To avoid the tears and tantrums on your vacation and ensure you all have a great time, take a look at these survival tips and enjoy your best family vacation yet. Think about what’s gone wrong before If the same things ending up going wrong year after year, it’s time to make some serious changes to how you vacation. Think about where things have been difficult or not enjoyable and look for…
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Why Adults Still Sleep With Cuddly Toys
Do you know why adults still sleep with cuddly toys? Whether you call them stuffed toys, cuddly toys or even plain old teddy bears, most of us associate the soft animal companions we used to go to bed with as children with exactly that; being children. There’s no written rule anywhere, but the general consensus at some point between being a child and becoming an adolescent, our cuddly friends should either be given away or go into storage, because we’re growing up and we no longer need them. That isn’t necessarily the case. Many of you reading this will still have at least one stuffed toy on your bed. Some…
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Urban Ministry Internship – How to Cope With the Challenge
Being human, as we all call it, is the most difficult of all the qualities that we wish to have and expect of others at the same time. Urban ministry internship may help you attain this valuable trait. Surprised? How are humanity and urban ministry internship related? Well, these days, who isn’t aware of urbanization and its adverse effects? People living in rural areas always dream high about their urban life and fantasize urban centers as prototypes of the heaven above. Not a Mere Change in Place Thousands of rural immigrants switch their given lifestyle, professions and ideology while moving towards the town. However, the dreams soon transform into nightmares…
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COMET TV and CHARGE! December Viewing Guide! Babylon 5 Christmas Marathon!
I hope you’re ready for an out-of-this-world December! Everyone at Comet TV and CHARGE! Wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday season! We have a bunch of cool stuff coming up, COMET TV continues to be the home of the sci-fi classic Babylon 5 and there is a Christmas marathon! After you sip your eggnog and trim the tree, turn on COMET TV for a spacey Christmas Marathon! Starting at 10a/9 C! The best in cult classic films are airing all month long on Comet TV! If you’re in the mood for laughs check out Haunted Honeymoon, if you fancy a trip to book your ticket to Futureworld, join…