What valuable information have you learned from the Y!A parenting and pregnancy boards?

There is a lot of attention surrounding the negative aspects of this place today and everyone is getting wound up, so I’d like to play up the positives .

So what information have you learned from the pregnancy and parenting boards that you did not know before? What advice have you received that was invaluable?

What Kind Of Parenting Technique Was Michael Jackson Using When He Danlged His Baby From The Balcony?

I’ve read lots of parenting resources, and I can’t find information about dangling ones child from a balcony anywhere. Is that an effective way to deal with a child?

Let’s take off the limits from our kids! Is it good?

Children without limits will be lost! Its like to sail in a ship without knowing the right direction. Therefore we have to define the borders and direct them to the right route. One way to do so is to  dedicate them more time by making permanent family activity.

 Kids have to have something permanent in their [...]

4 Successful Parenting Tips I Learned From My Harvard Mba Husband

My husband is an insightful businessman with the unique ability to create something out of nothing, envision the future, work efficiently and strategically, and quickly get to the bottom line. In his books and seminars he teaches useful business strategies to high level executives so that they can grow their businesses successfully. His clients rave [...]

From Partners to Parents: Tips for Relating to your Former Partner When you Have Kids

When a relationship ends there is an important transition from partners to parents. This can be an awkward and painful process that is not always easy to manage. You will be creating a new way of relating to each other at a difficult time. Empathy and patience is needed along with a commitment to clear [...]

How does one transition from traditional parenting to attachment parenting with older “just” adopted siblings?

I am looking for a resource for attachment parenting for those of us adopting the older child, when that child or children (siblings) will arrive with significant attachment issues.

Kellen dances to music from Oceans Thirteen

This is one baby who can NOT resist a good beat! At 12 months old, our son Kellen heard the music from “Oceans Thirteen” on TV, and could not control his body’s urge to start dancing. Lucky for us, my husband captured the moment on film!

10 Parenting Tips From a Toddler

Toddlers are FUN! They are also a lot of work. In order to maximize the fun times with these little guys, it really helps to stick with some tried-and-true strategies.

If your little guy or gal could speak, these might be their 10 parenting tips for their weary parents:

1. The fun in parenting me is just [...]

What Do Children Need From Parents? Help Them Understand and Express Their Needs and Wants

What do children really need besides food, shelter and protection? Have you ever wondered what your responsibility is to ensure that your child will grow up to be a contributing member of society? As a mom, foster mom and grandmother as [...]

Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years

ISBN13: 9781558323261
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product DescriptionIn this book, child and family therapist Patty Cogen, M.A., Ed.D. guides parents in promoting an internationally adopted child’s social and emotional adjustment, explaining how to help a child adopted between the ages of six months and five years bond with his or her new parents, [...]