| Eight ways to be a good father
Psychiatrist Dilek Krcaolu, who has specialized in parental education for the last 10 years asks the following question of fathers-to-be: Do you really want to be a father? For those who are undecided, Then, don't have kids, she says. Saying that fatherhood begins with the mother's pregnancy, Dr. Krcaolu suggests the following for candidates who really want to have children: 1. Be an active father If a father does not take the initiative in his children's life he lacks the responsibility to raise a child. Instead of waiting for your wife to take care of a hungry or crying baby, you should say, I can do this. Share the parenting duties change diapers for instance, give your baby a bath. This will make you and your baby happy. 2.
Dear old dad By Kathy Williams
It's 1979 and Kramer squares off against Kramer for custody of his son, and the culture that no longer resembled the one where father knew best found a new face for fatherhood.In, 1989 Steve Martin brought the stressed and loving Gil Buckman to the screen in Parenthood. Gil and his wife struggled together to raise a family with all the modern challenges of estranged relatives and career pressures. In 2003 Marlin, a widower clown fish, went in search of his son Nemo. Along the way he learned some lessons from a laid-back California style surfer dad Crush about the importance of play and positive reinforcement.Fatherhood comes in many forms, from the traditional to raising children as a single parent, to heading blended families and to parenting from afar. Despite some inspiring father figures on the big screen, the images that many children get of fathers come from television.
Avoiding the Summer Brain Drain
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The summer is here! That long awaited school break has arrived. Your children are now enjoying their much deserved time away from the daily grind of spelling tests, math worksheets, book reports, geography lessons, science projects and homework. It is time for them to play in the sun, swim in the pool, go camp, walk the beach, shoot hoops, ride bikes, sleep in, relax, and lose three months of reading and math gains that they worked so hard to attain this past school year. Yes, many children fall almost three months behind in math and reading skills over the summer. This phenomenon is so well known that educators even have a special name for it. They call it the “the summer slide". Because of the summer slide teachers often invest the first two months of every school year focusing on lesson plans that help students regain skills they lost over the summer.
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