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if you would like to take a look at any
of these essays.
Informative Essays:
- Hush, Little
Baby (The first installment of the “Children and Sleep” series)
- Good Night,
Sleep Tight (Second installment of the “Children and Sleep”
series)
- “Turn Off Your
iPod and Go to Bed!” (Third installment of the “Children and
Sleep” series)
- Travels with
Grandma and Grandpa (Enrich that special relationship with your
grandchildren by taking them on a trip)
- I Can’t
Believe My Child Just Did That! (A parent’s response to a child’s
misbehavior could prove to be the key to future behavior)
- Read to Me
(The joy of reading can be sparked and nurtured by reading aloud to
our children)
- What We Need
to Know (How to protect your teenager from the dangers of alcohol
and drug abuse)
- Good Deeds,
Good Children
(teaching
kids the value of doing good)
- Day Tripper
(taking day trips with your family)
- Making
Allowances
(helping your child
become a responsible money manager)
- A Cure for the
Homework Headache
(one family’s cure: Family Study Time. Could it work for
you?)
- Planning Your
Child’s Birthday Celebration
- Digging Down
Deep
(exploring your family’s genealogy)
- Lying in Wait
(surviving bedrest during pregnancy)
-
Family-Friendly Fondue
(how fondue added new life and new fun to our “Family
Fun Night”)
- Is it Time to
take a “Time Out” From Time-Out?
(Is “Time Out” the most effective disciplinary tool?)
- Daycare
Decisions
(tips for finding
the best daycare for your child)
- Planning your
Perfect Family Vacation…without Breaking the Bank
- “Mom, I’m
Hungry!”
(tips on taming the after-school hunger monster)
- Getting
Respect is Giving Respect
(encouraging respectful behavior in our children by
being respectful ourselves)
- A New Way to
Celebrate Your Child’s Birthday
(One family
decides to make a change in their birthday celebration: giving
gifts rather than receiving them)
-
Sandwiches for Supper
(new recipes for a perfect meal)
- A
Good Night’s Sleep
(a lack of sleep in today’s children could
be the root of many of their behavioral problems. How you can help.)
- How Safe are
the Toys this Year? (with
all this talk about toys and lead, how can we sure our children’s
toys are safe?)
- Minding Their
Manners (the gift of good manners makes a difference in our
children’s lives)
- The Dad Next Door (stay-at home dads talk about
their special role)
- The Amazing Family Meal (Reaping the benefits of
a shared meal)
- A Babysitter in the Making (How
to prepare your teenager to be the best babysitter he or she can be)
- The Power of a Good Nap-
(How 20 minutes of shut-eye
can make a difference in your day)
Seasonal Essays:
- Turning our
World Upside Down
(MLK day in
January)
- Confessions of
a Meddlesome Mom
(February is Girl Scout Cookie month)
- How Hard Can
It Be?
(February is Girl Scout Cookie month)
- Valentine Love
- All the World Loves a Clown
(March is Youth
Arts Month)
- Celebrating
the Arts
(For March, Youth Arts Month)
- Earth Day
(for April)
- Preventing Child Abuse
in our Homes and in Our Communities
(April
is National Child Abuse Month)
- Discovering New Life in my Easter Basket
- Easter’s On
its Way…Time to Celebrate!
(how one mom decided to add some fun and excitement to
her family’s Easter celebration)
- Creating Beautiful Easter Eggs
(“eggs-actly” what you’ll need to create beautiful
eggs)
- How Does their Garden Grow?
(Parents can
help their children discover the joys of gardening)
- Canoes, Cabins, and Campfire
(choosing summer
camps)
- Never Too Old
For Camp
(overnight summer camp for your teenaged child)
- A Summer
Filled with Art
(why a Summer Arts
Camp might be just what your budding artist needs)
- A Worthy Woman
(Mother’s Day in
May)
- Lessons from
Little Baby
(For Mother's Day:
What does it
really mean to be a mother?)
- How Do We
Appreciate Dad? …Let us List the Ways
(Father’s Day in
June)
- Dear Dad
(letter to dad in
honor of Father’s Day)
- From Father to
Son, Boy to Man
(The unique
relationship between father and son)
- How Does their Garden Grow?
(Spring)
- Independence
Day (celebrating the growing independence of your child – ties in with
July 4)
- Savoring those
Last Lazy Days of Summer
- The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
(kids go back to
school in September)
- Family Fall
Fun (easy, inexpensive ideas for enjoying the fall
weather with your kids)
- Half a Man
(raking
leaves in the fall with the kids)
- Fire Safety
(Fire Safety Week
in October)
- The Scariest Day of All
(Halloween)
- Celebrating
Halloween with a Good Meal
(kid-friendly
recipes for a fun Halloween meal)
-
The Gift of Adoption
(November is
“National Adoption Awareness Month.”)
-
Thank you, Sarah Hale
(the woman who
saved Thanksgiving)
- This Year We’ll Do the Cooking
(cooking with kids
for Thanksgiving)
- A New Kind of Christmas Gift
(spending your
Christmas money in a different way)
- Are you Game?
(the value of board
games over video games. Good for holiday gift time)
- In Celebration of Kwanzaa
- A Very Traditional Christmas
- Our Very Own
Thanksgiving
(ideas for creating your own Thanksgiving traditions)
- Celebrating
the Shortest Day of the Year... Winter Solstice
- A Gift in
Every Jar
(recipes for making
“gift jars” for the holidays)
Just for Fun:
- The Changes in
Me
- Morning
Madness
- The
Temptations of Childhood
- The Referee
- We Haven’t Got
a Prayer
- The Difference
Between Boys and Girls? – Just Listen
- Drowning in a
Sea of Talkers
- Bare-Naked
Ladies
- Keepers and
Tossers
- The Other Side
of the Page
- The Waiting
Game
- A Life of His
Own
- Building Rome,
One Flower at a Time
- A Pebble in
my Shoe
- A New
Threshold
- The Choices
We Make
- It Takes a
Village (to Raise a Softball Player)
- I love My
Daughter’s Softball Coach
- Dinner
with Old Friends
- Shop ‘Til We
Drop
-
My Healthy Child
-
By Any Other Name
-
The Fall Dog
-
The Emperor has New Glasses
-
The Guest Who Wouldn’t Go Away
-
Welcome Home
-
Appreciating What I’ve Got
-
A Truly Gifted Seamstress
-
Sounds of Silence
-
My Board of Advisors
-
Staying Home
-
Take a Letter, Maria
-
Mom’s Perfect Meal
-
Organizing my Life
-
Reunion
-
What’s in a Name?...Plenty
-
Success Beyond Measure
- Mom Parks the Car
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