Coaching Parents on Infant Bonding

By Caron B. Goode

From the moment a pregnant woman intuitively strokes her growing belly, a bond forms. In response to this gentle massage, the unborn child will move her arms, legs, and head. This exchange of movement and the mutual feelings it evokes initiates a bond between mother and child. Bonds, such as this, that start with touch can be one of the strongest and most influential for infants and children of all ages. Read on...

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Fathers, Daughters, and Eating Disorders

By Mark Brandenburg

There they were, staring at us from the shelves of the grocery check-out line.

A quick scan revealed scores of magazines showing 110 lb. women with giant busts, along with ones showing alien babies, who were plotting to take over the world.

In my younger years, I might have picked up a few of these “glamour” magazines and perused the pages. But it was different now. I was at the store with my nine-year-old daughter, and she was looking at the shelves, too. Read on...

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From Stranger Danger to S.M.A.R.T Choices

By Trish Berg

I have many childhood memories, bits and pieces of my life strung together like photographs on ribbon swaying in the wind. I remember skipping for what seemed like hours around the matted, lime green area rug in our basement as my dad played Skip to My Lou on his guitar. I remember swimming at Jaquay Lake all the way to the deep end, fearing that somehow sharks might grab my legs. I even remember my favorite teacher of all time, Ms. Romito, who may have only been a sixth grade English teacher, but who taught me more about life than adverbs. But there is something that I didn’t remember until yesterday, something I must have mentally tucked away in a safe place. That was until I began researching childhood kidnappings for this article.  Read on...

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Break the Bottle Habit

By Brenda Nixon

“That stupid bottle! How do I get her off it at night?”

A frazzled mom stood before me and explained, “My 16-month-old daughter is attached to her bottle at bedtime and hangs on to it during the day, too!”

“The world is a stressful place,” I answered. “Most tots need a security item to help calm agitated nerves. Looks like she’s using the bottle as hers.” I frequently hear this concern as I speak to parents of toddlers. Read on...

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Raising Peacemakers

By Lloyd J Thomas

During my lifetime, we Americans have been involved in seven different wars (that I know of). I now have 4 grandchildren all under age 4. So I awoke the other day wondering: How can my grandchildren be raised to be peacemakers?

Our police force used to be called "peace officers." The U.N. soldiers are referred to as "peace keepers." We read in the New Testament that peacemakers are blessed and are referred to as "sons of God." Practically anyone who has directly experienced war usually comes out of the experience (if they survive) as an advocate for peace.   Read On...