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Help for those Parenting an Only Child

Are you the parent of an only child? Has it been a challenge for you? If you're like us, you have to be creative in keeping your little one occupied. Otherwise, you get to relive your childhood all over again because you become your child's consummate playmate. I always imagined I'd have a houseful of children. There were five of us growing up, and in my young heart, I dreamed that I would have the same number of children my parents had because of all the fun (and sometimes mischief) my ...
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The Trouble With Parents

Like most parents, my partner and I work hard to develop our children into healthy, well adjusted people. We want them to have the skills to persue whatever objectives they choose for themselves in this world. None of us are perfect parents and we all learn from the past. The purpose of this article is to pass on one of our experiences. It had a profound effect on the way we approach the parenting game. A few years ago, our two children were aged two and four. Over a period of weeks one of ...
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Dealing with Heart Disease.

Dealing with Heart Disease. There are two different types of Heart Disease, the disease of the flesh and the disease of the spirit. For a moment I would like to talk to you about the Heart Disease of the flesh. In 1999 I had a massive heart attack, in fact I had three. On the first one I was pronounced dead by a Doctor from a prestigious Hospital. God in His mercy raised me up to continue my ministry, but He also allowed my body to maintain the Disease. I understand what many go thru when ...
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God-given Names

I was born David A. Hoover on January 10, 1960 in Bowling Green, Ohio. However, I legally changed my name to David Ben-Ariel (with the help of my Jewish lawyer) during the Spring of 1989. It cost me $300.00. It also required that I take out a small ad in a newspaper announcing my intentions 30 days beforehand. I placed my ad in the Bowling Green Sentinel. I also had to appear before a judge (it depends on what county you were born) for him to privately question my motivations. He was ...
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Moslem America conclusion.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:7-9. In the preceding scripture there has been quite a disagreement as to the ability of man ...
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Natural Disasters - Help Your Child Cope With The Anxiety

How on earth can you help your family cope with the anxiety and fear that natural disasters strike into the heart of everyone? In early 2005, for example, the world was rocked by the tsunami in South East Asia that killed thousands and left many homeless and orphaned. Yet, at the Edinburgh International Festival yesterday I saw a group of Sri Lankan children, all victims of this natural disaster, perform a dance routine based on a play by Shakespeare. Their smiling faces and youthful ...
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The Next Generation

Each day we see more violence on the news, less money being allocated to our education system and more kids becoming addicted to video games, T.V and food. Sometimes we hear comments such as "if only we could go back to the good old days". But the truth is we cannot. We are stuck here and we must deal with the situation at hand. However there are things we as parents or educators can do to change the future generations of children. Kids today spend hours being entertained by ...
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Is Your Child Having Trouble in School?

Did you know that the school system is only able to meet 50% of student learning needs? That's right! - only 50% of the student population is in an environment at school which enables them to be successful learners. The reason for this is not because of bad teachers. There are many excellent, dedicated teachers in schools, whose life's work and passion is to educate their students to the best of their ability. Teachers want to see their students successful, that is why they have given years ...
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How to Help Your Children Succeed in School

Introduction As a parent who wants the best for your children, there are undoubtedly many things that you already do every day to help your children succeed in school. The purpose of this article is to provide some practical ideas for you to try. Some of these suggestions may be new to you, many will be familiar, and some are just plain common sense but, hopefully, they will all serve as reminders of the many simple steps you can take that are too often taken for granted or forgotten about, ...
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Blending the Jesse Tree and Advent Wreath

The Jesse Tree and Advent wreath are two very common items Christians have used to mark four week period before Christmas called Advent or the six period that was known as Celtic Advent. In the modern time Advent has become a great way to stay focused on Christ and helping families overcome the commercial hurdles that Christmas represent. The Jesse Tree is an older customer that was the precursor to the Christmas tree. It includes the creating of ornaments that represent events in the ...
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Help Your Kids Learn Importnat Life Skills Through Home Business

Copyright ©2003 by Henri G. Schauffler http://www.familybizbuilder.com Would you like to find a willing, enthusiastic source of free or very inexpensive labor for your Internet Home Business? Would you like to find a fantastic way to help your children learn things like self discipline, goal setting, integrity, financial management and communication skills? Then read on, dear reader! What I'm getting at is, of course, the idea of involving your kids in your Internet home business, or helping ...
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Reshape The Family Diet -- Avoid Dinnertime Trouble/Cyndi

Reshape The Family Diet -- Avoid Dinnertime Trouble by Cyndi Thomas, ND When I announced that my family needed to change its diet somewhat... well, to say my children weren't as excited as me would be an understatement. More than once they cried: What? Salad again! When are we going to have some real food? My understanding reply was usually, "This is dinner...eat it or starve." After all, I had taken it upon myself to get my family in the best possible health -- NO MATTER WHAT! I had decided ...
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