Dangerous Teen Fads You Should Know About. Developing a Successful Joint Child Custody Arrangement. By Reena Sommer, Ph.D.
Family Life Consultant Submitted August, 1998 You've finally got your divorce decree and you feel you can now breathe a big sigh of relief. You may even be thinking, "no more lawyers, no more negotiations -- I can finally get on with my life without him/her. " For the most part, you are right -- your professional relationship with your family lawyer is over, and you are now in a better position to make decisions about your future. This reality check often comes as a huge shock to newly divorced couples.
In redefining a relationship, former spouses need to make some important shifts in thinking and feeling. In developing an effective and cooperative co-parenting plan, the following should be considered: When people meet these challenges, they will experience the following benefits of being a joint custodial parent. Copyright © 1998 Reena Sommer.All rights reserved. Amber teething necklace. Click on Image to Enlarge Amber teething necklace features the finest quality polished cognac color Baltic amber beads.
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Are you damaging your kid’s self-esteem? Three things you might be doing. I’m not proud to tell you that, on more than one occasion, I’ve felt so vicariously oppressed by what some parent has said or done to their kid that I’ve actually gone over and said something.
Not surprisingly, most have looked at me like WTF? Get away from us! What drives me crazy is that so much of what parents say and do to help their kids has the opposite effect. And then the kids suffer needlessly. When something is repeated over the life of a childhood, the impact is compounded and the damage difficult to undo. However, the best news to come out of the world of neuroscience lately is that the brain is more plastic than originally thought. IXL. The Natural Child Project - Celebrating attachment parenting and unschooling since 1996. Ten Steps that Transform Anger into Compassionate Connection. Step 5: Determine your need.
"Wait a minute, my reliability warning light is on! " The executive who thought the employee "ruined the presentation" remembered that his anger was just a warning. When he looked underneath his anger, translated his judgments and discovered his underlying needs, he realized that he values reliability, integrity, and trust very highly. Focusing on these needs brought a shift in the executive's state of mind. His anger dissolved. Even the harshest labels like "psychopath" are just veiled expressions of unmet needs.
The beauty of being able to correctly interpret your feelings as warning signals is that once you discover what you need, you are back in a powerful position to act toward getting your need met! How does milk production work? By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC To understand how to effectively increase (or decrease) milk supply, we need to look at how milk production works… For the most part, milk production is a “use it or lose it” process.
The more often and effectively your baby nurses, the more milk you will make. In the Beginning… Endocrine (Hormonal) Control of Milk Synthesis — Lactogenesis I & II Milk production doesn’t start out as a supply and demand process. During the latter part of pregnancy, the breasts are making colostrum, but high levels of progesterone inhibit milk secretion and keep the volume “turned down”. These first two stages of lactation are hormonally driven – they occur whether or not a mother is breastfeeding her baby. Large selection of affordable cloth diapering and. Ovulation Calendar and Ovulation Chart - Fertility Charting. EnjoyParenting.com - with Scott Noelle. Exercise At Home: Top 10 Fitness Workouts To Do At Home. Always check with your doctor before starting an exercise program.
Exercise At Home: Top 10 Fitness Workouts To Do At Home You can get the same benefits at home as you would in a step aerobics class at the gym. If you have a staircase in your home, you can get a great workout by simply climbing the stairs. To start, stand at the bottom of the stairs and walk in place for about one minute to get your leg muscles warmed up. Next, step up onto the first stair, and then back down.