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FAMILY VACATIONS: WHAT IF?…. Preparing for the unexpected.

Parents and their children should know what to do if they become separated while on vacation. Prepare before you go and make sure every family member knows the plan.
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Mental Health in Children:Nutrition as a Common Sense Alternative to Medications and Labels

Mental Health in Children:Nutrition as a Common Sense Alternative to Medications and Labels
By Scott M. Shannon, MD

The American medical profession has rejected and avoided the science of nutrition for over a century. Most American physicians ignore well-proven nutritional interventions in spite of solid science, low cost, good safety and exploding patient demand. Our doctors dismiss [...]

A Wagon Ride with Dad

A Wagon Ride with Dad
Written by Dr. Ken Canfield
I’m a better father because of my wife, Dee. And, you can be a better father because of your wife.
Many years back, when Dee and I were living in Vancouver, British Columbia, we were walking along the hills by the shore with our two daughters, Hannah and Sarah. [...]

10 Ways to Create Sibling Rivalry

10 Ways to Create Sibling Rivalry
 By Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman
The Wilson’s two children don’t like each other. The Archer girls publicly put each other down. The Gonzalez boys pout if they aren’t first, don’t win, or don’t do better than the other. This condition is called sibling rivalry and in each of these [...]

The Language of Learned Helplessness Quiz

The Language of Learned Helplessness Quiz
by Chick Moorman
Not many parents set out to raise a thirty-year-old Nintendo player who sprawls on the couch all day sucking up pizza and diet Pepsi. Yet many parents actually subvert their positive intention of raising responsible, confident, fully functioning children. They do it by unconsciously using Parent Talk that [...]