Family Articles

Family | By Abhishek Agarwal @ Monday, 3rd March 2008 @ 7:00 PM

A movers and packers company that is efficient in what it does is a blessing when you need to relocate. Some are experienced and specialized in moving heavy objects like grand pianos, and look for a specialist if you have such a requirement. Many of these companies offer their customers added services like help with resettling or relocation. Some specialize in helping people downsize their belongings when the wish to move to a smaller house and retired people whose children have moved awa... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Sunday, 2nd March 2008 @ 7:39 AM

Most adults face the question from inquisitive relatives or friends regarding when, if ever, they intend to have children. Society expects that healthy adults propagate the species. It is Darwinism at its finest but some adults are faced with a conundrum when it comes to biologically reproducing a child from their own loins. For some it is a matter of whether or not they are able to have a kid. Some may not wish to be in a relationship just for the sole opportunity of being a parent. Som... more...

Family | By Bin Yang @ Sunday, 2nd March 2008 @ 12:03 AM

Who does not want the best futures for his/her children? So what is the most important age for the development of a child? The first six years -- we learned most of our thinking and our behaviors, including how to succeed, how to deal with stress, and how to stay healthy, from the people close to us. Your children may have passed their critical ages, however your influence is still very powerful, for you are the parents -- the Authority Figures in their lives. Who was close to you in y... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Saturday, 1st March 2008 @ 1:28 PM

For the non-traditional parent, single parent or low income parent, using a traditional adoption agency may not be the right path for them to take. There are agencies that do not allow some adults the privilege of adopting a kid through them. That is why many couples and singles are turning to private adoptions as a way to have the child they have always wanted, without dealing with the hassle of going through an adoption agency. There are some great benefits to this method of having a k... more...

Family | By Malcolm Blake @ Saturday, 1st March 2008 @ 4:47 AM

The training of the physical coordinations of children is most naturally accomlished through the medium of games.It should be fully appreciated by teachers and parents that the playing of these games is not "mere play," but definite training of the best kind. In many cases there is little else to be done. The teacher should select such games as are most interesting to her special group and practice these until the children are reasonably proficient in them or until they prove uni... more...

Family | By Kenneth Scott @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 12:39 AM

Giving the best to ones child is the most pressing desire of each and every parent. At times however, one may land up with a school that does not offer any extracurricular activities. Though there is some merit in having a professionally trained person guide and oversee the activities of the children, after school the parent can also develop activities. In fact at times the parent is a better judge at what kind of exposure is correct for the child. There is a special role that a parent ca... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Thursday, 28th February 2008 @ 11:50 PM

International adoptions are a great way to help disadvantaged or orphaned children find a home. But, it is not the same as trying to adopt a child in your home country. There is more to it than just looking through an album and choosing the child based on his or her stats. You have to know what to expect and what can happen if certain criteria is not met. Being uninformed could mean that you do not get to adopt a child and that would be a real tragedy for both sides. The very firs... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 8:42 AM

There is a big difference between looking to be an adoptive family and being a foster family. The primary difference is that in adoption, the potential parent is looking specifically to adopt. In a foster care situation, the foster family is simply providing a temporary residence to nurture and care for a kid until they are either adopted or returned to their biological parents. But some foster families develop a strong bond with the kid and want to make him or her a permanent member of ... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Tuesday, 26th February 2008 @ 8:55 PM

You have probably seen the media circus surrounding some celebrities as they have undergone a Cambodian or Africa adoption, but what about those children that are here in the United States? Is there a reason why some people look to adopting from a foreign country versus going through the American adoptions process? There is a step-by-step process that must occur in order for a child to be placed with an adoptive family, and you need to know the basics of what to expect. Before you apply t... more...

Family | By Terry Fitzroy @ Tuesday, 26th February 2008 @ 5:41 PM

Just because the Cold War ended and people spend their day to day lives with less fear of nuclear war than they did in the middle of the twentieth century does not mean that there is less cause to prepare for disaster. Most high schools still have their bomb shelters because once those were built they did not require constant maintenance. The same cannot be said of survival kits, however, which require frequent attention to maintain the items ready in case of disaster. Regardless of the... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 2:49 PM

Deciding to have a family is a big decision for most couples, or even singles. The great unknown can be scary. There are no guarantees in life. Children do not come with a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. They can't be traded in for a new model. But, while there is nervousness, there is also exhilaration. There is a sense of joy. Deciding to be an adoptive family is a big decision and you will need help, and a child adoption agency is just the ticket to provide that he... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 2:16 PM

Most will agree that children are a great blessing. However, some couples are unable to conceive. Still other couples elect not to go through the birthing process and instead turn to child adoption as their method for having a family. They believe that helping children already in this world is more important than bringing forth a new life. They are to be commended for their work towards giving children who have been abandoned or orphaned, a chance to have a real family, and a life filled... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 9:51 AM

You cannot deny that foreign adoptions have really been on the rise in the last five years. It could be the sheer volume of information coming across the television as people sit at home and see the needy faces of children who are desperate for good, loving homes. It might also be that couples and families find that adopting from a foreign country is a better choice because a biological parent is unlikely to try to regain custody. But there are still factors that can lead to being denied... more...

Family | By Jeremy Johnson @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 9:34 AM

Birds have had passed the flu back and forth among them selves for at least as long as humans have been sharing it among themselves. It wasn't until 1997 that the first person contracted the flu from a bird and died from it. Since then, 328 people have contracted the Bird flu and 219 have died from it. This is a flu humans have not encountered in mass numbers to this point, so when a human does contract the disease and becomes highly contagious, we will have a flu pandemic sweep the glob... more...

Family | By Jimmy Cox @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 8:55 AM

There are three aspects to family life which can be used to strengthen it: family meals, family projects and family rituals. Young people can find a lot of material on how to get married but very little on how to stay married. In these words a shrewd student once characterized the current literature on the family. There is much truth in this observation. Nowhere do our efforts to promote successful family life fail more conspicuously than in the lack of emphasis upon the family as a proje... more...

Family | By MIKE SELVON @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 2:00 AM

In most cases knowing how things are going to proceed can take the worry out of the entire process. In the case of adoptive families trying to pursue their dream of having a child, knowing is one thing, yet the reality is quite another. They have to make important decisions, such as whether to go through an international child adoption agency, or perhaps domestic adoptions would be the better route to follow. Do they have enough money to pay for the paper work, agency fees and court fees... more...

Family | By Phoenix Delray @ Sunday, 24th February 2008 @ 10:47 PM

Family counseling is a form of psychotherapy that helps families with the goal of improving their relationships and work through problems and incidents in a non threatening, impartial setting. Issues such as divorce, the death of a family member, conflicts as a result of a move, an addition to the family ie a new step parent and or step child, and others can create problems and uncomfortable situations for all family members involved, which is why family counseling is such an important tool. more...

Family | By Connie Allen @ Sunday, 24th February 2008 @ 9:23 PM

We seldom want to look at the statistics about suicide in children and young people, but they are important to consider. As parents and educators we tend to ignore this subject, pretending it doesn't happen in "good" families. The belief is that suicide happens only in troubled families to troubled children. At the ChildSpirit Conference I attended in November, Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of numerous books including The Magical Child, gave us a startling statistic. &quo... more...

Family | By Jim Brown @ Saturday, 9th February 2008 @ 6:16 PM

Contrary to current trends in the video game market, there are still fun games for families that are suitable for everyone to play. Some of these games are offered by gaming websites on the internet and others can be found in boxes on the shelves of any toy store. Innocence is not lost while playing these games because children are still allowed to use their imagination and their knowledge to play them. The fun games for families might require children to learn about real estate and how s... more...

Family | By Phoenix Delray @ Wednesday, 6th February 2008 @ 12:20 AM

Families are made up of dynamic, unique individuals, and finding ways for all of these individuals to get along and peacefully co exist can be a challenge. When problems arise with no resolution in site, it might be time to enlist the help of a family counselor, who is trained to recognize and work with complex family dynamics. Once you have made an appointment with your counselor, discuss the upcoming visit with your family members, and ask them to make individual lists of the issues, ... more...