Intercourse at 38—40 weeks could help prevent need for medical induction
Women who have sexual intercourse during late pregnancy are more likely than abstinent women to have a spontaneous delivery at 38 to 40 weeks and less likely to require labor induction, according to results of a study...
6 signs he’ll make a good dad
With Father’s Day fast approaching, it’s no surprise that dear old Dad is on your mind. But if you’re also looking forward to the day when you can give your significant other a Dad’s Day card, too, you might want to evaluate his parenting potential. What can you tell now about whether he’ll be a great father down the line? Check out these telling traits...
Study: US stay home mothers deserve $134,121 in salary
A full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, an amount similar to a top U.S. ad executive, a marketing director or a judge, according to a study released on Wednesday...
Kid Time And Couple Time
Summary: Are you having trouble finding time to be with your children and to be with each other? Discover how important this balance is, and what may be the underlying issue in the way of couple time. A reader emailed me the following question: “Many dads and moms, especially those that work full-time, are torn by guilt when it comes to time allocation. They have been away from the kids so long during the working week that the weekends MUST be spent with them. Result: There is simply NO couple-time. Any suggestions?” ...
Signs of a Cheating Husband
Here are some warning signs of a cheating husband. It is important to let you know that they are not the only ones and they are not definitely signs either. This means that your partner could do some of these actions and not necessarily being cheating on you. Take these as yellow lights, to start looking further, but not take them as full probe that your partner is cheating on you...
Building Better Family Relationships
At these times when both men and women work for a living, small children are often left at home with a babysitter or at a daycare center while older ones spend the whole day at school. Most of the time, parents have just enough time to spare to just tuck in their kids at night. They sometimes do not even have enough time to talk about their individual lives let alone spend a day of fun together.
But building good relationships with one’s children does not really have to be spent the whole day. Little conversations, little gestures of comfort, little things that you do everyday whether they be for an hour or for just a few minutes are enough especially when done with sincerity and commitment to strengthening and building the bonds that you have with your children. Here are some of the ways of building better relationships with your children...
5 Simple, Free and Easy Ways to Show Your Kids How Much You Care
As a work at home mom, I know I spend more time on the computer than I really should. It is at these times, when my 11-year-old daughter accuses me of "being married" to my computer, that I have to stop and re-think some of my values as a parent.Our kids are young for such a short time. The job, and the need to keep money coming in, will always be there. Our precious little ones won't always be little, though...
Parents, Kids And Time Alone
“What are some of the ways in which you explain to kids that mom and dad need time alone, without feeling guilty about it?” A journalist, writing an article on having time alone and couple time when you have kids, asked me this question. Parents will feel guilty only when they believe that they are doing something wrong by spending time alone and couple time without their children...
The 5 Secrets of "Keeping" Your Husband In Love With You
In medival times the 'keep' was the central tower that formed the heart of the castle. It was the most defended area of a castle. With that in mind, if we are to 'keep' our husband in love with us, we need to always 'keep' our husbands needs close to our heart and defend our relationship at all times...
Imperfect Parenting
Shortly after having my first baby, I decided I was going to be the perfect parent. I immediately began to keep an intelligent library of child-rearing books on my nightstand and would replenish the stock as each book was absorbed into my sub-consciousness and checked off the "read" list. My fixation on perfection was evident. The bookstore clerks began to call me by name. My bank statement regularly presented the preference for my local Borders Bookstore and my husband was consistently reminded of my expertise on the subject from my readily available corrections and helpful tips...