Hidden Dangers of This Year's Hottest High-Tech Toys
This year's high-tech toys offer lots of new ways for your kids to be entertained and to stay connected. They also offer new avenues for unfiltered access to pornography. Here are some ways to help safeguard your child from sexually-explicit content on portable digital devices. (ages 8-17) |
Preparing Your Child for the Online World
Before you invest big bucks on the latest computer for your child, it is important to first understand the potential dangers that lurk there, and how to help keep your child safe from pornography and predators. (ages 4-17) |
Remote Controls—Safety Belts Required?
Your 4-year-old figures out how to use the remote control. Now what? (ages 2-8) |
Using Stories to Develop Character
Are there any real benefits to playing video games or is it all detrimental?
How do you choose family friendly games? (ages 3-12) |
The Benefits of Family Hobbies
Developing family hobbies when kids are little open valuable channels that may save relationships when teen turbulence hits (ages 3-15) |
Choosing Video
Games for Kids
Are there any real benefits to playing video games or is it all detrimental?
How do you choose family friendly games? (ages 3-17) |
Seeing With
Your Imagination
Our kids often surprise us with the inventive way they see things. But
this ability can get rusty with neglect. So how do you encourage this creative
way of seeing in your kids? (ages 3-12) |
Cabin Fever
When the weather turns cold, cabin fever attacks. Try these home remedies.
(ages 3-12) |
The Magic of
Making Stories
Children love stories. But many kids have a hard time inventing one.
Discover some ways to make their imaginations soar and enter a world of
family fun. (ages 3-12) |
Summer Celebrations 1: Family Fun on Little-Known Holidays
These activities aim to give your family simple fun that encourages creative growth in your children. (ages 3-12) |
Summer Celebrations 2: Family Fun on Little-Known Holidays
Here are some family activities to jump-start imaginations based on little-known birthdays, anniversaries
and holidays. (ages 3-12) |
Summer Celebrations 3: Family Fun on Little-Known Holidays
The wise parent can help her child across the wilderness of dusty imaginations with a well-timed activity that can get the imagination up and running. (ages 3-12) |
Hidden Benefits of Family Camping
Camping is so much more than bugs, blisters and bumpy beds. It is an opportunity to learn important lessons about contentment (ages 3-12) |
Hook Your Kids on Fishing
People who grew up fishing with their family already know what a fun-filled outing it can be. It promotes family togetherness, brings us closer to nature and provides a diversion from everyday life. (ages 4-12) |
Low-Budget Vacation? Try Camping
Family vacations make for some of the best memories. Yet, it’s often not financially feasible to take off for Disney World. Take heart. There’s a low-budget vacation alternative — camping. (ages 0-12) |
Summer Camp
Tips
Leaving home and going to camp is an exciting but often frightening
experience for children — sometimes even for parents. Here are a
few pre-camp tips (ages 4-10) |
Summer Fun for Single-Parent Families
Summer fun doesn't have to be costly and beyond reach for single parents. (ages 3-12) |
Enjoying Nature With Kids
Discover how you can enjoy nature — and your own backyard — with your children. (ages 3-12) |
Classic Outdoor Games
Kick the Can … Capture the Flag … Marbles … Marco Polo … Red Light, Green Light.… Remember any of these games from your childhood? Wouldn’t it be fun to play a few with your children? (ages 4-12) |
What
to Do About Halloween
If you have problems with the traditional
approach to Halloween, take a look at some
child-friendly alternatives. (ages 3-12) |
The Family Christmas Tree
Turn tree hunting and decorating into fun-filled nights for the entire
family. (ages 2-17) |
Advertising and Kids
Kids are bombarded with advertisements from every possible source. Often, even though kids don’t have their own income yet, this advertising is aimed directly at them. (ages 3-12) |
Raising Media-Wise Teenagers
Are you feeling in the dark about your teenager's entertainment choices? Your kids may need you to step into the light. (ages 11-17) |
Movie Night With Your Teens
Looking for a fun and effective way to teach discernment? (ages 11-17) |
Film Reviews for Parents
Before you rent that video or cart your children off to the theater, read the reviews. Not every movie is what you would expect from the advertisements or promotional trailers. |
Film Reviews for Kids
Teach your children some media discernment by getting them used to reading film reviews before deciding to see a movie. (ages 6-12) |
The Importance of Heroes
In a world where the media does not always promote the best role models, it’s important to guide children and provide the right kind of heroes. (ages 3-12) |
Building Memories in Your Single-Parent Family Home
Use touch, taste, sounds, sight and smell to build your children's homes — and give them lasting memories of warmth and safety. (ages 3-12) |
Time for a Good Book
Reading is the only entertainment medium that’s also an essential life skill. (ages 0-12) |
Media Influence in Your Home
Parents who worry about the influence of the media on their kids have several options. (ages 0-12) |
A Journey into Cyberspace
How can you find websites that are good for your children? What about those that are educational and those that are just plain fun? (ages 4-12) |
Quick, Simple Fun
Weighed down by work or by the gravity of international events? Sometimes it’s a welcome relief just having fun with your children. (ages 2-12) |
The Family Media Guardian
Parents today have a lot of tasks that demand their time, such as cleaning, cooking, banking, laundry and chauffeuring. Yet there’s another critical role crying for attention: family media guardian. (ages 3-12) |
Martial
Arts: A Family Affair
Karate and other martial arts can bring
great benefits to Christian families if they
first do their research and learn how to
avoid the pitfalls. (ages 4-12) |
Tykes and TV
The American Pediatric Association recommends that children under 2 not watch television at all. (ages 0-2) |
TV or not TV
We can either use television as an instrument for dumping garbage into our living room and our children’s minds, or we can make it an instrument for positive entertainment and reinforcement of our values. Learn how to make the right choices for your child. (ages 3-15)
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