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Children: Our most valuable natural resource.

Polygamy Creates Poverty & Children Without Fathers
Wyckliffe Obwoge Ogenche my husband behind my back took on a second wife, just a few short months after we married at the end of 2019. She was ten years his junior and had given birth to a child he had previously abandoned. In the village near where they're both from, they had their wedding.
By IwriteMywrongs4 years ago in Families
When ADHD, Learning Disability, Depression, and Anxiety Suffocate
My daughter roams around the apartment at two or three in the morning, unable to fall asleep. She had been drowning in self-loathing all week, causing trouble with sleeping, focusing, and communicating. Last night was worse because she was returning to school the next day. She counted all the ways she had failed to prepare. She knew she didn't complete any assignments but did not know what or how much. She cannot keep track of anything: lists, order, direction, etc. And she does not have the focus or the initiative to implement compensatory strategies.
By Mihwa Lee4 years ago in Families
Life Twice Given
When I was about 5 years old, I had a recurring dream where everyone I knew and loved stood with me in a radiant field with one lone tree full of leaves covered in the hint of fall. Just yards away, poised resplendently in front of us, was a brilliantly colored hot air balloon. I remember thinking it was so magnificent and alluring. I could feel the warm breeze blow through my wispy blonde hair and closed my eyes as I turned to the sun. I was happy. I wanted to share this blissful moment with those around me, but when I opened my eyes, I was alone in the field. All of those cherished people had climbed into the basket of the balloon which was ascending to the sky too fast for me to catch. I stood there with panic filling my entire soul and cried as I was powerless to stop it. Then I would awake again to reality, but the panic would not subside and I would scream until my mom came to calm me and lay in my bed while I held the ties of her robe so she couldn’t leave. There was no significant event that I can remember that stopped these dreams from happening, but they just stopped one day. Far too young to understand why this nightmare would be occurring every night while I slept, I completely forgot about it until the memory came back to me as a young adult. I realized then, that my exploration of identity, though normal, might be a little bit more unique.
By Kali Fox-Jirgl4 years ago in Families
Passing Along the Baton
Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is the emotional pain we feel when we are separated from someone or something we love. The loss can be physical, such as the death of a loved one, or it can be emotional, such as the end of a relationship. Grief can also be caused by other types of losses, such as the loss of a job, home, or pet.
By Pam Zee4 years ago in Families
How to Raise a Secure Child
Why do so many children, who have a seemingly warm home with loving parents, act distant, withdrawn, and even hostile in their interpersonal lives?
By De Ji Yue4 years ago in Families
A tantrum when not satisfied, need to train children to delay gratification?
What is delayed gratification? The concept comes from the famous "Marshmallow Experiment" at Stanford University in the 1960s.
By De Ji Yue4 years ago in Families
How can I harvest a white, soft baby?
Mothers' misconceptions about their babies' skin 1. you need to clean your baby many times a day to keep your baby clean all the time
By De Ji Yue4 years ago in Families
How often is it appropriate for newborns to take a bath?
"9 out of 10 baby mothers dislike their babies." Especially when the child is just born, many doctors will take the baby out after taking it to the mother to look at it, or even paste the face or let the mother kiss it.
By De Ji Yue4 years ago in Families
Children with these personality traits, or grow up to be very good
Modern parents invest a lot of time, energy, and money in their children's education, which is a perfect example of what is meant by "no poorer than education, no harder than children". Whether this is desirable or not, most parents neglect the development of their children's character and perseverance.
By Baru Ku4 years ago in Families
What you must know about breastfeeding
But any mother who has experienced breastfeeding has probably experienced the hardships of breastfeeding. We may be caught in an endless cycle of no milk, chasing milk, and in the pain of desperately chasing milk. We struggle endlessly with lack of sleep, rising milk, and the torture of mastitis.
By Baru Ku4 years ago in Families
No matter how angry you are, you have to swallow these words
Domestic violence includes not only physical violence but also verbal violence, which is something that many people overlook. Sometimes verbal violence causes more damage than physical violence and is more difficult to repair.
By Baru Ku4 years ago in Families
Early childhood growth period, parents cultivate more children these four "abilities"
Early childhood is the period of habit formation, and habit will form character, and ultimately determine a person's ability to show, that is to say, the good growth of children need good behavior to influence, especially in the formative years of young children is the best period of habit formation, the development of good growth habits is also the basis of children independent of society, to a large extent, also determines the quality of learning and life of children.
By Baru Ku4 years ago in Families