Parenting Service Announcements

Kiwanis International has compiled succinct articles on parenting practices. Some articles are filled with advice and others with insight. Feel free to brouse the articles at your leisure.

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Advice to Parents (28 kb)
A lovely poem by Angelo Patti advising parents when children try their patience.

Guidelines for Parents (69 kb)
The US National Institue of Mental Health asked questions regarding child-rearing to 50 parents whose children had become will adjusted, productive adults. These were their answers.

Communication Tips for Parents and Kids (70 kb)
A ten-day program to help you open up communication lines with your child.

What to Do in the Grocery Store to Help Kids Behave (72 kb)
Tips making the grocery shopping experience a more stress-free.

Winning Ways with Children When Eating Out (81 kb)
Tips on making a family trip to a restaurant more stress-free.

Bicycle Safety Rules of the Road (47 kb)
Safety tips of the road for both parents and children.

Every Day 100 Children are Burned (37 kb)
100 children every day have burns that are serious enough so that they need to be treated in hospitals. Learn how to minimize the chances of this happening to your loved ones.

What One Person can Do to Prevent Child Abuse (63 kb)
Advice and tips to parents as well as concerned citizens.

What to Say (Or Do) When Parents Abuse Their Children in Public (73 kb)
Tips on what to say or do when you sense that another parent is becoming possibly abusive to their children in public.