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Louise Elerding: ‘Cell yell’ and other phone irritations
How often do you feel your irritation level rising when near cell phone users? Likely you have one, but isn't it interesting how someone else's cell phone manners can annoy you to the point of wanting to shout? Some experts say the only thing advancing quicker than wireless innovation may be the rudeness of the people using the technology. Being captive in any plane, train or bus where you're essentially subjected against your will to ...
Family tree bears fascinating fruit
It all started with four pages of college-ruled notebook paper inherited from his aunt. Dennis Malloy, of Valencia, now had in his possession dozens of names, dates and other information about relatives dating back to his great-great grandparents. "It went back to Ireland. All the Malloys originally came from there," he said. Like many others curious about their genealogy, Malloy took his findings to the Family History Library at he Church of Jesus Christ of ...
Giving her family shelter
Christmas came early this year for Ruth Tofighi-Mendoza. The single mother of two teenaged boys was delighted to receive a brand new roof on Dec. 13 for her Saugus home, donated by Great Way Roofing, which has locations in Newhall and Camarillo. She had been patching her dilapidated roof for years, with little success. Tofighi-Mendoza was growing increasingly concerned about how her home would fare with a forecasted season of heavy rain set to begin ...
Dr. Joni Bhutra: How we can help stop teen suicide
During this holiday season, while we are all listening for the material items our children may want, I hope we also listen for the emotional support they may need.
Samuel Freshman and Heidi Clingen: Be smart at holidays and enjoy New Year’s
During the holiday season, the temptation often is to let budgets and financial goals slide. The festivities and so many gifts to buy are a great excuse.
Taking down bullies
She may be just 60 pounds, but you don't want to mess with 10-year-old Mia Bartolovich.
Dr. Joni Bhutra: Don’t worry about the flu, get the shot
Influenza viruses cause seasonal influenza, commonly called "the flu," which infects the nose, throat and lungs. Unlike many other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, the flu can cause severe illness and life-threatening complications in many people.
Create new holiday traditions
With many parents struggling to juggle bills, unemployment or underemployment, and even possible foreclosure, families everywhere have learned how to tighten their belts over the last few years.
Louise Elerding: How to make sure you have them at hello
What would you call a smile, direct eye contact and a firm handshake? I call them the top scorers in making and receiving a memorable introduction.
Where the boys and girls are
It's 3 p.m. Wednesday, and there's a whirlwind of activity at the Boys & Girls Club facility in Newhall.
Smarties: Now is not the time to indulge
Dear Smarties: I was recently laid off. I have a good severance package, and I know I'll be able to find something eventually. But my finances are getting strained.
Stay safe this Halloween
Costumes, check. Bucket or bag for trick-or-treating, check. Pumpkin for carving, check. It's almost time for Halloween, and with the holiday comes a lot of preparations. What some revelers may forget, however, is how to stay safe and still have fun. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station has a plethora of tips on its website (www.scvsheriff.com) and at the top of the list is parental or guardian supervision, according to Lt. Brenda Cambra. ...
Louise Elerding: Rule the school with good etiquette
Using good manners to resolve school challenges can simplify the outcomes. To a child, some matters can seem overwhelming, but with parental guidance and an open family discussion, the child's concerns can be laid to rest. Having a solution makes the difference and creates a positive win-win effect for everyone involved. Bullies be gone Statistics point out that bullying is still one of the biggest campus challenges today. If your child is a victim of ...
‘Newborn Care 101’ for newbie parents
Palmdale residents Tim and Rachel Burhans had attended Lamaze classes for about five weeks, as they prepared to give birth to their first child. But preparation was cut short when Rachel Burhans went into labor seven and a half weeks early.
CAST for Kids nets a great day of fishing
As the fishing boats converged upon the dock at the Castaic Lake lagoon Saturday, there was the heightened sense of anticipation you might find at a competitive fishing tournament: Who's going to catch the big one?
Articles by Section - Rosemond on Parenting
John Rosemond: Living with Children
If my parents told me once, they told me at least one hundred times, "Don't talk to anyone about their religious or political beliefs." They meant, of course, that those topics are likely to generate tension and angry conflict. As such, they were not the stuff of polite social conversation. Notwithstanding the fact that I find religion and politics to be the two most interesting of all conversational topics, a third caution should be added ...
John Rosemond: Back in the Day
When I was a child, back in the Parenting Stone Age (a.k.a. the Parentocentric Era), your parents were the most important people in the family. They paid the bills, bought your clothes, prepared the food you ate, took care of you when you were sick, drove you to where you needed to be, tucked you in, and kissed you good night. They were essential.
John Rosemond: Playing independently
Q: Is it okay to start teaching our 1 year old how to play independently? He screams and cries when I put him in any type of enclosure if he can't get "free" (even when I arrange the furniture in a way that he has a very ample play area). Is there a method to teach him how to play by himself for at least a little bit? It seems I am following him around ...
John Rosemond: Living with Children
Q: It seems our 1 year old is showing willful disobedience. We tell him "no" and try to redirect but he does the same things over and over again. The things in question include turning over and not being cooperative when I'm trying to change him, slapping us in the face, and standing up during bath time. I'm trying to be creative with ways to entertain him and make things fun but am getting weary. Any advice on how I can correct him?
John Rosemond: Dealing with child's negativity
Q: Our 7-year-old son is very negative about everything. He's a middle child, so that may have something to do with it, but everyone else in the family is very happy, positive, optimistic, and so on. He never has anything positive to say about anything. Things the rest of us enjoy he says are "stupid" or "dumb." We raise all of our kids the same, so we don't understand where the negativity is coming from, ...
John Rosemond: Discipline in organized way
One of the reasons-it's probably in the top three reasons, in fact-that parents fail at solving discipline problems is they try to solve too many at once. In so doing, they scatter their disciplinary energy too thinly and end up solving none. The only thing they accomplish is getting more frustrated and more convinced that there is something about their child that renders discipline ineffective-a gene perhaps, inherited from the father (who else?), that causes ...
John Rosemond: Living with Children
American parents have been listening to professional psycho-babblers tell them how to raise children since the late 1960s. I was in graduate school at the time, and my professors thought the babblers were geniuses, sent by some New Age divinity to correct all the egregious wrongs parents had done to children since time immemorial. Children were about to enter a Golden Age in which their opinions would not only be listened to but also taken ...
John Rosemond: Living with children
In the seventh grade I was promoted by my peers from president of the class geek-nerd-brainiac society to, well, if not fully cool, then at least on the way. I had discovered two sports I excelled in-golf and baseball-and the girls had discovered that I was one of the best, if not the best, dancer in the class. My classmates began overlooking the fact that I was a straight-A student, always sported a few pimples, and wore thick glasses.
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