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SILVERSPOON TICKLER

CITY GEM LOS ANGELES

CHILD FOCUSED NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR SEPARATED AND DIVORCED PARENTS

TERRIBLE TWO’S: HOW TO STAY SANE WHEN YOUR CHILD IS NOT

CHILDREN LEARNING AND SPEAKING TWO LANGUAGES

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TIPS EVERY DENTIST WILL SUGGEST TO PREVENT DENTAL DISEASES AMONG CHILDREN

IN THE GREEN CORNER WITH EARTH’S BEST

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INTRODUCING STELLA MCCARTNEY KIDS

ENRICHMENT CORNER

SPEECH THERAPY FOR IMMEDIATE STUTTERING

MONNALISA: A WORK OF ART

AVOID PARENTING MISTAKES BY LEARNING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN

SPRING FASHION FORWARD

ATTENTION PARENTS: STOP MAKING THESE THREE BIG MISTAKES WITH YOUR CHILDREN

BELLS & WHISTLES

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appy New Year SilverSpoon readers! SilverSpoon really ended with a bang in 2010 and we only have you to thank for the opportunity. We have a lot in tune for SilverSpoon this wonderful year of 2011 and at the fast pace of growth we are experiencing, we are sure to make it happen. This issue has a a great mix this time around... Why? Well we decided to still give you some of the fantastic winter fashion, but also sneak in some of the spring fashion for 2011. Some of our favorite sneaks are from Galliano and Dior. Galliano holds on to that fun side of the children’s collection, honing bright colors and fashion-forward designs. Dior holds true to their classic look, even for their children’s collection. Summer fun with a resort-style collection is Dior’s choice for Spring/ Summer 2011. So for 2011 we will continue to bring you cutting-edge fashion and educational parenting articles as you have requested. SilverSpoon is just a picture book without our readers... That’s you!

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The vision for SilverSpoon is to shine a spotlight on high-end children’s fashion, gear and accessories while encouraging and educating parents to develop their children’s social, motor and cognitive skills. SilverSpoon will be a one-stop shop for both moms and dads to stay up-to-date on the latest children’s fashion trends, and offer answers to questions that come with raising children and preparing them for their future. SilverSpoon Media Group strives to deliver fresh and relevant content for parents through digital access and in print. Parents will remain connected with current fashions and current affairs in a new and exciting way. SilverSpoon magazine is published bimonthly and is distributed free online. To contact SilverSpoon magazine, e-mail us at info@silverspoonmag.com. We appreciate your feed back. SilverSpoon magazine, all rights reserved. Reproduction without permission, by any method whatsoever, is prohibited.

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SILVE SPOON TICKLER Please submit all questions, concerns, and comments to info@silverspoonmag.com. Your message may appear in our next issue.

Happy New Year! What a colorful magazine! It is so fun to look at and educational to read. I look forward to future issues. -Give me more! Angela Happy New Year SilverSpoon! I’ve followed you for your first issues. I look foward to seeing what you’ve got up your sleeve next. Who knew so much beautiful fashion was available for children??? I was wondering could you give us more issues on multiples? I believe it is a bit different raising multiples than raising one child. That’s just my opinion... Anyway, I look forward to more. I can’t imagine what your New Year issue will look like! - Gail I’m a bit late on the news in regards to this magazine, but I looked back at your first issue and really was impressed except for the disadvantage of homeschooling. I’ve homeschooled 10

all of my children and haven’t had a problem with it yet. Can you consider incorporating the advantages of homeschooling and also some tips on making is a successful experience for both the parent and children alike. Thanks - Sharie Thank you so much readers for your New Year’s Greetings! The first issues were a hit and while SilverSpoon continues to grow, we will continue to distribute issues. As a matter of fact, stay tuned to the breaking news of SilverSpoon hitting your local newsstand in 2011. It is very important that us that SilverSpoon Magazine has somethingfor every parent to be able to relate to. We promise there will be articles in coming issues that will cater to your needs. Thank you so much for your continued support! -SilverSpoon Magazine

Treating Jealousy

Hello SilverSpoon, I want to thank you for your article on “Treating Jealousy”. I have a four-year old and I just gave birth three months ago and my four-year old is not adjusting well. I have tried to explained to

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her how important her role is as a big sister and she just isn’t adjusting well to the new bundle. I was able to take some of your tips from the article and I feel a small difference from her. I will keep you up to date on her progress. Thank you for such timely material. - Kimberly Kimberly, Congratulations on your new bundle of joy. Sometimes it is hard to balance when we have a new one in the family, but just continue reassuring your oldest child that she has not been replaced by her younger sibling. In fact, she is very much needed as the older sister. Giving her the big sister role who is responsible for a particular task... washing the binky, getting the diaper out of the diaper bag, can really prove a great difference because now she feels just as important. We would love for you to keep us posted on your progress of “Treeting Jealousy”. Good Luck! - SilverSpoon Magazine

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Child Focused New Year’s Resolutions for Separated and Divorced Parents

By Michaeil Mastracci

is the time for New Year’s resolutions, our perennial effort to improve ourselves, correct our errant ways and remake ourselves in our own best image. If you are a parent struggling with separation or divorce, consider making your primary 2009 New Year’s Resolution a renewed commitment to your child’s emotional wellbeing. Do what it takes to improve the quality of your parenting relationship by bettering your communication and interaction with your ex. Resolve to love and support your children by treating your ex with courtesy and respect, and by continually striving to be the superior parent. Love your child more than you may dislike the other parent. When parents separate or divorce, everyone suffers; but children suffer most. The two people they love most in the world no longer love each other. It makes children anxious. They wonder if their parents will stop loving them. Separation and divorce tear apart a child’s world, but parents who put their children first can minimize the effects on their children. By approaching separation or divorce as a collaborative process that will lead to a better life for the entire family, parents can restore their children’s trust and happiness and reassure their children of both parents’ love.

of money, or for the loss of your home or possessions. Your problems with your spouse are adult issues that shouldn’t be aired in front of the children. Don’t use the blame game to drive a wedge between your children and your spouse. Your children deserve the love of both parents. 2. Respect your spouse. Children are not a bargaining chip. Do not use your children to put pressure on your spouse. Your spouse is equally entitled to enjoy a close personal relationship with the children. Focus on what your children need, not on your own hurt. And remember that your spouse is hurting too. Try to see things from your spouse’s perspective. 3. Respect your child. Never use your children to spy on your spouse or deliver messages. Any issues you have with your spouse are adult problems; deal with them yourself. Never threaten to deny your child access to the other parent as punishment. Your children deserve the unconditional love and support of both parents.

4. Tell your child you love him. During separation or divorce, children need constant reassurance that you love them. If you become angry with your child, tell him you love him, then focus your comments on the undesirable action, not This New Year’s vow to put your the child. children first and resolve to: 5. Keep your promises. Divorce and 1. Avoid playing the blame game. Don’t separation shatter a child’s trust. Keeping blame your ex for the divorce, for lack your promises to your child slowly 14

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rebuilds the bond that lets your child know he can count on you. 6. Focus on the future. Accept the life changes that separation or divorce bring and look upon it as an opportunity to create a better, happier life. Be realistic; don’t encourage reunion fantasies. Waiting for something that will never happen prevents your child from moving forward. As you embrace your new life, your children will be empowered by the positive changes they observe. Even if separated or divorced, you and your spouse will always share the goal of raising happy, healthy, well-adjusted children. Keep that goal firmly in mind as you embrace the New Year.

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The Terrible Twos How to Stay Sane When Your Child Is Not

f you have a little one who is anywhere between the ages of two and four, some days can seem like they last forty eight hours instead of twenty four. If you are the proud mother of a little girl this age, the only word in her vocabulary may be “No.” If you try and counter her “no’s” with “yes’s”, she may emit sounds so shrill your ears will bleed. If you are the proud mom of a little boy, his new habits may include coloring the dog with your lipstick or banging your favorite, and delicate, table with his toy trucks until they crack. How 16

By Megan Hazel do you deal with this? One way of course is to leave the country and never return. There are, however, more reasonable ways in which to deal with your children’s testing periods. While you may not be able to move to China, you can remove yourself from the situation and help calm your frayed nerves. If your child is being rebellious or misbehaving, sometimes just stepping out of the room for a few moments, counting to ten, and taking some

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If your child is being rebellious or misbehaving, sometimes just stepping out of the room for a few moments, counting to ten, and taking some deep, calming breaths can make all the difference...

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deep, calming breaths can make all the difference when you re-enter the room to deal with your misbehaving child. He or she may then start to associate your leaving the room with “Uh oh, Mommy is mad” rather than associate your screaming and yelling with being angry, which can only be detrimental. This may help calm the child enough that upon your return, he or she will be more receptive to your teaching him what behavior you didn’t like. Since you will be calmer as well, the discipline will likely be more effective. For a more long-term approach, taking some time for yourself and “getting away from it all” is a good bet to restore your sanity. Take a good block of time on a Saturday or Sunday, 2 hours, maybe, and mark this time in your calendar in pen, not pencil, as a recurring activity. Keep a standing appointment with yourself, and honor it as you would any other. Think you are too busy on a weekend to do this, between your toddler’s play dates, errands, and your other family obligations? You will feel much more productive the rest of the weekend allowing yourself this little ‘refresher’, rather than trying to cram some time in on a random Tuesday or other weeknight. Moreover, you will feel much more able to cope with your child’s behavior. For this special “adult time-out” time, you can book a massage or a facial at your favorite spa. Take a couple of hours to go window shopping or visit a museum, by yourself or with a friend. Take in a movie with a couple of girlfriends. If your husband is willing to fly solo on a Saturday night, you can even steal away to your favorite local pub with the girls once in a while and let off some steam. If you don’t have extra funds for these activities once a week, you can sneak yourself off to the tub with a good book, a bubble bath and a nice glass of wine and come out feeling ready to face the world and your terrible-two-year-old. Getting involved with groups that highlight child behavior may also help you cope with issues that seem to rear their ugly heads again and again. Your child may be going through a developmental phase that has you frustrated to say the least. It can be comforting to have a support network or group of friends with similarly-aged children. Many of these groups are “Mommy and Me”-type groups that can be found in your community directory. If no such local groups exist in your area, you can always consult some educational reading material on child behavior and speak with your doctor if it is getting more and more difficult to control. Sometimes, just a different approach can give great results. For example, if you are used to taking away a privilege or a toy when your child acts up, perhaps you need another tactic. Calmly tell him or her why Mommy is upset with the actual behavior, and explain and speak as if he were older than his actual age. Your own child may surprise you! On the flip side, sometimes just not reacting at all can be the best approach. Just like you are getting to know what makes your child tick, he is getting to know what makes you tick as well and will quickly learn how to push your buttons and command your attention. Rather than play into this, ignore his pushy requests and the negative behavior may just quietly go away. The Terrible Twos are challenging, to say the least, but using some of these approaches can help you keep the loving bond between you and your child without you losing your mind in the process.

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Children Learning and Speaking Two Languages

By Boris C.

e are now living in a very diversified culture and society. It is natural to find people who are speaking at least two languages, are bilingual. But there are some bilingual parents or even those who are not, that are afraid that their teaching their children two languages would make them confused. Is learning two languages beneficial to our kids? Most of the times, these children who have learned two languages find it as a necessity in their environment and community (Houwer, 1999). There are some cases that children would grow up in communities where most of the people who speak in two languages on their everyday tasks. This would have impact on how children would acquire and later on, speak these languages. Not all parents are happy with their children learning to speak two languages. There are speech therapists who believe that learning two languages could actually cause language delays. They would say that children would end up confused. In some cases, they would even suggest that parents make way for the dominant or major language, and drop speaking secondary languages. They believed that acquiring the main language of the environment will be better if there are no other languages to compete with. On the contrary, these claims by speech therapists still remain to be unproved and without any supporting scientific evidence. There are many children who have grown up in bilingual even multilingual family and community, and they did not develop any language disorders or delays. Some linguists and child development experts would even recommend children to be taught with foreign language between birth and age 7. There are studies showing that children can say about 50 words, whether they are monolingual or bilingual, by the time they reach 18 months. Apparently, according to Italian researches, a baby or child that learns how to speak two languages could actually make the brain more flexible. Experts also discovered that the ability of children to acquire language easily would decline when they reach puberty. If you are a parent who wants to have a bilingual child then there are something that you can do. â&#x20AC;˘ You can make your children exposed as much as possible to the language you would like them to hear. But make sure that they would be given time to hear both language. You could start reading them books. Tapes and CDs will also help in language learning. Children can be very enthusiastic with music, so try singing too. Watching television, video tapes and DVDs are also great ways to introduce them to the language. Some parents would even enrol or encourage their children to be a part of language programs like language camps. â&#x20AC;˘ Remember that languages are closely linked to emotions and identity. There are some children who develop a sort of trauma whenever their parents would stop responding to them just because they use a different language. So be conscious when talking to your children too. Do not use language exclusive with just one child, the others may feel excluded and later on develop problems with their behaviour. â&#x20AC;˘ Some parents tend to be too strict when teaching their children to learn other languages. Do not punish, humiliate and rebuke you children just for using a different language when talking to you or to other people. If you feel that you kid is not catching up with the speech milestones a child should meet, then do not hesitate to consult professionals. Sometimes it could be hearing-related issue. 20

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Tips Every Dentist Will Suggest to Prevent Dental Diseases Among Children By Mark G.

arly childhood tooth decay, the most common disease during childhood, can take a heavy toll on children. This disease, characterized by severe decay in the teeth of infants or young children, can affect their development, school performance and behavior. A Primer for your Child’s Baby Teeth and Care If your child is between the ages of 4 to 7 months then they probably have their first tooth already. Dentist can help you to come through this worrying time. This is done not only by giving advice on what to do, but also, what not to do. There is no point trying some dentistry of your own at home, as this will only lead to further complications. By following the advice of a Dentist, you can ensure that your tooth pain is treated and better in no time at all.

We are especially equipped to provide dental care to children. We take delight in going that extra mile to make the visit to the website and find a dentist for your child. Early childhood tooth decay is caused by a very common bacteria infection that is often transmitted to the child from the mother or other primary caretaker. Mothers with untreated dental disease can pass it on to their children. The condition can lead to pain, infection and tooth loss. The child will have difficulty eating or speaking, not to mention a poor appearance. It can distract a child, making him unable to concentrate on school work and learning. The problem is compounded if poor oral health leads to staying away from school, as absenteeism clearly contributes to failure in school.

If plaque is not removed regularly, the tooth’s enamel and dentin will continue to get de-mineralized and tooth decay will continue to flourish.

Untreated caries may lead to early loss of the baby teeth (primary teeth). It can affect the growing and maturation of the permanent teeth, because the primary molars remain until the children reach ages 10 to If the primary teeth are decayed or damaged in some way, the new set will not grow properly. Often, the decay in baby teeth will lead to decay in the adult teeth, and the consequences will continue well into adulthood, according to statements by Dr. Joel Berg, chairman of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Washington; Dental When the child’s teeth are exposed Director at Seattle Children’s to sugars in milk, formula, fruit Hospital and Cindi Sherwood, DDS, According to 2007 report by the juice, and other sugary drinks. The the Academy of General Dentistry U.S. Centers for Disease Control sugars combine with bacteria in spokesperson. and Prevention, the condition - the mouth and produce acids. The also known as baby bottle caries, bacteria, acid, food debris, and saliva Poor dental health can affect or baby bottle tooth decay - affects combine to form a sticky substance, speech, articulation, growth and one in every five 3-year-olds. called plaque, which builds up on food habits. In extreme cases, early And this number increases to 40 the teeth. The bacteria and plaque childhood caries can also lead to percent by the time children start feed on sugars and produce waste widespread tooth decay, infection, kindergarten. products such as lactic acids, and pain, abscesses, chewing problems, these are what cause tooth decay. malnutrition and gastrointestinal 22

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disorders. The condition has also been linked to low self-esteem in children.The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that parents bring their child for the first dental visit about six months after the appearance of the first tooth, which occurs around 12 months of age. Early childhood caries is a preventable disease. The three key steps to ensuring good dental health in children are: * Diet - Cutting back on sugary snacks and drinks like fruit juices or soft drinks. It is best to avoid putting the child to bed with a bottle. * Hygiene - Teaching young children the habit of caring for their teeth is essential. Your dentist can offer helpful suggestions on how to achieve this. Children should be taught to brush at least twice a day, after breakfast and before bedtime, and after eating sticky or sweet food. * Fluoride - Caries takes months or even years in the making. Likely the most proven and effective method of prevention is the regular use of fluoride. Parents need to ensure the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth are receiving a sufficient amount by using fluoride toothpaste. Children with the right amount of fluoride tend to face a lesser risk of cavities. www.silverspoonmag.com

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Choosing organic is choosing to live a healthier life. Organic foods are produced without the use of potentially harmful chemicals and synthetic pesticides or growth hormones. This is even more important when we consider infants. For four to six months following birth, infants receive most of their nutrition from breast milk or infant formula. It is so important that these formulas contain the safest ingredients. If ingested, potential toxic chemicals or heavy metals can lead to compromised immune system development. Likewise, young infants consume disproportionately high levels of fruits and vegetables when compared to adults. This increases their risk of exposure to potential contaminants found among non-organic products. Finally, Earth’s Best products do not contain genetically engineered ingredients (GEIs), made by inserting genes from one plant into a strain of another to produce more crops or control pests. Why organic? It is better for you, your child and the environment they will grow up in.

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Enrichment Corner Little Beauty

By Anthony Brown Once there was a very special gorilla who had almost everything he needed. There was only one thing he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have: a friend. With no other gorillas at the zoo, the keepers try something new. Will the gigantic ape strike a bond with another sort of creature, one as tiny and innocent as a kitten? Sparked by the story of a real gorilla who learned to sign, Little Beauty is a celebration of a most surprising friendship.

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Guess How Much I Love You By Jerry Pinkney

Since GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU was first published in 1995, this tale of two Nutbrown Hares who love each other to the moon and back has enchanted more than 13 million readers around the world. What may be a little-kept secret, however, is that many of those readers aren’t so little! With endearing simplicity, Sam McBratney’s beguiling text and Anita Jeram’s expressive illustrations have struck a universal chord. After all, who doesn’t like to be reminded that they’re loved, unconditionally and boundlessly? This beautiful cloth bound edition is a musthave for anyone who loves someone more than they can measure.

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By Carl Hiaasen Unfortunately, Roy’s first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn’t been sinking his thumbs into Roy’s temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and– here’s the odd part–wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy’s trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fakefart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails.

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Speech Therapy For

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here are different techniques used for the treatment of intermediate stuttering. Such techniques are a mix of fluency shaping and stuttering modification techniques. Here are some of the commonly used techniques for treating intermediate stuttering. Flexible Rate Flexible rate is slowing down the production of a word, especially the first syllable. This technique is thought to allow more time for language planning and motor execution. In here, only those syllables on which stuttering is expected are slowed, not the surrounding speech. Flexible rate is taught by having the clinician model production of words in which the first syllable and the transition to the second syllable are said in a way that slows all of the sounds equally. Vowels, fricatives, nasals, sibilants, and glides are lengthened, and plosives and affricates are produced to sound more like fricatives, without stopping the sound or airflow. After the clinician’s model, the child produces the word with flexible rate, and successive approximations of the target are reinforced. Easy Onsets Easy onsets refer to an easy or gentle onset of voicing. Teaching easy onsets is like teaching flexible rate. The clinician models the target behavior by the use of a lot of different sounds and then he makes the child imitate the models. After the child tries to imitate, the therapist should reinforce the child’s successive approximations.

trigger stuttering. Light contacts are taught by modeling a style of producing consonants with relaxed articulators and continuous flow of air or voice, depending on the consonant. Plosives and affricates should be slightly distorted so that they sound like fricatives but are still intelligible. Modeling a variety of words with initial consonants and reinforcing the child’s successive approximations of the target accomplish teaching a child to use light contacts. The clinician can use a variety of games to make the concept of light contact more interesting. Proprioception Proprioception refers to sensory feedback from mechanoreceptors in muscles of the lips, jaw, and tongue. The effectiveness of teaching proprioception may be that it promotes conscious attention to sensory information from the articulators, perhaps bypassing inefficient automatic sensory monitoring systems and thereby normalizing sensory-motor control. Children can be taught to use proprioception by having a child first hold a raisin in his mouth and report on its taste, shape, size, and other attributes. Children can also learn proprioception by picking a word from a list and then closing their eyes and silently moving their articulators for this word and being rewarded when the clinician guesses the word.

Some children, particular younger ones, may be helped to get the concept by performing an action, such as bringing their hands together slowly, as they produce an easy onset.

Children can be coached to feel the movements of their lips, tongue, and jaw as they say a word. Proprioceptive awareness can also be enhanced by using masking noise or delayed auditory feedback to interfere with self-hearing. In this, the clinician must look for slightly exaggerated, slow movements to verify that a child is trying to feel the movement of his articulators.

Light Contacts Producing consonants with light contacts prevents the stoppage of airlow and or voicing that can

Scaffolding It is useful with some children to scaffold their use of superfluency by letting the listener/s know that

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Avoid Parenting Mistakes By

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As Much As You Can Before You Have Children by: Will Barnes

The value of having knowledge in advance should never be underestimated. Before you try to assemble a new piece of furniture it is advisable to first read through the instructions. Before you operate a piece of unfamiliar machinery for the first time you should read about, or be shown, how to use it correctly. Before you raise children you should prepare yourself as much as you possibly can for the huge task ahead of you. Raising a child is perhaps the most significant thing that you will ever do, and such an important part of your life should be given the highest priority. Many soon-to-be parents do not buy a parenting magazine, or watch a parenting-themed television show, or read a book about raising children. Why is this? Some think that all the skills needed to raise children come naturally, and therefore they do not need help from anywhere, or anyone. Others are too fearful to admit they need any sort of help. Still others will never consider that they could be doing their parenting in any other way. Sadly, some simply do not care. It is your baby, it is your child, it is your teen It is your duty as a parent to be the best parent you can be, and that should mean researching parenting techniques, and finding out about the mistakes that others have made. Ideally you should know a good amount about modern parenting before you have your first child, but if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late for that you can still have a big positive impact on your family by learning some new skills. Are we naturally equipped to raise children to a good standard? The pressure on our children from a very young age right through to their late teens is enormous, and it comes at them from multiple angles, and in ever-changing forms. The basic parenting skills that we all have may enable us to protect and raise our children up to a point, but they do not equip us for a society that is overloaded with the sneaky hazards and bad influences that can inflict misery on us. Are we adequately equipped, as parents, for a society that seems to be moving too fast for us? Modern parenting can often seem like a constant battle against corruption, negativity, and plunging standards of behavior. We do not help ourselves or our children with flagrant bad parenting. Not many of us think of ourselves as bad parents, and most of us would be horrified if others thought we were. There are good and bad parents, but, as with most things in life, the great majority of us can be classified somewhere between the two absolutes. One small mistake in your child raising does not make you a bad parent. Some mistakes, however, could have been avoided by doing some research before giving birth. Slapping a child around, whether in public or private, is wrong, and yet some parents know no other way to teach their children good behavior. Calling your child names and humiliating her for making ordinary mistakes is sure to lead to problems at some point in the future, and yet this is common in some families. We may not be able to keep up with the ever-changing threats in our society, but we should know by now that certain methods of parenting are at best unproductive, and at worst totally abusive. Learning about unacceptable parenting methods before having children could help prevent so much misery and suffering. 66

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Use all the resources you can find to educate yourself The Internet has grown into an incredibly large mix of good and bad information. You should be wary of people who suggest that something so obviously wrong, like over-the-knee spankings, never did them any harm. If you are happy to beat your child then you have immediately identified one harmful consequence of being beat as a child. Thankfully, there are plenty of parents willing to share their experiences of bad and good parenting who can point you in the right direction. There are hundreds of advice articles about positive parenting and hundreds more about common parenting mistakes. You might have to look closely at your own upbringing to identify potential problems, and you might find yourself doubting your ability to raise a child in an appropriate way. However, the fact that you are seeking the best information and looking for help shows your willingness to be the best parent you can be, and that is a very positive first step that too many parents fail to take. www.silverspoonmag.com

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ATTENTION PARENTS: Stop Making These Three Big Mistakes With Your Children! By: Gary Thomas

We can only raise our children to the best of our ability, but sometimes our capability as parents is not quite good enough. Our goal is not to ensure our children are compliant clones of ourselves, or to create cute little creatures that we can show off at every possible opportunity to better our peers. Instead we should strive to produce young adults who have a positive outlook and a potentially rewarding and happy future ahead of them. With this in mind, here are three major parenting mistakes you should try your best to avoid: Mistake 1: Wrapping your children in cotton wool. Every parent is, or should be, concerned about their child’s safety, but over-protecting your child from just about every potential danger you can imagine is not a good idea. Children develop important life skills by playing in an adventurous way, and enforcing safety-first rules on your children at every opportunity is neither needed nor healthy. Obviously, if your child is in immediate danger then step in quickly, but a bit of tree climbing action is great fun and provides a good challenge, with an opportunity for achievement and reward. An occasional frostyfingers snowball fight might end in shivers and tears, but being cold for a short time will not do any harm, and nor will being cold mean your child catches a cold - that one is a myth. A scraped knee here and there, a bruise or a cut, wet feet from not wearing the correct footwear in the rain - the list could go on and on forever. No long-term damage is done, but a crucial little lesson in life is learned each time. It is extremely important that our children learn how to take care of themselves, and you should encourage this without being neglectful. Mistake 2: Thinking for your children. Little Sally is very polite. Sally always says, “Thank you”, when it is pertinent to do so. Unfortunately, Sally never gets a chance to say the words of her own accord because her Mom always commands her to say them. Sally’s Mom, understandably, wants her daughter to demonstrate good manners, but she does not realize that she is having a negative impact on a vital part of Sally’s development - the ability to make decisions. Children learn through repetition and consistency. Being polite and demonstrating good manners will lead to your child learning to do the same. Telling your child, “Say thank you”, every time it is appropriate takes away some of your child’s ability to think for herself. It is far better to give children room to think and decide for themselves, with a few mistakes along the way, than it is to stifle their decision-making capabilities. Mistake 3: Letting television raise your children. Television is a hugely influential part of our lives that has a massive impact on our choices, decisions, and behavior, and those of our children. There are many programmes that teach our children good moral standpoints, but even these can be polluted with dangerous messages. Popular shows often tell our children to laugh at the unfortunate kid with the funny hair style, or to delight in the misery of the girl who looks or acts different to what is considered normal, and has no friends because of this. Television teaches our children that the bad guy usually looks like a stereotypical bad guy. It demonstrates to our kids that laughing at the misfortune of others is acceptable and to be encouraged. Some cartoons are ultra-violent and fail to show the destructive after-affects of violent behavior. Parents spend a lot of time educating their children to be helpful to those in need, and sensitive to the plight of others. Television often teaches our children to point and laugh when somebody falls over, and that is irresponsible and unforgivable. It’s a rocky road to success, and no parent will ever get everything right, but knowing the potential damage that seemingly harmless parenting has on a child’s welfare is a great step in the right direction. Learning new skills and techniques is a very important part of raising happy, healthy children, as is adapting your methods to allow for the mistakes that we all make.

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Diapers and Style With a focus on function, an unwavering commitment to quality and a superior style, Storksak strives to break the mold, mixing technology with contemporary design, producing products that can be used everyday whether you have children or simply need a reliable daily bag. From hip hobos and chic shoulder to unisex messenger styles and stylish backpacks, each Storksak collection includes a wide variety of designs made from the finest fabrics, leathers and hardware all selected for their durability and style. Coveted by a variety of style-conscious parents for their discerning designs and unmatched versatility, Storksak is a favorite among celebrity moms and dads like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jessica Alba, Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, and Rachel Griffiths. www.storksak.com

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Warm and Toasty Designed to keep your baby warm in the most testing climates, the new Stokke® Xplory® Winter Kit is the best way to protect your child from winter’s chill. Oh, yes, and it’s tested on and used by Scandinavians. The Stokke® Xplory® Winter Kit includes: - Hood - Storm cover - Rear textile cover - Attachable sheepskin rim - Handmuff with real sheepskin rim The soft and cosy pod-like environment created by the Stokke® Xplory® Winter Kit gives your child a safe and secure place from which to see the world, no matter how cold it is outside. For a really luxurious ride, why not try the Stokke® Sheepskin Lining (sold as a separate accessory.) www.stokke.com

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