Family Matters Archive

• Attached and Working - Quality vs. Quantity Time
  If you are returning to work or currently working and want to practice Attachment Parenting, you can not go by the "books." Take the things that you find most important for your relationship with your child and use those.
  
  
• Travel Adventures With Kids
  I've come back after almost two weeks away, and the question of the week is "How was your vacation?" It used to be such an easy question... But that was BEFORE two kids
  
  
• A Manifesto In Support of Parents
  This country is at war with its parents, according to a new book, andthe casualties are the children. Families have to mobilize in their owndefense, the two authors declare.
  
  
• Cutting the Cord
  It may be National Turn Off Your TV week for the rest of us, but for Teresa's family that's life every week
  
  
• How To Raise a Friendly Kind of Kid
  Even a shy or temperamental child can learn to be more likable, outgoing and considerate. Lots of tips to use to help your child gain skills in social situations.
  
  
• A Good Match
  Establish a great relationship between Nanny and You.What can be done to establish the right match and maintain a good relationship between nanny and family?
  
  
• The Spirited Child Goes to School
  School can be positive and exciting for a spirited child. The key is to find the "right" school and the "right" teacher.
  
  
• Raising Spirited Children
  Handfuls. Difficult. Challenging. Life with a spirited child is exciting, maddening, frustrating and exhilarating.
  
  
• Morning Crunch
  No, its not a new breakfast cereal -- its that frantic morning crunch time getting the kids ready for school and yourself off to work.
  
  
• Family Matters: Readers Write...
  Collected tips and ideas sent in to us from other working mothers just like you.
  
  
• Battling over Homework?
  Where did your proud scholar go? Mothers struggling through the teenage years of their children.
  
  
• The Louise Woodward case
  The au pair murder trial raises the specter of every parent's worst nightmare.
  
  
• Choosing an in-home caregiver
  Nannies and au pairs — what to look for and what questions to ask.
  
  
• Changing times at Work and Home
  Most parents say they are happier at work now than they were five years ago, according to a recent survey by Family Service America.
  
  
• How to Find a Good Babysitter
  Finding a babysitter that you are comfortable with is critical to keeping your sanity and having your children well-cared for.