Hi. Grampa Starling here. If you're new to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Please feel free to leave a comment on any articles you view and thanks for stopping by! The long hot (sic) summer is over, the kids are back at school and sanity returns to the home. Or does it? If your kid is having trouble with homework and you don’t want a rerun of previous year’s shouting matches, you may need a homework solution! One thing most parents need to take on board is: ther... Read Full Story

Parenting: Catching a cold, and other outdated parenting theories San Francisco Chronicle The authors contend that parents make all sorts of parenting decisions based on outdated studies, misguided theories and wishful thinking, when there is a … See all stories on this topic On Parenting: Before and after Carlisle Sentinel By Toni Fitzgerald, Sentinel Reporter, September 14, 2009 When you become a parent, your life is divided into before and after. … See all stories ... Read Full Story

Hi. Grampa Starling here. If you're new to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Please feel free to leave a comment on any articles you view and thanks for stopping by! Considering homeschooling for your child? Do you know the pros and cons of homeschooling? Homeschooling provides a very flexible learning environment for your child. You also have control over your child’s curriculum. But how you handle this control decides whether homeschooling is an advantage or not... Read Full Story

Parenting: Anything and everything on raising a child, from one parent to another Albany Times Union By Jennifer Gish Shawn M. German, 19, was arrested Sept. 4, 2009, for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl. There are no words for this story from … See all stories on this topic Dickensian poverty? No, just feckless parenting Daily Mail That’s nothing to do with money and everything to do with a total lack of parenting, an epidemic of broken families and a c... Read Full Story

Hi. Grampa Starling here. If you're new to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Please feel free to leave a comment on any articles you view and thanks for stopping by! You may be worrying too much about how to calm a crying baby and this is especially worrying for the parents of a crying newborn baby. All babies cry normally and crying is merely a physiological process common in the life of a baby. But why do babies cry? Well, since your baby can’t express its feeli... Read Full Story

Parenting: Partnership Parenting HealthNewsDigest.com This can place strain on a marriage, with negotiations taking place not only between parent and child but between parent and parent as well. … See all stories on this topic ‘NurtureShock’ Authors on Research and Practice Washington Post Blogs What follows is a portion of a conversation with the authors: On Parenting: Why is there so little evidence-based parenting? Po: A lot of people are working … Se... Read Full Story

Parenting: Teenage suicide: Be an educated parent Examiner.com As you have probably heard before, talking to your teen about suicide is one of the most important things you can do in helping to prevent a suicide attempt … See all stories on this topic Parenting 101: Getting Involved in School Life Examiner.com Rocky Vitale, a long-time Naugatuck, Connecticut Board of Education member and involved parent, put it this way: “I think quite a few years ago dads were … Se... Read Full Story

Hi. Grampa Starling here. If you're new to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Please feel free to leave a comment on any articles you view and thanks for stopping by! Most new parents, particularly of first babies, eagerly await that moment when their precious child gets their first set of teeth, or milk teeth as they are called. Obviously, they’re not going to get them all at once but how many milk teeth will they get? Milk teeth are twenty in number, usually appearing ... Read Full Story

Parenting: No rules! Confessions of a bad parent Independent His no-rules approach – not found in any parenting manual – resulted in chaos, and inspired both a bestselling book and a major British film. … See all stories on this topic Character building skills as a parent do you have it Examiner.com Have you ever listened to yourself with your friends; on the phone or when someone is asking for a favor? Your kids do, they listen, watch and emulate … See all stories on... Read Full Story

Hi. Grampa Starling here. If you're new to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Please feel free to leave a comment on any articles you view and thanks for stopping by! Parenting: New Mommy, New Daddy-The Art of Step-Parenting 101 Relationship … Examiner.com – USA If you’ve never had the responsibility of being a mom or dad, the prospect of becoming one as a step-parent can be overwhelming. … See all stories on this topic A Must Read For SN Famili... Read Full Story