During the long winter months or on rainy days your child may suffer from cabin fever! You know the symptoms: feeling isolated, restless and easily agitated. You feel like screaming - or maybe you do - and you crave a change of scenery. It's a "fever" every one of us tries to avoid. Here are some easy ideas to keep it from infecting your tot and...

If you haven't been frazzled by a preschooler who resists going to bed, you're probably not a parent. My younger daughter, Laura, was the Queen of Stall. I defined bedtime as being in bed - with both legs - and lights out. Laura defined it as time to begin getting ready for going to bed. And while getting ready she'd suddenly get an attack of janitoritis...

No matter how good the schools are and how skilled and devoted the teachers are, they do not have the impact on learning, as does the home environment. Parents, you make the difference! Your everyday activities, discussions about school, and positive attitude about learning set the stage for your child's success. You can impress your child with permanent...

When asked, "What's God like?" one lad quipped, "He buys His clothes at Big and Tall." Over Sunday dinner, Mom asked her young son what he learned in Sunday school. Confidently, he replied, "We learned about God, Moses, and Batman." When my daughter Lynsey was eight years old, she wondered aloud, "What does God do on His day off?" Children...