Burbank School Guide for Parents

What are preschools and elementary schools in Sherman oaks and Van Nuys offer to their students: Environment: o Exhibits high levels of cooperation, collegiality, and energy. o Promotes respect for each other and for learning. o Safe and supportive, children’s mistakes are accepted, expected and used to promote progress. o Fosters pride in and respect [...]

The Art of Parenting Teenagers

The mere thought of parenting a teenager today is such a daunting task that some people may be thinking twice about having children at all. That’s a slight exaggeration, but that’s what parents see on TV and media. Teenagers have s

When Parents Put Pressure on Their Children's Choice of Careers

The average person changes jobs every 7 years, and they will change careers an average of three times in their working lives. Why? Because many people are chasing someone else’s dreams instead of their own. I have many friends who were pushed into careers they were not truly invested in by well-meaning parents. While most [...]

Honest Parenting

Which road do I have to take to rear a good child? Not to mention, you have to start working on the baby’s nursery as well. Getting the necessary baby items such as feeding bottles, clothes, cribs, tons of diapers and other baby things as well can be stressful. The process of being a new [...]

Caregiving Tips for Boomers: 5 Tips for Decreasing the Cost of Caring for Elderly Parents

Over 30 million Baby Boomers provide countless hours of assistance to elderly parents at no charge. It is estimated that, using average hourly wages, the total amount of this uncompensated care is comparable to the entire Medicare budget. For the estimated 7 million Boomers who provide long distance care, actual out of pocket expenses amount [...]

Career – A Self Help Guide

Could you hope to live without a career all life despite inheriting a legacy? Career is not just about living out of inherited money, nor is it limited to earning livelihood. Holistically speaking it is the progression of ones working or professional life. Career indeed means a lot these days. Nowadays, parents start grooming their [...]

Teen Out Of Control — Self Help For Parents

Parents go through tough time nowadays, juggling with the pressure of work and with their parenting responsibilities. Both the parents are busy and have to work in order keep paying their bills. Then time flies so fast that you don’t notice your child has grown up into a teenager. You now find that you have [...]

Babies: What to Expect Your First Year as a Parent

America’s bestselling guide to caring for a baby is now better than ever since authors Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway, B.S.N. have released their two-years-in-the-making, cover-to-cover, line-by-line revision and update of the 6.9-million-copy “What to Expect the First Year,” considered the parent’s bible for taking care of a newborn through their first year [...]

A Parent's Guide to Cellular Phones

The United States of America is home to over 200 million cell phone users, with the fastest growing segment being young people. Whether your teenagers are already asking for a mobile phone or whether they just plan to start shortly, odds are good that you will have to choose whether or not to get them [...]

Quick Parenting Guide

Being a parent is a tremendous affair. It’s supposed to be the best experience in a person’s life. It really is a life changing event. And yet, as with all new things in life, it can be incredibly challenging. Taking in a new life and caring for it is not an easy task. It requires [...]