Tag: kids
group name: codeorange
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January 28, 2008 12:38 PM EST --
Together, we've built a lasting Code Orange community, a dynamic place where people have come to share and receive advice that can help make our days run a little bit smoother.
You've also . . .
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November 11, 2007 08:11 PM EST --
The power of conformity: it's human nature to blend in with others. However, with selective listening, one can tune in to that inner voice and ignore the loudest critics. . . .
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November 11, 2007 07:11 PM EST --
My son, his pupils dilated, squinted at the giant E projected onto the wall.
Slipping one foot out of my sandal, I wiggled my toes. "How many fingers am I holding up?"
"Mom, . . .
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November 09, 2007 01:24 AM EST --
Ask my son why math is important. He'll tell you why: The more math you learn as a kid, the less dirt you have to eat as a grown-up.
Ethan is five. He doesn't understand square roots or quantum . . .
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November 19, 2007 05:43 PM EST --
Flip-flop on aisle five, cartwheel past the zebras, somersault to breakfast and vault to college, please! At the wonderful age of 10, Kailey lives, eats and breathes gymnastics, by . . .
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November 12, 2007 06:39 PM EST --
Diapers and formula and ballet and books and soccer and… what’s that? College? It seems as each year slips away, my kids grow and their needs become more expensive. . . .
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October 29, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
Funny thing about language. It?s just as good at hiding our feelings as it is at expressing them. For example, have you ever said, ?You look great,? without really meaning it? So as we listen to our . . .
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November 16, 2007 11:35 PM EST --
My son, Korey, has struggled through school since kindergarten. When Korey entered the second grade without mastering the alphabet the teachers became concerned. I had become concerned . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
Every family has its own set of codes they use to stay in touch. Some families stay highly organized with ?to do? lists and charts that divide up chores and reward with stars or allowances. Other families . . .
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November 21, 2007 10:15 AM EST --
If you?re like a lot of families with small children, you may have a family code word. It might be ?Pink Lemonade? or ?Aunt Jackie? or something obscure enough it can?t be guessed, but easy for everyone . . .
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November 12, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
Wouldn?t it be helpful to have a set of agreed upon codes for rules your kids could follow in situations that requires extra precaution and communication?
Ever had your six-year-old run off in the . . .
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November 15, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
Being a parent is a full-time job, especially when your kids are very young. Naturally, that?s aside from your other full-time job ? the one that actually pays for all those juice packs and ginger snaps. . . .
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November 26, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Are your kids speaking a secret language? Somehow, overnight, it seems every kid out there old enough to write is fluent in techno-speak. It?s a language that?s evolved for use in chat rooms, on IM or . . .
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November 08, 2007 11:09 AM EST --
Many people don?t realize just how many words a child under two actually knows. You may think you?re talking over your baby?s head, but watch out: you may be surprised at how much is getting through. . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:14 PM EDT --
Sometime in the early 1980’s, when I was about 10 or 11, my mom’s attention turned towards the risk that her sweet, innocent and adorable children (yes I’m talking about me and my brother) . . .
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October 15, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
?To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well.? ?Chinese proverb
Kids can be difficult to read sometimes, especially when they don?t understand their own needs well . . .
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October 18, 2007 12:49 PM EDT --
What’s the first step in deciphering your child’s code?
Fill in the blanks for a deceptively simple yet valuable answer.
You _______ (word for tuna fish container) observe
a lot ___________ . . .
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November 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
The Stanley Cup is watched in over 170 countries and yet hockey remains one of the least understood sports. Of course, that doesn?t stop even casual viewers from feeling the excitement of hockey. As . . .
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November 01, 2007 12:09 PM EDT --
If, as a parent, the word “college” is enough to put you in a Code Orange state of mind, you have lots of company. The tuition alone makes many parents nervous, and that’s just the . . .
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November 07, 2007 11:25 PM EST --
I paid my own way through college and am still paying for it. Sure, my parents would have helped me if they could but they didn't and still don't have a lot of money. I want to be able to send . . .
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