Each year, an estimated 71,000 children are treated in emergency rooms for accidental medication poisonings, many of which are caused by dosing mistakes. Thankfully, while health care professionals or poison control resources resolve most issues, extreme cases that go untreated can result in complications, particularly in very young children.

"Many well-intentioned caregivers can get mixed up when it comes to administering medication," says Dr. Michael App, a pediatrician in Grand Rapids, Mich. "With so many factors playing a role in proper dosage, such as weight and age of the child, it is essential that caregivers closely follow the directions on the label to avoid potentially life-threatening mistakes."

Several manufacturers of children’s medications are also making efforts to improve safety and reduce the likelihood of errors. Perrigo Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of over-the-counter pharmaceutical products for retailers’ store brands, has been investing in equipment to insert "flow restrictors" in the bottles of all of their pediatric acetaminophen products. Flow restrictors reduce the size of the bottle opening and limit access to the medicine inside the bottle. Perrigo has added flow restrictors to all of its infants’ products and began converting the packaging of all of its children’s products with flow restrictors in January 2012. Perrigo is also participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Consumer Healthcare Products Association PROTECT initiative, which is bringing together experts to create strategies to reduce unsupervised medication ingestion in children.

Experts remind caregivers to be diligent and avoid these common medicine mistakes:

Not paying attention to potential drug interactions
Caregivers should always check medication labels and take care to avoid administering multiple drugs at the same time, unless recommended or prescribed by a pediatrician. Also, before administering medicine, caregivers should always review the enclosed packaging materials and directions.

Overmedicating due to measuring errors
When administering medicine, caregivers should always use the dosing device provided by the pharmacist or manufacturer, and never attempt to "eyeball" the proper amount. That household teaspoon your mom used? According to a study in the International Journal of Clinical Practice, household spoons or similar objects can hold two to three times more liquid than standardized materials. Most pediatricians recommend using a syringe over any other dispensing device for the most accuracy.  

Basing the dose on age instead of weight
"Children grow at different rates, which makes it hard for parents and doctors to base dosage recommendations on age," says App. "Since children metabolize medicine differently depending on how much they weigh, this is how most manufacturers label their dosage recommendations – not based on age. This is especially important for children who are over- or underweight."  

Forgetting vitamins
As with adults, doctors need to know every medication or vitamin that a child is taking, as certain vitamins can decrease the effectiveness of medicines or cause complications. Caregivers should always have a list of medicines on hand that lists the types and dosage amounts of every medication, vitamin and supplement that a child takes, as well as a list of allergies.

Not taking medicine as directed
Most prescriptions, especially antibiotics, are meant to be used in full. Even though a child may feel better, it is important to complete the dosage, or else the illness could recur. Furthermore, this practice can ultimately contribute to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In the same vein, caregivers should avoid giving leftover pills from a previous prescription for something they "self-diagnose" to be the same as a previous illness. It is also important to avoid giving medicine for any purpose other than that specified by the instructions.

Failing to adhere to expiration dates
Manufacturers list expiration dates on packaging for a reason, as these dates are generally based on internal testing that demonstrates the longest period a medicine is known to be effective. Using medicine left in the cabinet after it has expired can result in reduced effectiveness.

"Parents should always ask their pharmacist or pediatrician if there are any special precautions or directions with any drug – over-the-counter or prescription – their child is taking," says App. (ARA)

The worst thing you can give someone who is hurting ( in my humble opinion) is advice chocked full of cliche.

I have experienced a fair share of pain and sadness and one thing that I always got, that was never really comforting were cliches.

You know ones like:

“It’s going to get better”, or

“You’re better off without (insert noun)”;

“Time heals everything” or

“This life be over soon, heaven last forever”

Oh.. sorry, that was in The color Purple. I get carried away with cliche’s…

Times like these were times that my sister’s usual blunt honesty and lack of tact was truly appreciated. She would be the first to say, “Wow, that really sucks”.

There are things in life that are horrible. Things that hurt, make you cry.

I’ve encountered things that made me want to scream and cry for days on end and to be honest, there are time when I did just that.

I have come to realize that some of the most beautiful blessings are born from pain.

Any mother can attest to that. Ask yourself, in the midst
of your own situation. what blessing is on the other side of this pain?

Many people in this world believe that single mothers cannot raise a child adequately on their own. There are stories that single mothers raise their sons to be effeminate and hate their daughters. However, over time, given the sheer number of single mothers, many of these myths are breaking. Here are 31 parenting tips for single mothers…

1. Maintain a positive attitude and let your kids know that their interests are your top priority.

2. Let your kids know you are the boss in your home. Your kids are not your peers; love them but expect them to accept your authority.

3. Be sure to ask for help when you need it. Don’t fall victim to the emotional overload syndrome.

4. Give your children predictable routines but be sure to inject plenty of activity and creativity into it.

5. Don’t hesitate to consult a psychiatrist if you find yourself unable to cope, sad and teary all the time. It’s likely you’re suffering depression.

6. Avoid becoming dependent on your ex-husband for anything other than your legal entitlements.

7. If you can pull in the help of friends, parents, relatives and other support groups, go ahead and do it.

8. Your kids are just kids; don’t turn to them for emotional support even if they seem very mature.

9. You are not superwoman; don’t expect yourself to be one. Set realistic goals as a family and work towards them together.

10. Give your children the stability and security they crave; tell them you love them and let them know you’re proud of them.

11. Know that you’re doing your best to perform two people’s jobs. Don’t allow your kids to make you feel guilty.

12. Don’t use your kids to deliver messages to your ex-husband or allow them to listen to your fights.

13. Prioritize tasks, plan vacations and allow your kids to input their thoughts without giving up your boss rights.

As a single mother, raising a boy child without the presence of a man can present a few challenges. Here are a few tips that’ll help you raise a boy child successfully.

14. Don’t expect your son to be the ‘man of the house’ the moment he turns a teenager. He is a child, not your rescuer and definitely not your confidant. Don’t let him feel that you are his responsibility, just because he’s male.

15. Check with the school if you can represent your child’s father in father-son events, unless your boy is acutely embarrassed by the thought.

16. If you feel negative about the men in your life, don’t express it in front of your son. He will feel you’re clubbing him in the same category, just because he’s male.

17. Boys tend to be more physical than girls; they need to express their feelings and excess emotions physically. Engage them in sports or set up a home gym. This will give them the healthy expression they need.

18. You are a female and your son is a male. There will be some basic differences of perception, reactions, expressions and attitudes. Accept those.

19. As he grows older, your boy may feel a certain amount of shyness around you. This is natural; don’t allow the teenage body awareness phase to drive a wedge between you both.

20. If your boy doesn’t confide in you as he grows older, it’s mostly because he feels that as a woman you won’t understand. Demonstrate your understanding without interfering.

21. Single you are the predominant influence in his life, initially your boy might show interest in your makeup and clothes. Don’t panic that he might turn out homosexual; this is a natural phase.

22. Try and get a strong man as a permanent male role model in his life, such as your father, brother or uncle.

23. Sometimes you will see your ex-husband in your son’s face, either in the features or the expression. Don’t let your negative feelings flow out to your son. This can seriously impact your son’s confidence in your love.

Raising a girl can present some unique challenges, for which we’ve provided tips below:

24. You’re a mom, not a prison warden. If you have mistakes in your youth, that’s no reason to expect the same from her.

25. If you feel negative about the men in your life, don’t confide your thoughts in her. Her attitude towards men will reflect yours, as you are her unconscious role model.

26. Teach your daughter to value and respect herself, instead of criticizing everything she wears. Over time, she will learn how to dress.

27. Your daughter may not express it, but she needs you even as she grows older. Make sure that you’re available for her, despite any attitude she throws.

28. Your daughter doesn’t have to accomplish everything that you did when you were a girl. She can perform her own miracles.

29. Your negative fears have a tendency to turn into reality; so if you’re afraid that she’ll meet the wrong boy, get pregnant and so on, don’t express your fears.

30. If you hate certain things about yourself and notice the same flaws in your child, deal with your own negative feelings first.

31. Right from when she’s small, teach her that she’s a complete individual in herself and that she doesn’t need to run behind anyone to complete her. Build her self esteem continuously.

Marina is single mom and co-owner of 1001WallClocks.com

Adolescence can be a very difficult period. For adolescents, changes in their physical bodies and their hormonal changes can create a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. Imagine your verses ADO bodily changes the standard collected or desired change can affect your teen as self image. Now add in the increasing pressure to adapt in their social structure and the pressures of school. Yes, adolescence is not easy.

Then, how can help you your teen build a solid and health itself meaning opinion and not of diploma from adolescence to young adult with a sense of failure? How can you help to build a realistic sense of self and acceptance of itself? How to build a sense of identity which is not so weak that it impedes the achievements of your teen?

First of all, listen to your teen; trying to determine how your teen feels. He or she expresses feelings of inferiority? When your teen succeeds to a task, he or she minimizes success with comments like: teacher made the test too easy, I was lucky and I expect to get this good? When your ADO considers that his or her actions as less successful he or she to reach with such comments as: I am just not College materials, with my body type, I would not yet have tried or why I even try to, I never get any good?

Second, look at the actions of your teen. Your teen is as if he or she does not have the confidence to believe that they can really make a difference in their lives? He or she has removed social and school activities? What is note you your teen develop self protecting personality traits? Your adolescent has become too critical of others, sarcastic, mean, angry or very passive?

OK, so your teen shows some signs of alert, what can a parent? His lectures your teen works. You must provide passive reinforcements of a positive image of itself in good health.

You create your teen what expectations? Are creating the expectations of your teen that inaccessible? Your standards are reasonable? Definition of too high expectations can cause your teen to believe they can never do enough. Most of the teenagers set internal high standards for themselves. Talk with your teen the goals that he or she defined. Help them think about their goals, their expectations to achieve their objectives and their reactions if they do. Be consistent with your expectations. Hesitate not far from your explaining your expectations.

How to talk to you? You may not believe, but watch your teens and even develop patterns of your actions. Don’t say negative or self-destructive things about yourself on your teen. Be sure to not teach your teens to use negative talk about itself.

Always encourage and less rent. You know the difference between praise and encouragement? Praise is defined as: express approval or admiration of; congratulate; to boast or the status of approved or admired. Encourage is defined as: to inspire with courage, spirit and confidence; boost by support, approval; to promote, advance or promote. When your teen Gets a

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By Lori Radun

What is leadership and why parents should care? Leadership is the ability to inspire yourself and others to take concrete steps in life. Every individual and organization needs leadership.

What exactly is an organization? An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance and has a boundary separating it from its environment. Your family is one of the most important organizations in the world and your family need leadership.

To take a leadership role in your family, there are several components that you will make more efficient and more successful as a leader of parent:

First of all, you cannot be an effective leader and managed to your children if you are not a leader of your own life. You decide that you want to be like a MOM. Our children are watching our behavior to learn how to behave in the world.

We need to make sure that we are positive examples, we want our children to model after. One of the means by which we become top leaders of our own lives is to practice awareness of self and self-growth. Without self-consciousness, it is very difficult to create a vision for the future for you and your family. Self-growth allows us to bridge the gaps where we are today and where we want to be.

With the help of positive communication of your family is the second tool that you need to do to be a successful leader parent. When you use positive communication with your children, you tend to get better results. Shouting creates a negative reaction with your children, and we become out of control.

Once we as parents are out of control, the child becomes out of control. A real leader has the ability to communicate to anyone to take positive action. A good leader has the tools to respond instead of reacting to a situation.

When you answer rather than react, if you pause and think that you are going say and do. It is much more effective than just impulsively respond. Think what you are will ask for your child and give them choices. This puts the responsibility and the consequences in their hands.

The third-party tool that uses a leader effective parent is to view problems as opportunities. I don’t know a family on Earth who does step experience

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By Rachelle Salinger

The parents of young girls, we are in a unique position of influence to help build the confidence it takes to be the best they can be. After all, they remain in their frilly dresses and accessories hair dainty forever. One day, they will be real women in a real world.

Developing self-esteem is at the heart of the development of mental well-being of a girl. Mental health is how people think, feel and act to deal with situations of life. It may not always be our priority when raising our daughters, but it is actually very important as shown in the statistics.

Studies have shown that girls are seven times more likely than boys to be depressed and three times more likely than boys to have the negative image of the body. These problems will be inevitably affect their daily lives: school work, relationships, even physical health.

Even if most of the girls developed on its emotional, mental, and young physically healthy adults, sometimes additional care is required in the transition from childhood to adolescence. There is not a good way to raise a child, but here are a few suggestions to help your good mental health of the girl.

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Los Angeles (PRWEB) September 3, 2005

Have More Compassion, the charity founded by the HotMomsClub, was the recipient of over three hundred new and gently used pieces of maternity clothes, donated by Britney Spears, to be distributed to various women’s charities.

The Hot Moms donated outfits and auction items to Sharon Stone’s charity organization Planet Hope and Vera House in NY; both charities are committed to helping battered, single and struggling moms.

The HotMomsClub, Have More Compassion and their clothing line RockinHotMoms are quickly gaining celebrity notoriety with moms such as Courtney Cox-Arquette, Holly Robinson-Peet, Natasha Henstridge, Cheryl Hines and more. Whether donating to the foundation or sporting their clothing-line these moms are fans of the HotMomsClub.

The HotMomsClub is a lifestyle, an attitude, and a way of being. They believe that there is nothing hotter or sexier than being a mom. There is no reason you have to leave your sense of style, sexuality or your identity once you have had a child. The hot moms believe that there is no reason to feel guilty about taking a little time for yourself; in fact they believe this makes you a better mom.

Since the inception of the HotMomsClub, they have launched an online magazine, http://www.hmcmagazine.com, which appeals to and is written by moms of all ages and ethnicities. The magazine features articles on parenting, beauty, fashion and more. As well, they have created a line of clothing, RockinHotMoms, for mothers, infants, kids, men and even the family dog. The collection includes campy slogans such as: “My Mom is Hotter than your Mom” and “I’ve Got a Hot Mom.”

The HotMomsClub was established by three moms Jessica Denay, Joy Tilk-Bergin and Karma McCain. Tired of not fitting into the “mom” stereotype, they decided to take action, and created a support group and resource for women across the country, and from there a movement to redefine motherhood was born.

For more information on the HotMomsClub, Have More Compassion or RockinHotMoms clothing please visit http://www.hmcmagazine.com.

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By Jill Darcey

I believe that most of us have what it takes to be truly great parents; It doesn’t matter if we have been separated, divorced or attempting to frame. The more often it is thanks to our efforts of juggling a hectic lifestyle already that we have overlooked some of the most crucial aspects of parenting.

The requirements of the love, support, food, clothing, shelter and basic education, the next layer consists of four key elements. These four key elements are: time, Structure, Stimulation and Protection. Article today is to look at the time.

There is a debate among those that facilitate parental education that has raged for years – quantity and quality. These two opinions have been frequently displayed by those on each side of mothers working outside the House argument.

The purist believe that children need their mother at home and that the amount of time spent with them is of paramount importance. The progressive attitudes in the defense of the mother of work, place of weight on the quality of the time. Free of judgment in two cases (as I’ve done both), I have come to meet my requirement for an answer with what I think is more important than the two;

“Wherever you are, be there.”

Today, more than any previously known in our history when distraction is our new standard. Answer us telephone calls, messages text or read a magazine or a newspaper, while we expect our coffee to be brought to our table, while our child sits alongside, regardless of which side of the argument of quantity and quality, we believe that we are on.

Between mobile phones, iPod and all other forms of entertainment on screen, we have more focused attention on the missing people, as with the other side of us. Time must be present to give to our children. This is to highlight the interaction independently of the ordinary how it may appear.

John is a well-paid senior executive, who can provide to each new imaginable toy for children – and it does. They later and technology money can buy, ranging from personal iPods to complete home theatre. It is not unlike many diligent worker and intelligent men. He has a paternal desire to be the largest number allows the events of the kid as his work.

Rushing from the office to make the 7: 00 p.m. parent-teacher interviews, he welcomes his boy with a quick hug, laying on the day for a title free 30 seconds and as he does so, achieved automatically in his pocket for his new phone. Proudly providing facts and figures to its brightness, how can now access their Inbox to work from anywhere, anytime. “Ding.” Its concentration aligns elsewhere, immediately audible response laughter and texts while unfortunately its attention moved to the other and his son, sitting quietly next to him.

John is puzzled at the concern of the teacher for lack of her boy of concentration.

It is alarmingly common; and let us not imagine that we do ourselves. Many comfort women think they can multitask and therefore to apologize, but I would like to offer another view. We are not more able to concentrate on the texts and at the same time to hold a meaningful conversation with someone from we, than men. And our children feel it. Quietly, distraction deprives us of the opportunities offered by our present moment. If we do the washing, rolling kids, a thesis, dinner or go shopping, be there. Be careful to whatever it is you and absorb the uniqueness in each instance. When you do this, you will be excellent in all your actions.

For our children feel valued and important, beloved and useful, a simple priority of focus is crucial. If we are kilometers thought that with our children, the time with them is low and can be satisfied by any person. Have you heard the question “How has your day been?” and it will be unable to recall the response. We can even ask it again front we are identified by our children for saying just to us. How many of us know the names of the friends of our children? That is what they look like? Would you be able to identify the around local shops, especially the school uniform? What is we took the time to understand what is happening within the families of their friends? The next time that you are ready to scold your teen for their dismissive look at your friend, you ask, you know their?

Kids (especially teens) need our support, wisdom and guidance as we move forward with this change in the structure of the family; they may have felt too much distance when he is not really important to believe that we really be there for them now that he does. He is subject of discussion, the attention and intention. The debate on the quality and quantity cannot be settled outside the circumstantial factors, this can be done to the heart to be present.

Bio author:

Jill Darcey (author, Parent, founder & President), mother of three; thousands of hours of counselling and coaching; and more than a decade of co-parenting split-family. Jill has the experience and wisdom; She learned much of what and does not – and sometimes difficult!
Jill book, Parenting with the Ex factor, she works to inspire parents separated to “stop drinking poison” and start constructive building of the new model of parenting. Jill is also the founder of the foundation of the complex family, an organization that helps parents with the provision of support networks, books, eBooks, seminars, workshops, and forums and free membership to a community of support parents separated with similar views.

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By Jill Darcey

When the rest of the world is reporting financial doom and gloom, what do our teens think? In a generation which we see more and more young people struggling with hopelessness, is this media frenzy really helping?

As parents, especially inside a Complex Family (those who have been touched by separation, divorce or some form of family breakdown), it is important we discuss these issues with our kids. It does not mean we have all the answers but open conversation will at least stimulate the process of learning. If we do not talk with them about it they will come to their own conclusions and this may not be the ones we assume they will. The silence may be interpreted as a ‘no go zone’ or worse yet, a hopelessness which saps the natural youthfulness right out of them. Their reactions will vary depending on their individual personalities and knowledge but one world over, if we’re not talking with them, someone else is painting the picture for them.

So to start, we acknowledge we need to talk, but what do we actually say? Here’s a perspective which will give you some ideas on how you can best talk with your kids about what is going on in the world today. Be honest with them. Explain what you do know and while explaining this, say to them this is the most information you know about it, but you know there is a lot more going on than what you know.

Be strong about security. Our kids want to know that it is going to be ok. Especially when being inside a Complex Family, often the kids have seen parents struggle and have a history of ‘going bad’ for them, so they will be looking for security that it’s all going to be okay. This is a great opportunity for parents to really step up to the challenge. This does not mean that you say ‘nothing is going to change’ but everything can be okay. Depending on your own financial situation, you may well be affected by the worldwide crisis but this does not need to be rocking their security.

Let’s look at security for a moment. We all want to have security in our lives, and depending on our journey this will determine where we look to, to provide this feeling. If we have built a family culture that reflects property, possessions and things of material value as being our sense of security, this crisis may well be causing some bumpy times however, it could be a wake-up call for our family culture to start re-evaluating where it gains security from.

If we have a family culture which is building our sense of security from hope, love, harmony, creativity and some higher power, we will have more to hold on to in times of financial crisis. A family that understand this will have an air of ‘it’s okay, we’re not sure how, but it’s okay’. A family without it will be fearful and panicked. This is not to say that the family with a family culture of valued principles at its core will not have a very real feeling of loss when material possessions are gone, but there is a calming acceptance present also.

Talking with our kids about the crisis, (age appropriate) is key to creating the security they desire. If we are about to lose our house, we have not lost each other. If we are about to have to give up some activities because it’s just too tight to squeeze the budget any further, start creating a free family event in its place. As parents, see all these changes are done with the minimal amount of ‘loss’ involved and in its place recognize the advantages, without invalidating the feelings of loss along the way. All too often we use the excuse of money to avoid us getting creative with how we can solve the issue. If activities are having to change, see them as a phase of change instead of ‘doom and gloom, over and out’.  This is a time of change, so find a creative solution that brings happiness. Talk about the natural seasons of our year – spring, summer, winter and autumn. The natural beauty of each season which we can embrace and how we may be in a winter right now but that doesn’t mean springtime won’t show up.

In times of crisis, this is when we teach through Leading by Example just what it takes to pull together as a team. Our kids will have friends whose families are losing and have no way of dealing with these issues. They’ll be angry, hurt, disillusioned and all forms of emotions will be bubbling away. Instead of thinking, “Oh well, that’s them not us”, lend a helping hand. If we cannot do it physically, help their kids by creating a safe space for them to be. Become one of those parents who gives to our village and start building the lives of our children’s friends constructively. It does make a difference. Our kid’s friends will tell us things they’re too scared to tell their parents given half an opportunity. They already see our family is Complex! It’s not exactly living up to any great ‘together’ tag that some of them are coming from, so perhaps we can give them permission to get real just when they need it the most. Talk to them about how to deal with the feelings around the scenarios rather than just trying to ‘solve the problem’. If we spend our energy attempting to solve problems, we interfere with their own journey of understanding. However if we guide, suggest and impart our small pieces of wisdom in how to handle the situation, we empower them to grow through this and take action themselves.

If we start looking at why the world has ended up in the financial mess it has, broadly speaking, it’s due to our fixation with the power of money. We’ve been in a financial trance (as one well-known person said). Money itself if neither good, nor bad but we have given it too much power, and it has to be brought back into balance for us all individually, and globally. Through years of increasing greed, we now see first home prices, almost out of reach for our children’s generation. We see more clearly the hypocrisy of those who are starving in both our own countries and in the economically developing countries. The problems seem so big and out of our control and yet it is these types of world-wide financial crisis which force us to start looking at where the power is and what balance needs to be brought back in.

This is allowing our children to know that there are consequences for behaviour and choices. There are natural cycles which life goes through and as an individual we need to accept our personal part of this. We need to learn from it and make changes. If we have teens, we can give them hope of learning some valuable lessons now while still in their formative years. These teens are lucky, they can learn without having to be 50 or 60 years old and wondering how their world has changed so quickly. These teens are the ones who can learn how to be responsible about their financial choices early and in that way, place strong foundations for the years ahead.
Although we can feel deeply overwhelmed by this time, take the time to grow greater acceptance, more wisdom and enlarged capacity for another. It is tough times like these that we see a fork in the road, so what path will we take? The one where we become more beautiful and we hold more hope and courage for the future; or the one where we become hard and rigid, coming out fighting for our rights.

In summary, the first thing we need to do in talking to our children about the worldwide financial crisis, is to make peace with it ourselves. The peace that we carry will be caught emotionally, and intellectually it will make sense through what we say. If we are only saying the words, our kids will be confused. A confused mind, always says no.

Warmest )
Jill Darcey

Author’s Bio:

Jill Darcey (Author, Parent, Founder & Speaker), a mother of three; thousands of hours in counseling and coaching; and more than a decade of split-family co-parenting. Jill has both experience and wisdom; she’s learned a lot of what does and doesn’t work – and some of it the hard way!

Whether you are at the beginning of this journey, or a little further down the track and have been parenting with an Ex for a while, grab a copy of ‘Parenting with the Ex Factor’. It is over 400 pages and is a practical and real ‘How To’ guide for parents; it answers over 60 FAQs that builds a strong platform for you to form your Complex Family, instead of taking the normal split family or broken home route.

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By Toni Schutta
Many parents fear the end of the summer. Children are reluctant to get back in the routine of early in the morning, the structured days and the duties which brings the school. Many parents are also reluctant to get back in the routine of early in the morning, the structured days and homework!

If your child is back in the pre-school, primary or secondary school, here are 10 tips to help make the transition back to school a success.

1 Scale back to the time of sunset – it is easy to summer leave at sunset to drag a little later. About three weeks before school begins start scaling back to bed as well as at the end of the third week of your child is growing as it will have to stand for the school. (It takes about 3 weeks for the body to adapt to a new sleep schedule).

For example, if you were putting your child to bed at 9 a.m., the first week put him to bed about 15 minutes earlier at 8: 45. Next week, make 8: 15 pm 8: 30 a.m. and then the next week.

Also begin to wake up that your child up a little earlier each week as a week before school starts, you are mimicking the school calendar.

Here are the guidelines of sleep recommended by mywebdoctor.com:

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