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You think you’re stressed?

Understanding newfangled math concepts and learning unfamiliar vocabulary words are just part of your child’s day. With the rest of the day devoted to juggling homework, extracurricular activities, friends and chores, it’s clear that you may not be the only one who is stressed in your household.

Stress is a natural part of a child’s life. However, when it becomes overwhelming, it can become more than just mentally draining. It can be harmful to your child’s health.

To help your child cope with stress, CyberWize.com, maker of Vital StressX, a supplement designed to help your body cope with stress, offers the following tips.

* Help a younger child understand a stressful situation by explaining what is going on in simple, reassuring language. Offer understanding, support and lots of affection.

* Don’t push your child too hard. Offer praise and encouragement as often as you can.

* Help your child find healthy ways to relieve stress by taking part in physical activities or writing in a journal, for example.

* Set a good example by demonstrating self-control and coping skills. Encourage cooperation rather than competition.

* When efforts at home fail, seek outside help from a pediatrician or a child psychologist.

* Ask the doctor about supplements that might help your child cope with stress. Vital StressX, for example, contains a unique combination of seven of the most researched “adaptogens.” This combination of herbs regulates cortisol, the “stress hormone,” and helps the body’s natural defenses fight against the results of poor diet, lack of sleep, pollutants and other elements that can contribute to stress.

“Vital StressX facilitates focus and concentration, reducing stress and promoting success,” said Dr. Robert D’Amico, a specialist in osteopathic medicine in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

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Many people are concerned about moving their child from their crib to a toddler bed too soon or too late. There are

some general guidelines but it really comes down to each individual child. While age and size can help provide some

indicators much of it depends on the childs mental and emotional development as to wether they are ready to handle this

dramatic change in their life.

If the child is starting to climb out of the crib then you definitely need to start the process of moving him/her from the

crib into a toddler bed. There is too great of a risk that the child can fall and injure themselves while climbing out of

the bed.
If your child is three feet tall or taller you should probably move them out of the crib because they are just getting too

large for most cribs. Any time you feel the child is too big, or active for their crib you can move them. If the child has

started potty training they may need to be in a bed to allow them to get up and use the bathroom as needed.

Most children can be safely moved to a toddler bed anywhere from 18 months to 3.5 years old. Many child experts recommend

that you wait until the child is closer to 3 before moving them. This is a big change for most children, they are giving up

their familiar and comfortable crib. This can make it a very stressful situation for the child, if it seems to be causing

undue stress for your little one you are certainly better off to hold off and wait a little longer before moving the child.

If your toddler is climbing out of their crib yet resists being moved to a toddler bed you do have some alternatives. You

could install a crib tent on the crib. This is a framework covered with a mesh like cloth that appears very similar to the

popular dome tents. This mounts on the top of the rails of the crib and fully encloses it to keep the baby from climbing out

of the crib and possibly injuring themself.

Whenever you do decide to move the child try to get them excited about it and carefully monitor how they are reacting to the

change. There are a variety of things you can do to try to ease the transition for them.

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Parents unite! Complex as it is, it is possible to rear children into responsible, happy and well-adjusted adults. From our end as parents, it will take patience and commitment. However, it will also take wisdom and experience. This is where our support system and access to those who know will play a big role.

No doubt parenting has its priceless rewards. No treasure could equal having our own flesh and blood continue the family line and seeing facets of ourselves in sons and daughters. We all look forward to seeing our grandchildren around us during visits and warm family gatherings. Grandchildren (well supported and taken cared of by their parents of course) are the rewards of old age.

It is a fact though, that being a parent is stressful and demanding. We are faced with situations that would require Solomons wisdom. Unfortunately, as most of us know, we are no Solomon. We face a thousand and one issues everyday.

For most of us who have been in this parenting business for more than 10 years, we found out that just when we knew all the answers, they changed all the questions! The issues differ from pregnancy to babies, from babies to toddlers, from toddlers to pre-schoolers. These go on and on until our precious children reach adulthood and have families of their own.

This might sound scary to first timers. However, we must remember that for every stressful situation, they are magical moments and lots of them. We just have to learn to appreciate them when they come and not be bogged down with the challenges of the day. Children, trying as they are most of the time, are a great source of joy.

When these situations and issues come though, dont we just wish that there is someone who could give us advice? We seek out that special parent who has gone through the same ordeal we are now in yet came out triumphant. How we wish we had a support group to discuss certain case studies so much like our own and find a list of solutions and alternatives. Then we could go back to our parenting with renewed confidence and hope instead of feeling hopeless and distraught.

Being parents, being good parents is challenging. No, its not just challenging. Its tough! It is more than just providing for the material needs of our children. Wed like to be there for them, raise them to be winners or at least equip them with what they need to make a go at life.

On top of being parents, we are also faced with the challenges of our own careers, our relationships and our dreams. We have inner conflicts that we have to deal with. We have seemingly mundane tasks that are a necessary part of life. Dont we just wish we could find out how other parents cope? Just maybe, they have strategies to share with us or us with them. We all have our unique experiences that when shared could enrich each other.

Its really all about sharing what we know, what we have gone through, what works and what may not work. Its all about us and our children. Its all about being parents and what we could do to make each other better parents. Parenting is actually one long roller coaster ride for a lot of us. We could either be alone and agonize all through out the ride or with the help of others, enjoy it to the fullest.

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