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  • Starting healthy eating habits

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M., Doescher, Susan M., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    Published January 1993. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
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    or false? • A fat baby is a healthy baby. • Young children need vitamin pills to make sure they

  • Teaching children values

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    Life is not what it used to be. Yesterday’s child grew up, lived, and died within a small community. Today’s child, on the other hand, faces a kaleidoscope of choices. And tomorrow’s child will enter an even more diverse world. You may wonder how you can help your child live...
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    • G R O W EC 1325-E Reprinted February 2006 Teaching Children Values There is no such thing

  • Teaching children responsibility

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    It’s not always easy to act responsibly. It’s tempting sometimes to lie back and let someone else take over. Or to blame another for what you did. Children are more likely to resist such urges if they learn at a young age that we all have to pitch in and...
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    • G R O W EC 1324-E Reprinted February 2006 Teaching Children Responsibility What would you

  • The disabled child

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    Long before the baby is born,you invest your dreams and hopes in the coming child. If you suspect something is wrong, it may be hard to seek the truth. The best thing you can do, however, is to get a diagnosis as soon as possible. Early detection of a problem...
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    L D R E N • G R O W Helping hands Today disabled children and their families

  • Encouraging competence

    Creator:
    Oregon State University. Extension Service and Bailey, Cindee M.
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    To a large extent, then, we become what we think we are: Those who think they can do, do. Those who think they cannot, do not. This is true for all of us. But it is especially true for young children. The responses of parents and other adults have a...
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    . Assign children simple tasks like unpacking, collecting wood, helping put up the tent, and cooking

  • Preparing children for school

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    When your children are about to start formal schooling, you may worry: “Are they ready?” or “Have I done enough?” Actually, you may have taught your children more than you realize. You’ve helped them learn basic survival skills. You’ve taught them to feed themselves, cross a street, and get along...
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    • G R O W EC 1327-E Reprinted February 2006 Preparing Children for School School days, school

  • Children's peer groups

    Creator:
    Oregon State University. Extension Service and Bailey, Cindee M.
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    You probably believe your children need to be with other children. You’re right. To mature, your children need to have friends and be part of a group. At the same time, you probably worry about the groups your children join. You should. At times, a peer group may tear down...
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    skateboards or you’re out of the club.” ou probably believe your children need to be with other children

  • Coping with illness and hospitalization

    Creator:
    Oregon State University. Extension Service and Bailey, Cindee M.
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    When children break bones or get fevers, they know something is wrong. Often, however, they don’t know what it is, why it is, how it happened, or if they will get better. Because they’re in pain and know so little, illness and injury can be very frightening.
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    them put me to sleep like Mittens.” Feeling something isn’t right hen children break bones or get

  • Preparing for parenthood - together

    Creator:
    Bowers, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    There may have been a time when you gasped at the thought of having a baby of your own. “Me, a parent? What do I know about being a parent?” Actually, more than you suspected. You started preparing for parenthood long before you even began to think of having children...
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    having children of your own. The process began when you were a child. That’s when you started to form

  • Making children feel loved

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    Certainly you care about your children. That’s why you’re reading this. And, like most parents, you probably make many sacrifices to feed, clothe, and educate your children. You may brag about them to anyone who will listen. Perhaps you even carry their pictures around to show off to your friends....
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    • G R O W EC 1319-E Reprinted February 2006 Making Children Feel Loved The supreme happiness