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3 most common mistakes
Photographing Your Kids
What are the three most common mistakes parents make when photographing their young children? Expert: Jim Miotke, founder of BetterPhoto.com and author of The Better Photo Guide to Photographing Children. 1. Being Your Own Wrangler The number one mistake is trying to fly solo. There are just so many more great photos, so many more opportuni...
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Decorating Your Nursery
What are the three most common mistakes in decorating a nursery? Expert: Interior designer Libby Langdon 1. Going nuts with the pastels. When you're really baby-baby pink or baby-baby blue, you're kind of stuck with that and it's hard for [the baby] to grow with it. What you want to do is think in terms of using three colors. Sometimes peopl...
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The Internet
What are the three most common mistakes when kids go on the internet? Expert: Monica Vila from www.TheOnlineMom.com 1. Not activating parental control. When a child is too young to know how to get in trouble, he's also too young to avoid seeing something he shouldn't. So when you take your computer out of the box, set up some controls-by-use...
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Saving for Uni
Experts: Rebecca Mathias, the founder of Future Trust and Adam Bash, the director 1. Starting Too Late People have a tendency to put off things that are way ahead in the future and think, "I'll worry about that later." The biggest mistake parents make is not setting up a university savings account early, right when a child is born. If you do th...
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Tantrums
What are the 3 most common parenting mistakes when dealing with a meltdown or out-of-control behaviour? Expert: Dr. Jed Baker, Author of No More Meltdowns 1. Taking it personally There are three types of misinterpretations that parents might make that cause them to lose control. One is to think that your child is purposely trying to challeng...
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Bedtime
3 Most Common Mistakes: BedtimeBabble Editors What are the three most common bedtime mistakes? Expert: Dr. Carol Ash, Medical Director of Sleep for Life. 1. Thinking eight is enough Right out of the gate, most parents do not recognise that their children need more sleep than they really realise. Adults, the range is seven to nine, and o...
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Kindergarten Prep
What are the three most common mistakes parents make in preparing their kids for kindergarten? Experts: The kindergarten teachers of the River Edge Elementary Schools, New Jersey (combined early childhood teaching experience: ninety-two years) 1. Focusing on Academic (Not Real-World) Skills The biggest mistake parents make is thinking th...
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Child Psychologist
What are the three most common mistakes parents make when it comes to kids' emotional development? Expert: Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, child psychologist and author of The Baby Emergency Handbook: Lifesaving Information Every Parent Needs to Know 1. Not wanting to be the bad guy Generally parents are too permissive. Most parents today don't r...
3 most common mistakes
