So, if you are a parent that leaves everything to the other parent, would you think that through again?

While parenting young children is exhausting, this precious time flies past at the speed of light. These years will be gone before you have come to grips with being a parent. Young children, as well as parents, need these early years to form lasting and deep bonds.

This is a strong hint I’m giving you today. These early years are the building blocks of parenting young children. Young children need management, monitoring, and mellowness.

The main goals of parenting young children can be grouped into two general parts, safety, and development. Both are obvious in general terms. Safety-proof your home, your vehicle, and, to the extent which you have control, everywhere you take your little one.

Next, form a flexible plan to support your child’s development through the early years, the school years, teenagers, and into adulthood. You never stop being a parent. The scope of the larger goal is to help develop your child into a health, well-informed, caring, competent individual.

Two of the best parenting skills that you can employ are patience, and presence. Be there.

Was the hint strong enough?

Be with your child as much as possible. The wall washing will wait; the dishes can wait as well. Spend time in play, in observation, in conversation. Both you and your child require this interaction. Everything is developed through relationship. The leading central theme presented here is close contact, interrelatedness. Get to really ‘know’ your children before they are shipped off to school, and your time is even more rushed.

Consider your presence when parenting young children is the key to everything. Capture the possibilities in every moment, no matter how short. As the politically correct saying goes, it is quality, not necessarily quantity that counts.  

Watch your child as they amuse themselves through their day. Become aware. See how they act in the midst of friends or playmates. How do they respond to challenges, small issues that they encounter, such as stretching for the toy on top of a bench?

Be an active part of their lives. Have you noticed that sometimes a small child will glance back at you?

Throughout watching how your youngster function, you will be formulating ideas about how your preschooler thinks and problem solves. Watch for talents and abilities that you can support and nurture.

It seems that all other parenting skills are built on the foundation of the art of patience. Young children, all children in fact, regularly possess their own techniques for exhausting your composure, specifically if you are a new parent. Do not let them get to you. They
are effortlessly just being children, after all. Carry on with watching and gaining wisdom. Ultimately, you will turn into the ‘most excellent’ parent/guardian ever. If you grow aggravated and yell at young children, they will not improve, and you will have lost the
opportunity to help grow their gifts.

Parenting young children can truly be straightforward and fun, so long as you understand the principles, and start with the basics. So, presence, patience and planning are the building blocks of parenting young children.

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I was looking up at her, struggling to understand what was happening. Her mouth was moving but I couldn’t hear . . . the noise was loud . . . so loud. She was pretty, with blonde hair loosely pulled back from her face. I could see directly into her eyes which were clouded with concern. She lifted my head up, her hands cool to the touch . . . bent down to meet me, and spoke directly into my ear. “You’re going to be fine. I’m going to put these headphones on you now to muffle the sound. You’re in a helicopter . . . stay with us . . .” I then felt the jostling as we were lifted up to the sky. That is the last thing I remember before my world turned to black.

It’s been three years and I’m still here! In remembering that Saturday morning I continue to be amazed. My symptoms had in no way sent out warning signals of an impending heart attack. I was just tired . . . ! I had been working a lot so it was perfectly explainable fatigue. My upper arms ached a little bit, but again, explainable, and nothing that a nice hot shower couldn’t cure.

I am an interior designer and had been installing furniture in a model home that week, so my “symptoms” all made perfect sense. They made perfect sense to me, that is, until about 4:00 A.M., Saturday morning, when I woke up from a sound sleep for no apparent reason. Within minutes I became nauseous, short of breath, and was sweating profusely. I knew that I was in it . . .I just didn’t know what “it” was! I was young, healthy, never had any chest pain, jaw or neck pain, no pain shooting down my left arm . . . even still, I knew that I was in real trouble, as in call 911 kind of trouble. It all happened so fast. Seemingly, without warning, I had entered into a world of terms and conditions that were foreign to me. Terms like LAD and RCA, angioplasty, septic shock and stents . . . words I knew existed, but for someone else. Certainly not for me.

Because life’s biggest changes rarely give us an advance warning, I was caught unprepared in knowing how to react. In the days and months that followed, I experienced a myriad of feelings. I felt thankful . . . to God for answering the multitude of “beggy” prayers that had been offered up on my behalf . . .to my care givers whose compassion and giving hearts were such a gift . . . to my ‘never-say-uncle’ family and friends who held vigil by my bedside for days, refusing to give up on me. Yes. . . thankful, fearful, hopeful, wanting answers, NOT wanting answers . . . often engulfed in waves of anxiety and fear. Thankful I had seemingly beaten the odds, but angry that I was now included in a statistical bank I never asked to be a part of in the first place!

Though I didn’t realize it at the time, the roller coaster ride of emotions I was experiencing was very common. My life had been interrupted, my innocence stripped away, I had been forced to suddenly come face to face with my own mortality . . . and mourn the loss of my health!

I am well aware that I am not the only one who has experienced a life altering, totally unexpected event in their life . . . but when it is you going through it, right or wrong, you feel very alone. In reality, my heart attack affected not only me, but family and friends alike. They too had been traumatized. Each of us had to find our own path, in our own time, that would take us to a place of understanding and acceptance of what had happened!

I completed a cardiac rehabilitation program and received a bright red T-shirt which announced to the world that I had indeed stayed the course. Most days, pen in hand, I transferred my inner most thoughts into my red leather journal. I poured onto those tear stained pages my feelings of gratitude along with fears and frustrations, all the while praying that I didn’t die before destroying the evidence that I had so nakedly revealed. I searched unsuccessfully for articles from people who had undergone a similar experience to mine . . . looking for reassurances that I would be able to regain my life, that the feelings I was experiencing were normal, and that no, . . . I wasn’t going crazy. I was on a perpetual quest for answers. As a ‘surviver’ I wanted to know why I was still here? What was my purpose?

I once read that when we need it the most, God’s grace will come to us like tiny stitches in torn fabric. In March of 2005, nine months after my heart attack, there was, splashed across the front page of newspapers around the World, the controversial details of the Terri Schindler-Schaivo case. All were asking the same question. Should they, or should they not remove her life sustaining feeding tube. The Schindler family had been locked in a decade plus long legal battle with their son-in-law over the care and custody of their then, 41 year old daughter. Terri had suffered massive brain damage when she suddenly, at the young age of 26, collapsed at her home from what was described as a mysterious cardio-respiratory arrest for which no cause was ever determined. She was not on life support, she was not brain dead, but she was in a severe vegetative state from which, according to most doctors, she more than likely would not recover. Opinion polls were being taken. Individuals as well as special interest groups and religious organizations were getting involved, demanding that their voices be heard. It seemed to be the number one topic around water coolers across this country, and elsewhere. Conservatives and liberals alike were impassioned, taking staunch, unwavering positions.

I was vacillating back and forth between the parents views and the husbands position. That is until I happened to read what later proved to be, for me, life changing words from a newspaper interview with Rick Warren, author of the book, ‘The Purpose Driven Life’. When asked his opinion on the Terri Schiavo case Rick Warren answered without hesitation. “The answer for me is clear,” he said. “I am firmly against the removal of the tube. God put each of us here for a purpose, and that includes Terri Schiavo. We may never know or understand what her purpose is, but she has one. We all do. We are all necessary pieces of God’s very large puzzle coming together in order to complete his plan. It’s not about us . . . it’s about him.”

That March day was life changing for me. After so much searching I felt I had finally found the answer I had been looking for. It was alright if I didn’t know my specific purpose in life, or how my ‘piece’ would eventually fit into God’s overall puzzle. The self inflicted burden of responsibility I had been dragging around for so long was suddenly being lifted. What a tremendous feeling of relief!

It has been over two years since I happened upon that interview. Since then I have continued to make strides in regaining control of my life, no longer feeling like a victim. I view my heart attack as “a very significant event in my life”, but no longer allow it to be the “main event.”

Do I have the luxury of assuming that a headache is just a headache? That muscular aches, nausea or fatigue are just that, nothing more? Unfortunately no, . . . and the reality is that I probably never will again. But today I’m happy, healthy, and would like to think much wiser than I was three years ago. Many of the things I once felt were important aren’t . . . and vice versa. I don’t forget to tell the people I love, that I love them, and I do remember to thank God for each new day. I have learned how to not say yes when I want to say no, and I burn the designer candles and drink from the good crystal whenever I want! All of these are benefits I’ve awarded myself through age and the sum of my experiences . . . all of them.

The issues surrounding women with heart disease is very REAL. Sobering statistics have shown that one in three women will die from cardiovascular disease. Because their symptoms present themselves so differently, and so often go undetected, more women will die from heart related problems than from the next seven leading causes of death combined. I, like so many other women, had heard these statistics in the past, but obviously had never “HEARD” them!

Thankfully, great strides and many successes, have recently been made by the American Heart Association in an effort to significantly reduce disablity and death from cardiovascular disease. Our legislative leaders, most of which have been personally touched by this issue . . . either through a wife, mom, sister, daughter or friend . . . are now standing together and agreeing that heart disease research, prevention, and treatment for women needs to be a top priority!

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Women who are dating a Virgo man know that they have to tiptoe around certain issues in order to please their man. These women have to be understanding and forgiving. Virgo men tend to be critical and one focus of their discerning eye is the women they are involved with. Don’t be surprised or offended if the man you are dating who is born under this star sign, tells you he doesn’t particularly like your outfit or he’d prefer if you changed your hair color. You certainly shouldn’t rush down to the nearest salon to have your hair dyed a new shade, but you should be understanding of his opinion and open to his ideas. You also need to recognize that his suggestions aren’t meant to hurt you, but rather to help you.

Another thing you can’t lose sight of if you are dating a Virgo man is that he enjoys the finer things in life. He wants to be with someone who appreciates the same things he does so brush up on the theatre scene in your city and any new art gallery showings as well. He loves to absorb culture and wants the very same thing in his mate so be sure you acquire a taste for these things too.

Jealousy isn’t something any man finds charming and that’s even truer when it comes to men born under this sign. These men tend to stay in contact with ex girlfriends. They enjoy remaining friends and offering support. Instead of viewing that as threatening to you, embrace it. It shows how much he cares for others and if you can hold your head up high and accept it, he’ll find you utterly irresistible. He wants to be with someone who is confident enough in herself to not worry about his friendships with other women. Show him that’s just who you are.

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The new Reynolds Risk Score considers more than just traditional risk factors such as age, blood pressure, cholesterol level and smoking. It also considers parental history of heart attack before the age of 60, and levels of C-reactive protein, which has been linked to clogged arteries and damage to blood vessels in the heart. It is hoped that this new method will help to predict the 10-year risk of heart disease.

The researchers, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, found that the current risk assessment measures failed to spot up to 20% of women who suffered from heart disease, but did not display any of the traditional risk factors. They now hope that their work will lead to more at-risk women being identified and offered drugs, and lifestyle interventions to reduce their risk. When they applied the new system, they found many women rated under the old measures of having a 10-year risk of heart disease of less than 20% had to be reclassified. In some cases the risk was increased, but in others it came down.

Roger Blumenthal from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, welcomed the new assessment system. He said: “Physicians should incorporate these factors into their testing and decision-making about which women are most likely to develop cardiovascular disease and physicians should intervene with lifestyle changes and drug treatment before symptoms start to appear. Our best means of prevention is through early identification of those most at risk.”

Judy O’Sullivan, a cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said that it was not standard practice to take account of C-reactive protein levels during assessment in primary care in the UK.

She said various assessment methods were used in the UK, but none were perfect. The key, she said, was to get women to present themselves for assessment in the first place.

“Many women don’t recognise heart disease as being an issue for them. In women it tends to be an older person’s disease, and quite often women have developed other conditions which can cause pain, such as diabetes, by the time they develop heart problems, so they put any pain down to something else,” she said.

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Need to Understand how Hormones and Organs Function Together

A woman’s system often goes out of control and this would affect their menstrual cycle and lead to their not becoming pregnant. To ensure those women’s reproductive system stays in sync, women need to get regular pap smears. An abnormal smear test often causes distress and fear among women even though it is not necessarily a sign of cancer or risking developing it in the future.

Since cervical cancer is the second most common cancer other than breast cancer, taking a smear test is vital as it helps identify early warning signs of possible cancer and also lead to halting further growth of cervical cancer. Cancer is destructive of women’s reproductive health and apart from cervical cancer; women may also have to contend with uterine cancer or ovarian cancer. In addition, she may also get ovarian cysts, chronic pelvic pain as well as fibroids.

That is not to imply that women’s reproductive health is only centered on the pelvic region because even the breasts are an important part of the women’s reproductive system which enables the woman to breast feed her children for years or just months. The risk of contracting breast cancer is a serious worry to women’s reproductive health which may cause damage to the breasts and lead to infertility. In the case of a woman who has had mastectomy it may be rather disconcerting to have just one breast, but using reconstructive surgery, it is now possible to have both breasts back again.

Other major causes of worry to women’s reproductive health are when the reproductive system gets affected by infections such as yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis even though these are treatable conditions. However, pelvic inflammatory disease can cause scarring and even infertility if not treated in time. Thus, it is important for women to get to their doctors and keep their health in check.

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Risks and Symptoms

For anyone, smoking is makes heart disease more likely. While women’s health information shows that premenopausal women have some protection against artherosclerosis because of the presence of estrogen, that protection isn’t enough to cover the added risk of smoking or diabetes. Atherosclerosis is a condition in which blood vessels become clogged and narrowed because of the buildup of fatty substances.

The resulting decrease of blood flow causes the symptoms of coronary heart disease. High levels of cholesterol are a risk for heart disease. Especially bad are high levels of LDL cholesterol. Diabetes is as great a risk for a heart attack as heart disease is. A woman with diabetes has the same risk of heart attack as a woman with heart disease.

According to the best women’s health information, diabetic women should manage their blood sugar and get aggressive treatment with LDL cholesterol lowering drugs. The leading cause of death for women with diabetes is cardiovascular disease.

A woman’s risk of atherosclerosis rises over the age of 55. Family history can be a risk factor if a woman has a brother or father diagnosed with atherosclerosis before the age of 55 or if she has a sister or mother diagnosed before the age of 65. The latest women’s health information shows that obesity makes a woman much more likely to develop heart health problems.

Problems linked to obesity include coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure and heart disease related death. According to women’s health information, metabolic syndrome is the combination of abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes and high cholesterol. Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of heart disease.

When a woman is the strong one in the family, she may be less likely to complain about small aches and pains. This can lead to missing early signs of heart disease. According to the best women’s health information, silent ischemia is a result of atherosclerosis that doesn’t cause pain or any specific symptoms.

A woman who is at risk of heart disease should have an EKG to rule this out. Women need to look to women’s health information to learn about their risk of that man’s disease – cardiovascular disease.

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If you want to date a Filipino women or finding for Filipina beauties that you want to spend the rest of your life with, here are some but important information you must know before meeting them:

1.One great thing about Filipina women is that they are knowledgeable about Western culture,specially of the American cutlture. So, you don’t need to learn “Tagalog” to meet beautiful Filipinas because they are very good in communicating in English.

2.Filipino women are fond of roaming around the mall that most of time they consider it as their place where they can spend their leisure time. At least, now you know where will you bring your future Filipina date.

3.Filipinas are also fond of “texting”.Their day is not complete if they can’t touch the keypad of their cellphones.With this, always keep in touch to her by sending a sweet “SMS or text ” once or twice a day just to let her know you are thinking of her. Take note that Filipina women always want to feel your love to them by simply seeing it through your actions.

4.Filipina women always want surprises. So, why not surprise her with the “Tagalog” translations of English sweet words such as:

I love you – “Mahal Kita”
You are so beautiful-”Ang ganda ganda mo”
I always think of you – “Lagi kitang iniisip”
I miss you so much – ” Miss na miss kita”

Eventually, you will not only surprise her but also you will sweeten her feelings towards you.

5. Filipina women hate “lies” . So, be truthful when you talk about your self and life. It is better to tell things that will sooner affects your relationship to her than to hide it because eventually you will know that Filipinas are very understanding.

6. Courtship is a part of Filipino Culture. In the Philippines don’t only win the heart of the woman but also win the heart of her family.This does not necessarily mean that you have to “wow” them with expensive gifts,just show only your true feeling towards their daughter through sincerity and honesty. Of course, it is a plus factor if you have something for her parents as a sign of respect and gratitude for caring, nurturing and loving their daughter so much.

7. Be aware that sex is a delicate thing to talk about in the Philippines.It is wrong to ask to sleep in the same room with Filipina before marriage. Although this is not the case for some Filipino women,still, it is a good thing to be wary.

I hope that my tips will help you a lot of winning the heart of the beautiful Filipino women.I know that these tips are only few but for sure they are helpful enough to capture the feelings of Filipinas.

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A woman has a reduced rate of heart disease before menopause compared with men their age. After menopause, but a woman of heart disease rate significantly until it is at the age of 65, their risk equal to that of their male peers. Recent research has clearly established that there is no coronary health benefits for women with a history of heartDisease, estrogen alone or estrogen plus progestin.

Research has also found that women could be confronted without a history of heart disease at increased risk for heart disease when taking hormone therapy. Estrogen therapy remains a safe, short-term option for some women, but also numerous other therapies are available to help you manage menopausal symptoms and protect your heart during this important phase of your life.-women health

There are many things thatWomen can do during menopause to decrease their risk of heart disease. First, stop smoking and reduce your alcohol consumption. This will reduce the blood pressure almost immediately. Second, eat a diet low in saturated fats and rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables. A diet rich in omega-3 can-fatty acids, as found in cold water fish, prevent heart disease.

Cold-water fish include salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring and halibut. Fish oils high in omega-3 fatty acids may also help prevent blood clots from forming, can reduce inflammation in the blood vessels, and can promote a regular heart rhythm. Increase dietary fiber by eating a whole foods diet with plenty of vegetables can lower cholesterol levels and a positive effect on the health of your heart to have.-women health

Exercise is an activity that for most women in menopause. Before you crawl, keep in mind that the exercise is not too stressful and painful. To get the benefits for your heart> Health, you have your heart rate for twenty minutes. Gentle exercises to promote the mobility, flexibility and relaxation, while decreasing stiffness and pain are best. Power and energy are generally improved with regular exercise. With the stairs whenever possible and take daily walking time are two of the best exercises.

Since women are often associated with insomnia and fatigue during menopause, the last thing they think about is for a walk.However, addition to improving the health of your heart, is regular exercise, a number of other advantages. Once you get into the habit of exercising, you will find that your body feels more relaxed, will improve your mood, and you’ll feel alert. You do not get an expensive gym membership and pump iron until you drop. A brisk walk several times a week is all you need. Before you know it will be a part of your exercise routine, you will enjoy every day.http://www.womenhealth.pannipa.com/2009/09/can-menopause-affect-the-heart-health/

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A woman has a reduced rate of heart disease before menopause compared with men their age. After menopause, but a woman of heart disease rate significantly until it is at the age of 65, their risk equal to that of their male peers. Recent research has clearly established that there is no coronary health benefits for women with a history of heartDisease, estrogen alone or estrogen plus progestin.

Research has also found that women could be confronted without a history of heart disease at increased risk for heart disease when taking hormone therapy. Estrogen therapy remains a safe, short-term option for some women, but also numerous other therapies are available to help you manage menopausal symptoms and protect your heart during this important phase of your life.-women health

There are many things thatWomen can do during menopause to decrease their risk of heart disease. First, stop smoking and reduce your alcohol consumption. This will reduce the blood pressure almost immediately. Second, eat a diet low in saturated fats and rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables. A diet rich in omega-3 can-fatty acids, as found in cold water fish, prevent heart disease.

Cold-water fish include salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring and halibut. Fish oils high in omega-3 fatty acids may also help prevent blood clots from forming, can reduce inflammation in the blood vessels, and can promote a regular heart rhythm. Increase dietary fiber by eating a whole foods diet with plenty of vegetables can lower cholesterol levels and a positive effect on the health of your heart to have.-women health

Exercise is an activity that for most women in menopause. Before you crawl, keep in mind that the exercise is not too stressful and painful. To get the benefits for your heart> Health, you have your heart rate for twenty minutes. Gentle exercises to promote the mobility, flexibility and relaxation, while decreasing stiffness and pain are best. Power and energy are generally improved with regular exercise. With the stairs whenever possible and take daily walking time are two of the best exercises.

Since women are often associated with insomnia and fatigue during menopause, the last thing they think about is for a walk.However, addition to improving the health of your heart, is regular exercise, a number of other advantages. Once you get into the habit of exercising, you will find that your body feels more relaxed, will improve your mood, and you’ll feel alert. You do not get an expensive gym membership and pump iron until you drop. A brisk walk several times a week is all you need. Before you know it will be a part of your exercise routine, you will enjoy every day.http://www.womenhealth.pannipa.com/2009/09/can-menopause-affect-the-heart-health/

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Here areSome suggested guidelines for the health of the heart for women’s diets. The diet must be based on a variety of fruits and vegetables, low-fat and nonfat dairy products, grain (), especially whole grains, legumes (such as chickpeas, lentils, soya beans), poultry, lean meats and fish contain. This type of diet meets the recommendations of the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. If you are taking other risk factors like high cholesterol or high blood pressure, you canmust do more.

For a healthy heart diet for heart health women’s the type of fat in the diet is more important than the amount of fat. The amount of fat consumed does not cause bad cholesterol (LDL) to raise. Trans fat and saturated fat, however, lead to “increase bad cholesterol.-women health

Trans fats are typically found in dairy products (fat-free products found without), meat and tropical oils such as palm and coconut oil. Trans fats are found in cookies crackers and other bakedWere. It is also in some types of margarines and commercially prepared foods. The most unsaturated fatty acids reduce the risk of heart disease, but trans fats are different. Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fatty acids produced by hydrogenation of unsaturated fats. This process will enhance the flavor of fats and oils and is used to improve their durability but also include healthy fats in unhealthy fats. For the health of their heart women’s diet should eliminate trans fats, the foods theyeat.

People who eat more fruits and vegetables tend to have healthier hearts than those who do not have to do. These foods appear to reduce the risk of heart disease aids. The heart healthy diet should include at least five or more used for a variety of fruits and vegetables. For heart health women’s nutrition should not potatoes as a vegetable. They should be counted as a strength. Deep colored products such as carrots, spinach and berries should be clearer on selected typessuch as corn. These fruits and vegetables tended to have more vitamins and minerals.-women health

Fiber passes through us without additional calories to the diet. It is a carbohydrate that the body can not digest. Women’s diet can benefit the health of their hearts by fiber to their diet. It has been shown that all ten grams of fiber a day can increase added to the diet, the risk of dying from heart disease by as much as twenty-seven percent.

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