Writing Tips for Children - Learning to Write Suspenseful Stories
Whether it is a book or a short story, people stop reading if you don’t engage their interest at the beginning to draw them in. Once they are hooked, keep them in suspense by building tension into your writing. Let them feel like they are really there, feeling the excitement and sharing the emotions of […]
The Principle Behind DNA Paternity Testing
DNA stands for deoxyribose nucleic acid. This is a factor present in the chromosomes of the human nucleus. Each human nucleus contains 48 pairs of chromosomes which contain the deoxyribose nucleic acid. Out of these 46 chromosomes are the autosomes, which affect the general characteristics of the person, while the other two are the sex […]
Homework, Children and Parents - Strategies to Help Not Hassle
‘Have you done your homework?’
‘In a minute. I’ll do it in a minute.’
How many times and in how many homes does the refrain ring out each night?
Getting a child to do homework - without nagging - is one of the main problems of parents with school aged children For many parents, it is a nightly […]
Child Abuse: The 13 Red Flags- From Elgin and Carpentersville, IL
Hundreds of thousands of children are physically abused each year by a parent or close relative and thousands die as a result. For the survivors, the emotional trauma persists long after the physical signs have healed.
These emotional or hidden bruises can and should be treated to prevent additional problems later. Early recognition and […]
Story Writing with Children - Ban Boring Stories
An alien, reading the stories of our primary school kids would be very puzzled. Did the human parents starve their offspring - all the small human children ever seemed to write about was food? Obviously travelling was a huge excitement for the humans too. Bus trips and car trips featured frequently in the small human’s […]