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Christina Gaines

My name is Christina Gaines. I am a wife, mother, and grandmother offering practical advice, resources, and encouragement to parents as they go through the amazing journey of helping their children grow into joyful, confident, positive adults! I absolutely LOVE kids and love to help people. I love to travel and I love living and playing on the lake.
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ADHD

Special Needs In Multiples: FREE ADHD Questionnaire For Parents of Mulitples or Single-Born

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ADHD is now often being overdiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed so that some children who actually need help are not getting it. In 1996 it was demonstrated that ADHD was slightly more common in twins than in their siblings, although no other behavioral problems are. This Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 2 months2 months ago
The School Years: Multiples at Secondary School
Multiple Births

The Multiple School Years: Multiples at Secondary School

The aim here is to deal only with issues of adolescent multiples and schooling. More information about adolescent multiples, in general, can be found in Rosambeau’s (1987) book and David Hay’s chapter in Sandbank (1999). What is different about being a multiple at adolescence? For every young person, adolescence means three Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 2 months2 months ago
Living With OCD Spouse
Behavioral & Emotional Problems

Living With OCD Spouse

Sometimes it can be very exhausting to be me. What I like to refer to sometimes as my “quirks” is actually a form of OCD that is integral to every part of me and my life. I’ve shared with you already about my morning coffee mugs OCD example, and the Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 2 months ago
Recipes

The Voices in My Head Should Just Shut Up and Eat

I love Christmas. I really do. I enjoy almost everything about it. But it’s around this time every year that I begin to have panic attacks. These attacks usually take the form of one of two voices in my head. During the day the voice sounds kind of like a Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 2 months2 months ago
Ramblings

Christmas is No Time for Prison Food

As I sit here in my red velvet, ermine-trimmed evening garb, in my fashionably decorated house, I ponder what new recipes to bestow upon my hordes of blog readers. My handsome, perfectly-coiffed (yet straight) “butler” cleans up the remnants of another Martha Stewart-like meal prepared in my fabulously well-appointed kitchen…. Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 2 months2 months ago
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Fun & Games

Which Console Is The Best Video Game Console For 7-Year-Old

Getting your child a video game console can be a really confusing purchase for most parents. Unless you’re a gamer, it’s hard to know what the differences are between all the systems. We hear so many negative things about video games in the media–surely it can’t all be bad. Right? Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 2 months2 months ago
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Multiple Births

Guest Post: Advantages Of Being A Twin Prepared Me For Fatherhood

Hi all! Big thanks to Christina for allowing me to share my experiences with you. My name is Robert, and I’m new to parenthood (I have an 18-month old daughter), but one thing I have extensive experience with is being a twin. Unless you’re in the middle of a drug-induced Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 3 months ago
Getting Ready For School

The Multiple School Years: Achievement and Progress of Multiples

Introduction Time spent at school is an important part of everyone’s life. However, it must be remembered that school is only part of the larger picture of development and the time of most rapid development has already happened in the period from birth to preschool. For multiple birth children, the Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 3 months2 months ago
The Pros and Cons of Parenting Classes
General

The Pros and Cons of Parenting Classes

The Pros and Cons of Parenting Classes More and more parents are choosing to enroll in parenting classes. It could be because there are so many parenting classes out there to take or maybe because today’s parents are more interested in learning about the latest parenting strategies. Either way, parenting Read more…

By Christina Gaines, 3 months3 months ago

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