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A Family Circle reader, Dan Berg narrates his experience about how a eFamily CircleE reader helped him find his daughter, Kaila. Several useful guidelines such as educate children, trust oneself and create safety in numbers to keep a look on the kidsE protection are discussed.

Two cases of children that went missing and the trauma their parents underwent are detailed. In the first case, the boy was taken away by his mother's ex-husband without her knowledge and in the second case the boy did not return after riding a bicycle to his friend's house in October 2002. One of them was found while the parents of other child are still hoping to find him.

Many states across the contry allow corporal punishment in schools. These states include Texas, Alabamba, and other Southern states, and even Ohio. Children can by physically and psychologically scarred by this form of discipline, and many feel that paddling is a senseless use of violence against children.

Employers are beginning to realize that offering flexibility for working mothers can have a very positive impact on employee loyalty. Similarly, showing long-term commitment to a job may allow a working mother to leverage her loyalty to obtain benefits such as flextime.

A survey of working mothers found that for 77% their top problem is having too much to do in the time available. The least stressed working mothers reported that they have learned to simplify their time management and to say no. Delegating chores and finding time each day for personal pampering are others ways working mothers avoid stress.

Rumination or the tendency to overthink situations can be damaging to a working woman's self-esteem. Ways to correct this problem include determining the cause, breaking the habit, thinking smart, taking action, relaxing, setting priorities and having faith in a higher power.

Mothers have struggled for and, later came to enjoy work for four decades, staring in 1979. Those who started work in the 1960s are the called The Pioneers while those who had work in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s are respectively called The Achievers, The Equalizers and The Inheritors.

People can make moods work to their advantage by understanding their brief highs and lows, as well as the energy and tension progressions that may place a person in a bad or good mood. Eating right, getting sufficient sleep and learning how to relax will help in putting a person in a positive mood.

Working mothers must be able to identify the right amount of time to be allotted for household and business chores in order to make optimal use of their schedules. They are also advised to breakdown a day's work in smaller steps while distributing light assignments to other family members.

Friendship can provide a great deal of comfort, but friendships must be maintained. Tips on remaining close include doing thoughtful things for friends and planning activities. Renewing old friendships and other topics are discussed.

A survey of 563 working mothers indicated that almost half feel very stressed, but most maintain they are happier than their mothers were. Major sources of stress are job uncertainty, increased work loads, housework and child care. Women believe having more time or money would relieve stress.

Research is showing that music education increases children's ability in reading, thinking and learning. Scientists believe music makes an imprint on the brain that helps children with spatial reasoning. Tips for parents on enhancing their child's learning through music are presented.

Parents cannot choose their children's friends, but they can help them select good friends carefully and stay away from children who treat them badly. Identifying troubled children is discussed, and tips for each age group are given.

Children are receptive to the idea of God from a young age, and parents can help foster their child's spiritual growth. Children should be taught that God looks over them, and a sense of religion can provide children with a moral code by which they should live. Other ways to help them are described.

Most working mothers are happy, contrary to the popular belief that they feel overworked, guilty and pressured. This was gleaned from the responses of 1,000 working mothers to a survey published in the Dec 1994, issue of Working Mother magazine.

Parents should encourage their children to play with their imaginary friends, if they have them. These 'friends' spark a child's imagination, improve their social skills and make them feel more secure. Tips on supporting this behavior are presented.

A mother of two girls aged six and three, respectively, recounts the joys and advantages of raising an all-girl brood. She also points to the challenges of raising girls without any brother to relate to.

Parents can help bashful children become more confident. As many as 40% of children are thought to be shy. Specific strategies are given to help infants and toddlers, as well as older children and adolescents, become more outgoing.

Families need to better understand and manage stress in their lives before the stress becomes overwhelming. Family members need to take control of their own lives and to develop a reliable family structure. Children are vulnerable to the stress of their parents.

Parents can discourage their children from learning and hurt their self-confidence by praising them too much. Parents should take a conservative approach toward praise, and they should acknowledge their children's efforts, regardless of whether the efforts are successful.

Questions and answers about the causes of stress are explained. Contrary to popular belief, many working mothers do not feel stressed by the challenges that their many roles present. Stress that is denied often causes physical problems that need to be addressed. Effects of stress on women are discussed.

Parents can improve their children's self-confidence by emphasizing their accomplishments and avoiding criticizing them too much. Parents should identify their children's talents and encourage them to develop those talents.

Parents can help reinforce memory in their children and overcome their selective forgetfulness. Small children need a daily routine and questions can help register facts in their minds. Older children need to understand what happens when they forget things. Other memory tricks are described.

Child experts differ over the age at which children can become spoiled by manipulating their parents to get what they want. Ways in which to set limits and the benefits of those limits on children are presented.

Preschoolers seem to be full of wonder and happiness. Parents can make these years more enjoyable by encouraging their children to be independent, answering their questions and helping them develop social skills.

Mothers who allow their youngsters to do simple, everyday tasks by themselves are instilling independence in the child. A step-by-step guide on how mothers can encourage this drive for independence, while ensuring that things are done, is presented.

Babies need structure in their lives for at least their first year of life. Infant development goes through four stages in which changes to routines are common. The predictability provides reassurance to infants, who can help determine their schedule.

Most children have a healthy imagination, and its development should be encouraged because of the benefits it provides, such as increased understanding and decreased boredom. Several ways for parents to help foster the imagination of their children at various age levels are presented.

Newborns require adjustment to their new surroundings, while new mothers require adjustment to caring for their newborn. Mothers need to make sure they get plenty of sleep in order to regain their energy from delivery and to care properly for the baby. Other tips are provided.

The qualities, which constitute a child's personality, are observed to strongly influence his or her success or failure in class. Parents and teachers are guided on best ways to help children with three different kinds of personalities.

Wings of Hope, an organization in nearby St-Louis,bought and rebuilt the single-engine plane in which Sandy Turner lost her son and grandson to use it for humanitarian missions. Wings of Hope was founded in 1962 by four St. Louis businessmen and took off its mission of mercy and is considered as the largest international volunteer organization in the Midwest.

Staying happily married demands for a spouse to look back to the things that have made their relationship work fine during its early stages. Recalling these experiences and feelings may help couples rekindle their lost romance and teach them to appreciate each other's significance in their lives.

Social scientists now recognize the value of forgiveness to people's well-being. Although long viewed as a moral and religious concept, there is strong evidence that forgiveness can free people from the hostility that can jeopardize their health.

A mother describes how she and her husband made the right decision to have a third child, when most couples stop at their second child. A bigger brood has various benefits, that includes using the eldest's old items and realizing its historical values and providing better guidance and discipline to the children.

Toddlers exhibit their first step of independence by saying no even to reasonable requests and sometimes when they mean yes to test their limits. Parents can counter assertions of independence by allowing children to make choices, finding other ways to divert behavior and reducing demands.

The first step that people should take when managing stress is to determine whether they use a problem-focused or emotion-focused coping style. Stress-management techniques include muscle relaxation, massage, meditation and keeping a journal.

Even clean houses can have germs, and many people forget the need to disinfect places that are touched often, such as doorknobs. It is important to clean with a good disinfectant, watch for mildrew and mold in damp places and have ventilation checked.

Parents who have healthy self-esteem often raise children who develop good self-esteem. Thirteen ways to foster individual and family self-esteem are described.

Parents should have a vision of the kind of family they want, accompanied with the principles of honesty, respect and love. Five types of families are profiled, and they show how values such as nurturing are instilled in children.

Mothers can ensure a smooth schoolyear for their children by getting them organized at school opening. Thirty-eight pointers for making school opening easier for children are offered.

Abduction drama came to an end when the abductor was identified by the reader of the Family Circle, who was the child's own mother. Shirah and her father Francis Darco reunited after one and a half years separation and they both are reestablishing their routine of reading books, sharing meals and laughter and home life.

Sandy Tucker discusses how her love of children led her to found Angel House, a home for the children of incarcerated women. The home assumes temporary custody of children whose mothers are in prison, arranges visits with the mothers while they serve their sentences, and then relinquishes custody when the women are released from prison.

Blairton, a small town located in Berkley County on the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, had to fight for its water in 1995 when Riverton said it could no longer supply the town with water due to high costs and liability of maintaining old pipes. Many of the residents believed that Riverton, which also owned the local quarrying company in Blairton, wanted to drive the residents out of the town so that the limestone underneath their houses could be tapped. Laura Rose, an attorney from the neighboring town of Martinsburg, helped Blairton fight and come to a resolve with Riverton for the town to be hooked up to the water supply of Berkley County.

Having periodic personal retreats is beneficial to marriage. It offers spouses time alone to rediscover themselves and to renew their energies. Interests outside of the marriage or family contribute to a person's mental health and eventually enrich her or his input to the marriage.

Brothers and sisters can learn more about compromise and getting along from each other than from their parents because they are equals. Sibling rivalry, respect and friendship are all part of the complex sibling relationship. Parents can fosters the bonds between siblings in many ways.

Parents can tell their children that they love them with notes in their lunchboxes, coupons good for one messy day and birthday wall hangings. Other ideas are choosing a theme song for each child and displaying the child's art work.

Good part-time jobs for women lie in the fields of desktop publishing, dental hygiene and dietary management. The pay is often comparable to full time work. Other jobs include claims examiner, optician, junior accountant, home health care nurse and real estate salesperson.

Shoddy toys set a bad example for children. They minimize the importance of doing a task well to produce a high-quality product. Instead of learning to care for one's belongings, children exposed to cheap, breakable toys learn that they live in a disposable society.