Parenting Tips Baby Bottles and More for Parents to Read

Being a new parent is a very exciting time. The Internet is a great place to find parenting tips. Glancing through my Associated Content publications, I decided to put together a compilation of parenting tips that I have written for parents since I joined. Just click on the parenting article title that you would like to read. It will then take you to the parenting article on Associated Content. Feel free to comment on the parenting articles as well.

Beginners Guide to Selecting a Baby Bottle : Choosing a baby bottle can seem a little confusing at first. Use this article to learn all about choosing a baby bottle. Selecting a bottle is important whether you are nursing or using baby formula.

Parenting: Stay at Home Decision: The decision to stay at home is determined by the special needs of the child; breastfeeding issues; costs and quality of alternative care.

Tips for the Family Wash : Family wash can be made simpler by having separate hampers, pinning socks together and other tips.

Entrepreneurship and Businesses for Teens: Pets, thank you cards, lawn service and many other opportunities are available for entrepreneurships and businesses for teens.


How to Encourage Good Public Behavior in Children: Giving positive rewards and setting a good example encourages good public behavior in children.


How to Clean Crayon Marks Off of Walls: How to get rid of those work of arts in crayon.

FluMist is Having a Better Response in Children Then Traditional Shots: New England Journal of Medicine report shows that FluMist is effective and safe for children in reducing flu.

How to Be a Parent and a Writer: For those that freelance learning how to be a parent and a writer can be quite a challenge. The good news is that you can find the balance to be a parent and a writer.

How to Help Teens Avoid Bad Food Habits: More then ever, it is important for parents to take an active part in helping to avoid bad food habits that many teens are adopting today.

Freelance Writing: Speed Write Articles with Customized Templates and Make More Money

One thing that I have learned as a freelance writer that time is extremely important. The amount of time that you spend per article can make a significant difference in the amount of potential money that you can earn. Researching the Internet on improving you odds of making freelance writing money, I came across the technique of using customized templates to speed up your article writing process.

What is a template?

A template is design that you can use over and over. For freelance writing, a template would be a document already set up in your word processing program for you.

What are the advantages to a template for freelance writing?

You can save yourself a great deal of time typing if you sue templates for your writing. For example, I always create my title, article description, and keywords for each of my articles. Instead of having to type these section labels, my template already has them there for me. I can keep my article format clean and usable without retyping over and over keywords, title, article description.

You will be amazed at how much redundant typing you do when you get into the field of freelance writing. The use of templates can save you a great deal of time.

The use of templates can help you stay organized in your writing. I recently joined a product review site. I set up a template in my word processing system that has labels for me to fill in the information for each of my product reviews. For example, the template has product name, product price, product features, product description, where I purchased the product, pros and then cons of the product. Having all of this in a template makes certain that I don’t forget something specific to put in a product review. It also saves time in typing out the information.

Are templates free?

I make my templates in Microsoft Word. They are free to create and have been very helpful.

When is it best to use a template?

I like to use templates for anything that has general format that I am consistently following. This enables me to keep my information organized. I also tend to forget less. It helps to generate ideas when I have a section to fill in for the template.