Kids

Communicating With Your ADHD Child

They say that timing is everything. This is exceptionally true when communicating with your child with ADHD. The first rule is to not argue with them in the middle of an argument, or even afterward. They would merely see...

Bringing Baby To Bed

Bringing your children to sleep is not as simple as taking them to their beds and letting them snooze on their own. Sleep specialists say that we all need to take predictable steps every night to help us fall...

Teaching Your Toddler to Drop Harmful or Annoying Habits

One of the challenges to any parent’s patience is getting a toddler out of his bothersome habits—hopefully, before the habits become inappropriate for his age. Here’s a short list of some common childhood behaviors, and how you might help...

Communicating With Your Baby Through Touch

Your baby can’t talk yet, nor fully understand precisely what you’re saying. So how do you tell your baby that you love him? Do it by touch. Babies can understand non-verbal gestures, especially when they can feel them on their...

Basic Baby Care for a First-Time Parent

So you’re a first-time parent on the way home from the hospital with the new baby—but you’ve got little experience with infants. Relax! Here’s a basic rundown of what you ought to do. Going home Whether you’re driving or not, you...

Common Learning Disorders in Children

When a child has a learning disorder, it simply means the child’s brain processes information in a different way from “normal” people. For such children, growing up and adjusting to society becomes difficult. They need to be trained in...

How to avoid war with your toddler

I guess many of us have days where we feel that, as parents, we are entering a war zone every other day- this is especially so when the kids are going through their terrible 2s or terrifying 3s. During this...

Ways To Ease Colic

Parents may wonder what colic is all about. It can be described as the uncontrollable crying of a baby for hours with no known reason. You may suspect your baby has it if the crying continues for several days....