Breastfeeding for Beginners
As a first-time mother, breastfeeding your baby is something you’ll have to learn to do quickly. Here are a few steps to guide you.
Step 1. Know why breastfeeding is important.
Breast milk provides an infant with the nutrients and antibodies...
8 Common Mistakes Parents Make While Disciplining Children
It’s a tough battle to continuously discipline a child and what we think we’re doing right can ultimately backfire. What’s worse – as parents, you tend to feel guilty and ashamed when nothing you do seems to work on...
Teaching Your Child How to Deal with Bullies
Dealing with bullies is a skill that requires continuous learning, over an entire lifetime. This is true for adults as it is for kids, for the hard truth is that there will always be bullies at every stage in...
Raising Your Child-Artist
So your little tyke is artistic! The next important question now is: how do you help your child grow to his full potential as an artist—without neglecting other areas so that he gets a balanced development?
1. Be there for...
Introducing Your Child to the Concept of “Grades”
A young child may not readily understand the concept of grades, and may be in for a little shock when he or she starts going to school. So prepare your son or daughter for this by gently introducing the...
How to Schedule Play Dates for Your Kids
A “play date” is a scheduled fun-and-play session between your kids and other people’s kids. It’s an important childhood activity where your children can learn what sharing, good manners, and friendships are.
When is a child ready for a play...
Dealing With Your Child’s Allergies
Allergies are more common than most people think. Some allergies are hereditary, while some are developed over time. In any case, allergic reaction is a topic everyone should make a conscious effort to know more about. While not all...
Intellectual Growth for Children
Providing challenging experiences for your child is not only a form of affection, but a way to foster important intellectual growth. The most important facets of intelligence – thinking skills, memory, creativity, and problem solving – develop at an...
How to Promote Intelligence Development in the Home
Learning doesn’t stop in the classroom. A supportive home environment is vital to intellectual development. By incorporating learning into day to day activities, children will more likely be successful later on in their lives.
Ask your child a lot of...
When your child starts to lie
In the beginning, there was honesty, but then...
My firstborn was practically an angel who didn’t lie. He was painfully honest and truthful, but then the truth serum must have worn off at some point because the little lies started...