Archive for: Activities

Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Spreads Among Mumbai’s Children

Oct 7th, 2010

Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Spreads Among Mumbai’s Children

Mumbai has been hit by a new scare – and no, it’s not a terrorist threat. After the recent swine flu epidemic, it is now hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) - a viral illness that affects infants, children as well as adults – that is holding the city to ransom.

Parenting Preschoolers: Four Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Development

Oct 6th, 2010

Parenting Preschoolers: Four Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Development

Since you have a huge environmental impact on your child as a nurturer, why not take active steps to enhance your young child’s development? Here are four ways to enhance the development of your toddler or preschooler using simple child development concepts.

Handling A Second Child: Doubling The Joy Wisely

Oct 6th, 2010

Handling A Second Child: Doubling The Joy Wisely

There’s so much written about how to handle the older child when a second child comes along. But with the focus so much on the older child’s feelings, the second child very often becomes, well, secondary in the scheme of things.

‘Go To Sleep NOW!’ How To Win The Bedtime Battle With Your Child

Oct 5th, 2010

‘Go To Sleep NOW!’ How To Win The Bedtime Battle With Your Child

Fights over bedtime can be one of the biggest power struggles you’ll have with your child, whether they’re five or fifteen. Here's how you can teach your child to manage meeting his responsibilities and not manage you through power plays.

Positive Parenting: Discipline From The Inside Out

Oct 4th, 2010

Positive Parenting: Discipline From The Inside Out

The goal of positive discipline is to teach children inner-discipline that comes from a highly-developed conscience, rather than the use of punishments that may include external force, shame, humiliation, isolation or coercion.

Family Activities: How To Celebrate Halloween Like An American

Oct 3rd, 2010

Family Activities: How To Celebrate Halloween Like An American

In a globalized world, there are no borders when it comes to celebrating holidays like Halloween. But when it comes to celebrating this October 31st holiday properly, the Americans are the experts. Here's how they do it and how you can do it too.

Building Confidence In Children – By Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Oct 2nd, 2010

Building Confidence In Children – By Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Susan Jeffers is the best-selling author of author of 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway®'. In her guest blog, adapted from her book 'Life is Huge! Laughing, Loving and Learning From It, she offers three of her favorite tips for building confidence in children.

Preventing Childhood Obesity: The Fight For Our Children’s Health

Oct 1st, 2010

Preventing Childhood Obesity: The Fight For Our Children’s Health

Obesity in the USA has gone from a problem to a crisis to a full-blown epidemic. Childhood obesity rates have tripled in this country over the last three decades – one in every three children is now overweight.

Positive Parenting: How To Help Your Child Cope With World News

Sep 30th, 2010

Positive Parenting: How To Help Your Child Cope With World News

We need to keep our children in the know about with what is happening in the world. It is not enough to teach them reading, sciences and history. We need to educate them, so that they are connected and well-informed about what is happening all around us.