Archive for: Education

Child Activities: The Importance Of Unstructured Play Time

Apr 27th, 2010

Child Activities: The Importance Of Unstructured Play Time

Children are innately fun seeking, imaginative and creative creatures! Parents need to understand the crucial role "play" serves in the successful development of their children. Playing provides children with opportunities to exercise their minds in a non-structured environment, formulate ideas of their own making, and make choices without set criteria.

Q&A: My Two-Year Old Refuses To Listen

Apr 26th, 2010

Q&A: My Two-Year Old Refuses To Listen

Read a query from a parent about his two-year old and the advice he received from our Clinical Psychologist. Are you concerned about your child's behavior? Want answers to parenting queries? Write in and get your own queries answered by our child experts.

End the Nightly Homework Struggle

Apr 22nd, 2010

End the Nightly Homework Struggle

Are you trapped in a nightly homework struggle with your child? If you’re facing the rest of the school year with dread and irritation, you’re not alone. By following the tips here, you can improve your child’s homework skills and reduce your frustration.

Does Your Child Fear The Sports Arena?

Apr 19th, 2010

Does Your Child Fear The Sports Arena?

Parenting, to some, is a means of passing on frustrated sporting dreams and aspirations to one’s kids. As parents we need to ask ourselves a few questions. Will we have served our kids well when it is time for them to go out into the world? Will we have given them wings with which to soar?

What Children Need to Know About Sex

Apr 10th, 2010

What Children Need to Know About Sex

All kids, even those with disabilities, need to know about everything from anatomy to puberty to masturbation to healthy relationships. So what is it appropriate to tell them and when? Read the article, Human Sexuality — What Children Need to Know and When.

Schools Kill Creativity: Sir Ken Robinson

Apr 8th, 2010

Schools Kill Creativity: Sir Ken Robinson

Creativity expert, Sir Ken Robinson, challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.