Aug 31st, 2010
Parenting Question: Should You Teach Your Kids To Express Their Feelings?
Many popular parenting books talk about just how important it is to let your kids express their feelings. They say you need to validate their emotions. You should encourage this, they say, after all, you're letting your child "express his or her feelings." But is this really the healthiest choice for children?
Aug 30th, 2010
The Brain Gym: Coaching Your Child’s Mind To Think Differently
Does your child lack intelligent activities that challenge the mind? Innovative training programs such as the BRAIN GYM provides one such solution to gear brain cells for more activity, making both leisure and study interesting for children.
Aug 29th, 2010
Conscious Parenting: How To Be A Minimalist With Kids
As a minimalist, I enjoy uncluttered spaces, beautifully simple things, experiences over material things, living with and doing less rather than being obsessed with more, and finding contentment. But kids bring complexity and clutter to our lives. So how do we reconcile the two? It takes a little bit of balancing and the right attitude.
Aug 29th, 2010
Parenting Advice: Are You A Hyper-Parent?
‘Hyper-parenting’ is a term used to defined parents who over-schedule their child' lives with too many activities. Because a child often has no choice in the way his parents structure his time, the burden of being hyper-parented can lead to increased stress and resentment.
Aug 28th, 2010
Parenting Adults: Living With Your Grown-Up Kids
Parenting adult children while they live at home will take a mind shift from both parties and some healthy respect as well. When your recent college graduate comes home and the honeymoon stage of having them home again starts to recede is a perfect time to set down and talk about the boundaries that you will have with your adult child.
Aug 28th, 2010
How To Nurture Your Child’s Love Of Learning
As parents and teachers we need to stop focusing on the mistakes in the work that our children do so passionately. In the initial years of schooling, tending and grooming the love for study should be our first priority. Here are some ways you can help your child develop a love of learning.
Aug 27th, 2010
Your Daughter’s First Menstrual Period: How To Tell When It Might Be Coming
Experiencing puberty with your daughter is no different than any other milestone. She will go through many changes including her first period, also known as menarche. There are consistent stages of puberty that you can monitor so that the two of you can both be prepared.
Aug 27th, 2010
Choosing A Maternity Hospital: How To Ensure A Comfortable Childbirth
Regretting your choice of maternity hospital when you’re already up in the stirrups is not going to be helpful. Especially if this is your first time, you’ll want to get it right. Here are some factors to consider in choosing the place of your baby’s birth.
Aug 26th, 2010
Positive Parenting: The Case For Saying ‘Yes’
It’s time that we, as parents, evaluate why exactly we say ‘no’ as much as we do. At an age in which the transition from the helplessness of being a baby to the stark realization that the self is an independent human separate from mommy is, at best, abrupt, our kids need to hear ‘yes’ more.
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