Keeping the Kids Busy When It’s Miserably Hot

Keeping the Kids Busy When It’s Miserably Hot

Moms / Parenting

Summer is a great time for children. School is out for most of them and it’s time to play. Running, climbing, building sand castles, swimming… Sweating, sunburns, complaining. It isn’t necessarily all that easy to keep the kids busy all summer long, especially on particularly hot days, the days when…

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10 Simple Tips to Make Children Become Smarter

10 Simple Tips to Make Children Become Smarter

Moms / Parenting

A supportive situation fosters numerous aspects of intelligence. The following 10 easy ways to stimulate intelligence in children will provide an “enriched environment” for brain growth. One: Love and Self-Esteem Improve Educational Performance In a extensive series of experiments, Prescott Lecky, an American educational researcher, found a high correlation between…

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Teaching Your Child Healthy Hygiene Habits

Teaching Your Child Healthy Hygiene Habits

Moms / Parenting

Once your child begins walking, he will become more and more independent. Toddlers and preschoolers want to try to do a number of things on their own and parents have a tremendous opportunity to instill good, healthy habits as they teach self-care skills during this stage of development. Your child…

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Product Review: Booster Seats

Product Review: Booster Seats

Moms / Parenting

It seems like just yesterday that you brought home your new bundle of joy in your carefully chosen, backward facing car seat. After miles of spills, tantrums, and on-the road snoozing, you’ve cycled through the forward facing car seat and are ready to shop for a booster seat. The booster…

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Child Behavior – Dealing With Positivity!

Child Behavior – Dealing With Positivity!

Moms / Parenting

Bad behavior is often an effective way to attract attention of parents. The conflicting time will probably start at the stage during her third year: tears and tantrums often go hand in hand with being two years old. Phrasing limits in a positive way focuses on what to do, rather…

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Making Reading to Your Child a Habit

Making Reading to Your Child a Habit

Moms / Parenting

Words can open up a world of knowledge and adventure for your children, and reading to them is so important in their development. Here are 5 ways to make reading to your child a habit. Read your child’s favorite book over and over… and over… (you know the drill). Choose…

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Fertility and Pregnancy Tests

Fertility and Pregnancy Tests

Moms / Parenting

You’ve had the familiar pang of longing while looking at the babies of friends and family. Heck, diaper commercials may even bring a tear to your eye. But it’s not all emotions; you’ve done the math, weighed your options and decided: it’s time to have a baby. Women of childbearing…

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How to Recognize Signs of an Eating Disorder

How to Recognize Signs of an Eating Disorder

Moms / Parenting

Eating disorders are on the rise, which raises serious concern for parents. Although eating disorders normally appear during adolescence or in early adulthood, children as young as 4 have also been susceptible to body image issues that can help to trigger eating disorders. Parents should understand the signs of an…

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3 Things You Should Never Do for Your Kids

3 Things You Should Never Do for Your Kids

Moms / Parenting

As parents, we only want the best for our children. But sometimes our judgment is clouded, and our actions can actually impede our kids’ progress. By nature, we want to see our children succeed, even if it means giving them a gentle nudge. Unfortunately for some parents, that nudge often…

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