Tag: education
8 Reasons Why You Should Send Your Toddler To Pre-School
Regardless of childcare arrangements for their earlier years of life, the time will come when you’ll think about whether or not you should send...
6 Tips That Will Help Your Kids Learn To Love Reading
For me, a love of books is a gift. One of my greatest pleasures in life is to lose myself in a favourite story,...
Junk The Plastic: Family-Friendly Ways To A Greener Future
It’s been claimed that there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050 if we don’t change our ways. Single use plastic...
The ‘Global Child’ – How To Raise A Citizen Of The...
When I was three years old, my mum and I travelled to Italy to visit our family there. We went by coach, ferry and...
It’s Another Winner From Fisher-Price – Your Child Will Love The...
Friendly, colourful and offering a wealth of activities, the Singin’ Soccer Ball is bound to become one of your baby’s favourite toys.
When Your Child Doesn’t Want To Go To School – ‘School...
There are few of us whose kids haven’t feigned illness to get a day off school when they simply didn’t feel like going....
Lego Introduces Braille Bricks To Teach Blind And Visually Impaired Kids
A new project from the makers of one of the world's best-loved toys is aiming to help blind and visually impaired children learn through...
Pupils To Learn About The Dangers Of Female Genital Mutilation
The dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be on the curriculum in English secondary schools by 2020 as part of new government education...
First Day At School? Here Are 7 Tips To Help Your...
A child’s first day at school is a major milestone. Parents around the world are getting ready – and trying to make sure their...
Curious Kids: Are Zombies Real?
Are zombies real? – James, aged 8, Sydney, Australia There are lots of TV shows about zombies. Most of them are for older people and...
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Just Give Me That Chocolate! The Science Of PMS Food Cravings
Premenstrual food cravings are the punchline of endless jokes. Like most good jokes, they’re funny because they’re true. Certain parts...
8 Funniest Family Tweets Of The Week
https://twitter.com/TraceyBenmore/status/1102913750405971969 Seriously! Do they even know how much sleep we lose? https://twitter.com/TwinzerDad/status/1103278060089106432 Can we all stop acting like “screen time” is a dirty word? I’m pretty sure...
Teenage Pregnancies Don’t Have To Be Disastrous
The idea of having a baby as a teenager often is viewed as both a personal catastrophe and a social problem. This is probably...
Best Gifts For A 1-Year-Old: The Ultimate List for Under $35
You have the invitation. You know that the 1st birthday is a big deal. And now you’re looking for a gift. What ARE the...
6 Great Strategies For Parenting Your Adult Children
As our kids get older, our relationship with them inevitably alters. They are now independent, our equals, with their own lives. Adapting to the...
I Was Pregnant At 14 – And Everyone Thought I Was A Disaster
I was totally shocked when I found out I was pregnant at just 14, especially as I had no symptoms at all and was...