Tag: parenting
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...
How Temperament Influences Your Parenting Style
Everyone is different. Some people like noise and activity; others prefer quiet and solitude. One child might be calm and placid, while their sibling might...
How Letting Go Is The Hardest Thing To Do As A...
Do you remember how it felt to hold your newborn baby in your arms? He or she was so tiny, so helpless, relying on...
We Lost Our Friends When We Had Children
I watched my partner as he tried to put on a brave face and pretend he was OK, but I knew he wasn’t. Anything...
10 Steps To Raising Happy Kids – And They’re Backed Up...
Parents will do anything to make sure their kids are happy. We make sacrifices, abandon our own wants and needs, and generally bend over...
10 Inescapable Truths Of Parenting
It's rarely a good thing when they’re quiet You know the feeling. You’re suddenly aware the house is silent. There’s no shouting or squabbling (if...
6 Reasons Why Scandinavian Parenting Rules The World
Like most parents, we’ll occasionally leave our pram or buggy (stroller) outside while we pop into a café for a welcome drink. As a...
How To Deal With An Angry Child In 3 Simple Steps
It’s one of the trickiest issues for many parents – how to discipline a child in a way that quickly brings calm and understanding...
How To Help Your Kids Deal With Rejection
It’s a fact of parenting life – we find ourselves saying ‘no’ to our kids. Whether they want chocolate at bedtime, a new computer...
How Many Toys Is Enough For Our Children?
It’s the time of year when children everywhere are busily writing their Christmas wish-lists. Their heads are filled with images of intriguingly shaped gifts...
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‘My Dad, Wild At Heart’
My father hated the word Dad and preferred us to call him ‘Daddy’ even when we were grownup with our own children. ‘Mum’ was...
Curious Kids: Can Chimpanzees Turn Into People?
Can chimpanzees turn into people? – Lana, aged 8, Brisbane. Can chimpanzees turn into people? The short answer is no. An individual of one species...
9 Healthy Snacks For Kids For Every Occasion
Obesity is a global epidemic. And it’s only getting worse. But while this isn’t much of a surprise to most, it begs the question as to...
Learning Another Language Should Be Compulsory In Every School
In the 1960s, in our public schools in California along the border with Mexico, Spanish language-learning was a requirement, beginning in sixth grade. I...
I Fought My Wife For My Daughter And Won – But How It Happened...
Three years ago, I was married, had an 8-year-old daughter, Naomi, and, as well as being a full-time fire training instructor with a county...
At What Age Can Kids Brush Their Own Teeth – And Other Childhood Landmarks
For the first several years of your child’s life, you (as a parent) will be doing a lot of things for them. This extensive...