“There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So, just be a real one.” – Sue Atkins Parenting is probably the most challenging job on this planet. There are no markers, definitions, or scales that help you become a good parent. Since every child is different, every parent has to be different to achieve […]
Parenting Skills
Benefits of Attending Parenting Classes
Are parenting classes worth the time and money? Get Effective Parenting Skills Online The new and only slightly familiar world of parenthood can be understandably quite daunting for first-time parents. Even with the knowledge and experience from your own childhood years and how you were parented by your primary caregivers, raising your children is an […]
Therapeutic Parenting – A Nurturing Solution for Children with Trauma
Therapeutic parenting strategies are a unique style of parenting that applies to families where children have a history of childhood trauma. This parenting is usually taught to foster or adopting parents who are going to care for children coming from broken homes. Read on to learn more about therapeutic parenting and understand how it helps […]
Attachment Parenting – 8 Steps to Bringing Up Well-Rounded Children
Times have changed, and so has parenting. We have now arrived at a time where it’s getting difficult to find the balance between love and discipline. Of course, the days of ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’ are long gone. But hasn’t it become awfully tricky nowadays to teach your kids the right values […]
A Parents Guide To Internet Safety For Kids
When I was a child, the Internet did not exist, but now internet safety for kids is essential and very important to get right. The Internet can be both an enjoyable and a dangerous place. Nowadays, there is practically no escaping it (unless you decide to become a hermit). Everyone has a smartphone, a tablet, […]
Are You A Helicopter Parent?
Is being a helicopter parent a good thing? Helicopter parent was a term that is said to be first used by Dr Haim Ginott’s 1969 book Parents & Teenagers by teens which described parents that would hover about them like a helicopter. This term became so popular that in 2011 it made it into the dictionary. Helicopter […]
3 Easy Homeschooling Tips
With homeschooling on a lot of parents’ minds nowadays, whether by choice or not, parents are scrambling to think of what activities their kids can do at home. Some schools are doing online classes or meetings, with homework being sent straight to the parents, while others are on an extended break. This “new normal” is […]
3 Great Ways To Raise Your Child’s EQ
In recent years, the term EQ, also known as emotional quotient or emotional intelligence, has become an ever-present part of conversations about parenting and raising children. As more and more parents realize the importance of raising resilient and well-rounded children, less focus has been put on increasing a child’s IQ, but also on making sure […]
What Is Attachment Parenting?
Attachment parenting is a term that most parents have heard of but are probably not quite sure what it means or entails. Some parents have probably learned a little about it but have dismissed it and declared, “That’s not for me. I can’t follow all those rules.” But what is attachment parenting really about? We’ve […]
5 Ways To Get Your Kids To Stop Bickering
If you’re a parent of two or more children, you’ll definitely agree that siblings will be bickering about anything and everything. Whether it’s about who got the Legos first or someone sitting too close to someone else, the bickering can seem non-stop. We’re sure you still remember the time when you were a child and […]