To most parents, starting another school year of distance learning is a great challenge. After all, most parents don’t have a professional training background for teaching. And trying to teach your children can bring back some unpleasant memories such as when mom was trying to teach you how to drive or solve a complex mathematical… {read more}
5 Ways To Keep Your Children Productive At Home
Many parents have been left vulnerable with managing children at home while balancing the new normal of pandemic life. If you feel that you are becoming a substitute teacher for now – you are not alone! This is a guest post from Musa Mawanda, Ph. D, the Founder and CEO of Lugelo, Inc., a mobile and… {read more}
6 Ways Gardening Can Benefit Children
Being outside in the garden and in the fresh air is an amazing experience for everyone. But did you also know that gardening can develop various muscles and skills for children that they will use all throughout life? Here are just a few benefits that your child will gain from working out in the garden…. {read more}
10 (New) Ways to Make Mom Friends
This post is by Megan Hyche, author of Match Made in Motherhood. Maybe you and your best friends made a pregnancy pact and you all had kids together. Maybe you’re in a tight-knit community where the moms all stick together. If that’s you, then feel free to skip this article. For the rest of us, making mom… {read more}
How to Talk to Children about Mental Illness
This is a guest post by Dr. Dawn Brown Psych MD. Even as an adult, conversations about mental illness are tough. For kids, mental illness can be completely bewildering, especially if they’re watching someone they love walk through it or experiencing it themselves. As a parent, your instinct may be to protect your child from… {read more}
8 Easy Tips to Foster Independence in Young Children
This is guest post from Tanja Mcilroy of Empowered Parents. Parenting is all about raising children to be the best versions of themselves and going confidently into the world of adulthood. The early years are the best time to start teaching independence. Since children do what you do, not necessarily what you say, you are… {read more}
10 Ways to Help Children Develop A Strong Work Ethic
This is a guest post by Ron Stefanski, founder of JobsForTeensHQ.com A strong work ethic is one of the keys to a leading a successful adult life, and not just in the workplace! A well developed and healthy work ethic is a skill best learned in childhood and will serve a person throughout their entire adult life,… {read more}
How to Become a More Active Family
This is a guest post written by Demmy James, a fitness professional who believes in motivating people towards their personal health and fitness goals. Via Unsplash When it comes to setting a good example for your children, starting with physical activity is integral. By instilling good exercise and activity habits in your kids at a… {read more}