It’s the little things that are big things to kids. But as parents, sometimes we can tend to focus too much on the big picture, on the possibilities, on the future. There is a famous poem that makes me tear up every time I read it: “If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again”… {read more}
Parenting
How Mindfulness Can Help You Better Manage Motherhood
Guest Post by Dr Elise Bialylew Motherhood is an exhilarating spiritual journey of epic proportions where each day we are faced with the privilege of witnessing our most creative project flourish. That’s on a good day. On a bad day it’s an exhausting, frustrating ride where we are tested beyond our limits through sleep deprivation,… {read more}
5 Questions Every Positive Parent Should Ask Themselves
In Rebecca Eanes’ latest book – The Positive Parenting Workbook: An Interactive Guide for Strengthening Emotional Connection – she writes some advice I wholeheartedly agree with: While it’s tempting to point fingers at our kids, our spouse, or others for the challenges we’re facing at home, it’s essential to take a step back and examine… {read more}
How to Talk to Kids About Body Image
It seems like everywhere our family goes these days, we cannot avoid advertisements featuring semiclad, photoshopped and unrealistically photogenic people. They are on the back of buses, on billboards, in shop windows, on food and toy labels, in magazines and media wherever we look. I can’t help but worry about the messages these advertisements are sending… {read more}
5 Stress Less Tips for Settling a Child Into New Activities
Preparation is often the key to having a positive new experience, wouldn’t you agree? When I prepare for a presentation or prepare to go out for dinner with a group of people I don’t know well – rather than just jumping into it without giving myself time to get ready and get in the right… {read more}
6 Ways to Use Finger Puppet Play to Increase Confidence
Young children are facing new situations every day. They often have feelings and reactions to experiences that seem “little” to us but are really “big” to them. Sometimes figuring out what our little ones find scary or funny or interesting is a surprise! Working with our children – trying to understand them and support them –… {read more}
Rainy Day Activities Free Printable
Oh no it’s raining! No one wants to go out and you are stuck for ideas on what to do at home… I’m so glad you found this post. It can be frustrating to cancel outdoor plans and feel a bit isolating to be at home when rainy days hit unexpectedly (or even if you… {read more}
6 Effective Ways to Make Learning Fun for Young Kids
Every day children are absorbing the world around them. They have a natural desire to try new things and learn about how things work. Children are also unique human beings and, like adults, like to learn in different ways. I have never known this so intensely than when I became a parent of two boys… {read more}
