After I gave birth to my three older children, I wrote a detailed summary of their birth story. This helped me process the experience and also record the day’s events so I could share the story with each child in the future. However with my last child, born a few weeks ago, my husband actually… {read more}
Parenting
9 Ways to Connect with Family You Can’t Visit
In just over a week, I’m flying to the United States see my parents for the first time in nearly three years! To say I’m super excited is an understatement! A lot of families have been separated due to the pandemic, especially where we live in in Australia because there are border closures often and… {read more}
How to Help Children Gain Social Skills When They Study at Home
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}
How to Manage Anxiety about Family Living Overseas during COVID-19
With many of us living far from family during this time of travel restrictions, wellness expert Orion Talmay is posting on the blog today to share some tips for managing anxiety. Though the state of the world at the moment isn’t unprecedented in the grand scheme of things, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic might well be a once-in-a-generation… {read more}
Practical Strategies to Teach Conflict Resolution
Do you need practical strategies to teach conflict resolution to your children? This is a guest post from Erin Swanson, Co-founder and CCO of RAISE Programs, a social emotional program for children and their families. When I first became a teacher, I thought I was helping my students by intervening in their conflicts. It was… {read more}
100 Ways to Support Myself During Quarantine {Free Printable}
I’ve seen a lot of articles shared on social media lately, exploring ways people are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Sometimes they focus on being productive, other times they focus on self-care… there are endless angles to take and endless issues/situations to account for during this unique time in our collective history. So many lives… {read more}
