Category: Parenting

  • 7 Parenting Techniques to (Try to) Get Toddlers to Cooperate

    7 Parenting Techniques to (Try to) Get Toddlers to Cooperate

    If there were one universal truth we would argue that attempting to get your toddler to listen is one of the greatest challenges in the world. Although there is sometimes reason behind why they refuse to behave, this usually isn’t the case. Let’s face it; toddlers aren’t the most reasonable beings. It might be tempting…

  • Easy Ways to Make Sure Your Kids Feel Loved

    Easy Ways to Make Sure Your Kids Feel Loved

    Many people claim that it is impossible to truly understand what love is until you’ve a child of your own. That the love that we have for our children is insurmountable. However, despite all the love, it can be difficult to truly convey to them how loved they are, and for them to realize this,…

  • My Kids Are Bored and Yours Probably Are Too (And That’s Okay)

    My Kids Are Bored and Yours Probably Are Too (And That’s Okay)

    Being bored allows our creative juices to flow and can even increase our happiness.

  • Clever Parenting Ideas That Will Make You Laugh

    Clever Parenting Ideas That Will Make You Laugh

    Parenting is the hardest, most life consuming job out there. Parenting kids changes as they get older, but it never really gets easier. The best way to get through the tough spots is with a bit of ingenuity and humour, after all, you are the gate keeper when it comes to most things. Anyone can…

  • 20 Honest Parenting Pro Tips

    20 Honest Parenting Pro Tips

    I’ve been a parent for 5 years now, and I have two kids. Let me tell you, there are a lot of parenting tips out there, many written by people that don’t have kids, or parents that lie to themselves. To be honest, most of those lists makes me feel like I am doing a…

  • Easy Ways to be an Effective Parent

    Easy Ways to be an Effective Parent

    Parenting is not an easy task, so we’ve compiled a bank of some simple, yet effective ways to successfully parent, without it becoming an elaborate or complicated task. Set Appropriate Limits Take Charge Children need limits, this helps them to manage and understand society. Setting boundaries is a way of showing love to your child,…

  • Do Children Spend Too Much Time In Front Of A Screen?

    Do Children Spend Too Much Time In Front Of A Screen?

    Kids are spending more time than in the past in front of screens, and it might be suppressing their capability to understand emotions, according to new research out from the University of California, LA. The study, published in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour, found that 6th graders who went 5 days without exposure to…

  • American Children Eat More Fries Than Vegetables

    American Children Eat More Fries Than Vegetables

    Toddlers in the United States are more likely to eat french fries than green vegetables on any given day, according to a new national survey on children’s eating habits. Many young children also go with no vegetables in any way, the survey found. One in four 6- to one in five 12 months olds and…

  • Dealing With Teen Behavior Problems

    Dealing With Teen Behavior Problems

    Stress and anxiety levels in teens have significantly elevated over the last few years. As the responsibility for the world around them put on their shoulders heavier, increasingly more teenagers are facinghealth problems both on the physical and on the emotional sides. As a parent, it’s hard to handle these problems or frequently even know…