If only we were given a manual for this parenting gig—a universal tome that tells us exactly what we need to do to raise our children to be happy, healthy, well-adjusted humans. Turns out there mi...
Tag: kids
When Shyness Becomes Serious
Most children are slow to warm up to strangers and new situations—this is both normal, and important for young ones in learning to assess safety risks of the unknown. Labelling this behaviour as ‘...
Tips to Help Your Toddler Adjust to a Sibling
Bringing a sibling into your toddler’s life can bring them so much joy—but plenty hard lessons will be learned, too; primarily the fact that they’re no longer the centre of the familial universe...
Is Alexa Teaching Kids Bad Manners?
We live in a technologically privileged time; food can be ordered, facts can be found, and annoying songs can be summoned with a mere uttered instruction. And all without even saying please. Is this...
Kids Ask 73 Questions a Day–Are You Ready?
According to a survey of 1,500 people, children ask 73 questions every day - 50% of which mums and dads have no clue how to answer. It may take a while for your bubs to build the vocab necessary to ba...
Is there a ‘Best’ Age Gap between Kids?
When it comes to having kids, even our best laid plans are subject to the whims of nature; so attempting to create the 'perfect' spacing between siblings is hardly a straightforward process. The conce...
Can Skype Sessions Make Meaningful Interactions with Our Kids?
We live in the digi-age; so tech is both an integral and inescapable part of life. Immediate access to people and information is both incredible and tyrannous--the art is to find balance. (more&hel...
Undercover Reporter Reveals How Many Misuse Parent-Child Parking Spaces
The proper use of parent-child parking bays is an ongoing debate - the fuel for many a shopper's furore. You've no doubt experienced the conflict over the reserved spaces firsthand; but just in case ...
Moonlite: Transform Bedtime with the New Smartphone Attachment
Snuggling up for stories never gets old - but it can get more magical… One night mum Natalie Rebot was making shadow puppets on the ceiling for her four-year-old daughter Chloe, using a smartph...
8 Ways to Prepare Your Child for a Sibling
My firstborn finally has a sibling. It’s been a long ten month wait (an absolute eternity for a four year old - quite possibly the same when you're the pregnant one), but the look of pure joy when...
