Child Development

Guide Your Child Properly on Their Journey to the Stars   Helping your child reach for the stars doesn’t mean that you have to prepare them for the celebrity life from their early childhood. Of course, if your child expresses interest in this kind of life, there’s nothing wrong with giving ...

Co-Parenting and school   Who else here haves children in Kindergarten and ready to start school in 2018? Have you decided which school they will be going to? Have you chosen a school and your ex another? Being a parent is tough enough but when you are battling an ex as well it can feel like t...

Learning a language Made Better with E-Learning Technologies Use of computers and new technologies have become a crucial part of our lives and have taken over every facet of it, including education. With the help of technology, educators, students and parents alike, have a variety of learning tools...

How to Promote Your Child’s Development with Modern Toys All kids love toys. That’s a given, and something that all parents deal with and most of us actively encourage. Not only do we love seeing our kids happy, but we know it’s important to keep them entertained if we want to get anything at ...

10 Free Online Resources and Apps for Kids with Dyslexia For a long time, kids with dyslexia were overlooked in the classroom. It was assumed that they just weren’t very bright, or that they were disruptive due to bad behaviour rather than frustration. This is no longer the case, and teachers are ...

How to Bring Zen into Your Child’s Room Let’s be honest – decorating a child’s room is a nightmare for most parents! With all those toys, books, clothes and other unwanted clutter all over the place, it’s only natural to feel this way. However, kids are supposed to be unorganized and this...

Kindergarten Matters: The Importance of Early Childhood Education   As the kids hit pre-school age, many parents are left wondering whether enrolling their children in kindergarten is the right decision. It’s important to mention that kids learn a lot about the world around them in early chil...

How Pets Aid in Raising  Children   Every single parent on this planet tells themselves at some point ‘I want to raise my child to be a good person’. And there are too many factors to count what actually influences raising children right and what makes the most difference. However, the sa...

Mental Health Impact of Child Sexual Abuse in Later Life   Child abuse violates the trust at the core of a child's relationship with the world (Walker, 1994). There is no denying the connection between child sexual abuse and adverse mental health of adults.   This article looks at some of ...

5 Night Routines for Parents to Overcome Fatigue and Help Their Baby Sleep Longer When you hear them purr and gurgle, now that’s when your heart melts and your whole body goes into a spiral of emotions, with your brain screaming “It’s impossible I’ve given birth to THIS adorable creature!”...

Help Your Children Make the Best New Year’s Resolutions   January is always the perfect time to start fresh, give up a poor habit or establish a new, healthy one. So, yes, it is the perfect time for all the “New Year – New Me” goals. We often see New Year’s resolutions as exclusively ...

Ways to Have More Grateful Kids This Christmas   Christmas holidays are the most exciting part of the year. The build-up to it starts months earlier and in the end the excitement pays off in the form of gift giving. It’s a fine tradition, and kids are especially looking forward to it. On the ...

Why I Encourage My Child to Play Outside   Playing outside is the perfect opportunity for kids to be kids. Not to mention, it’s good for their health too. It's the place for them to run around, hop, skip, jump, and do all sorts of activity that gets their bodies moving. According to author an...

Are You Overreacting Because You Are Tired? Have you ever found yourself overreacting or going mad at your child because you were tired beyond your limits? I don’t know a parent who hasn’t had one day when they wish bedtime would come sooner rather than later. This is normal. It does not mean yo...

4 Tips on dealing with an Overtired Child As a parent an overtired child can be a little monster! Personally I do everything I can to avoid my daughter from becoming overtired.  If you are anything like me you will also never want to be around when your child becomes overtired; I try to avoid the m...

How to Approach your Child's Learning Disability the Right Way Finding out that your child has a learning disability of some kind is definitely not something you simply acknowledge and immediately start dealing with. It often hits both the parents and the child like lightning. More often than not, t...

Parenting During Exam Time   Parenting children itself is an extremely difficult task let alone parenting during exam time. Exams have the ability to turn children into stressed robots. Over the last month we have brought you articles on how your children can get through this period. This artic...

How to Approach Exam Season Exam time can frequently be unpleasant and nerve-wracking. How does your child approach exam season? While some anxiety can be positive, being excessively curious or tense can be dangerous. This is particularly so when the event that it meddles with your final result. Rig...

Tips for Getting Through Exams Exam time is one of the most anxious and nerve-racking time for many students either before or after exams and in many cases both. What to contemplate and what not to is a conundrum most students face. This article presents some useful tips on getting through exams so ...

Studying for Exams: Helping Your Children Develop the Best Way to Study for Their Exams Studying for exams can be a tremendous problem not only for children but also for parents. Many parents are dumbfounded when it comes to helping their children develop a way to study efficiently and effectively. ...