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When your family is ready to take the leap into pet ownership, it can be easy to wonder how the transition period will be. It doesn’t have to be difficult, but there are some tips to keep in mind. With kids involved, it’s easy to get caught up in the …

Spatial awareness development in children is vitally important. Spatial awareness is crucial in our daily lives because we interact and move through surroundings each and every day. You are probably wondering what precisely spatial awareness is. It basically is having the capability of being aware of objects in space and …

Parents play an important role in helping their children adjust fast after joining college. As a parent, you need to start creating a learning environment for your child and let them understand how high school life differs from college life. In addition to helping your child to adjust to college …

Children explore the world with their bodies, so their mental and physical skills develop hand in hand. Many parents shop for the most attractive pictures with simple arithmetic, but the best educational toys for toddlers are the ones that involve their bodies and fingers. Such activities help them acquire and …

Many children for generations have had their parents, grandparents, or teachers singing or saying children’s rhymes to them. The comfortable rhythm of rhyme for kids or rhyme verses, allows kids at a young age, even babies to recognise familiar rhyming words.  They begin by anticipating what is going to come …

Because you are not a disorder, my son, Not a blue puzzle piece On a clinical spectrum. But neither are you normal, You’re a piece of God’s own daydreams A reflection of aching joy. No, you’re not normal. You are… beloved.” Jason Hague – A Reflection of Aching Joy I …

According to government statistics, a total of 251,551 babies were born from mothers between the ages of 20-25 in 2018. This number isn’t as staggering compared to the US, where a baby is born every 8 seconds. As an expectant parent, this begs the question: how prepared are you to …

Some parents are skilled crafters. Others do well to cut paper in a reasonably straight line. No matter which group you fall into, crafting with your kids is a great way to bring the family together and children of all ages develop valuable life skills along the way. Here are …

When you think about it, reading is a rather complex task. Children must make sense of letters, sounds, words, sentence types, punctuation, and many other structures. The learning doesn’t stop there though. Reading is not simply reciting words on a page. It is a meaning-making process that children bring their …

“Parenting is challenging at the best of times, but the last 15 months have seen moms and dads juggling more than ever,” says Amanda Rogaly, founder and Chief Mommy at online parenting and lifestyle portal BabyYumYum. At a time when parents need trusted advice and support the most, BabyYumYum is …

It is virtually impossible for anyone to go through life without making a single mistake. In some cases mistakes are momentous, changing the course of your life and those around you. In other cases, mistakes are more like regrets, things that you wish you could have done differently.  But, whatever …

When a baby or toddler refuses certain foods or does not eat at regular mealtimes which adults are accustomed to, it can create tension and anxiety. Without an understanding of how young children eat, many parents find themselves disillusioned about feeding their child and misunderstand them as “fussy” eaters. This …

A free training course, based on the Skill Cup mobile app and developed with the Kaspersky Security Awareness platform team, has been launched today to help parents and their kids better navigate cybersecurity and digital ethics. Designed to cover key issues and challenges that children may face while using their …

Developing organisational skills is important in holistic child development, and a key step in their path towards independence and academic success. Children are capable and competent and will respond to the opportunity to be organised, an education expert says. “Organisational skills help children create order in their environment and the …

In a country where violence against women and children is perpetuated and bullying in schools has tragic ramifications, many are asking the question: What can our society do to address the root cause of such behaviour, and how can we free our children and future generations from the cycle of …

Over the last 14 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world in so many ways – especially in how we educate our children. All parents during this period have had to undertake some form of homeschooling at certain times. But it’s been moms, in particular, who have been among …

I’ve seen a number of online discussions about Rooilavental for babies, mostly moms asking where they can get it from. Having never heard about Rooilavental and wondering what it is for I tried researching it myself online and came up with absolutely no information on it. I found this very …