Getting creative with cardboard
Swamped with leftover boxes from the holidays?
Get creative with your kids and celebrate Boxing Day
with some quick and easy ideas for reusing cardboard.
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Kids and chores
Getting kids to do chores can be a chore in
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and of itself. Get some tips on how to make
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Dealing with unwanted advice
Parenting often comes with a lot of unsolicited and unwanted
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advice. Some of it can be harder to ignore than others. Get some
tips on how to deal with all those amateur parenting experts you
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Finding time for self-care
The holidays can be a busy time for many families.
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Parents often find themselves feeling pulled in all directions.
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Managing Difficult Behaviour
If you’re familiar with the “terrible-twos”
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or “terrible-threes” with your child,
then you’ll be familiar with the difficult task
of responding to your child’s behaviour.
Get some tips on how to respond to your child in a
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The Importance of Play
Play is an essential part of a child’s
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development and has been shown to be
an essential part of early learning. Playing is
one of the many ways young children learn and
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Responding to Whines
Young children often whine to get attention
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from the parents. Sometimes it is not a
concious strategy on the part of child but rather
a learned behaviour from the parents. Usually
whinining occurs because the child is not getting
what they want right away. There are effective and
non-effective ways of getting the child to respond in
a more positive way. Get the tips here! -
Reading
Reading can become a fun time to spend
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with young children. Remember to not feel embarrassed
by animating your voice and acting out the story line.
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Making Friends
Learning to form friendships may be a
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challenge for some children, but making and
retaining relationships is an important skill to
have for developing social interaction and
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Raising Successful Kids
What do you need to do as a parent
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to raise a successful kid? Madeline Levine is
the author of a NY Times article that references the
research of developmental psychologists, Baumrind
Dweck from the U. of California Berkeley and Stanford
University, respectively.
