Being a parent is not an easy job, and bringing up the children in a proper way is even more difficult. Most of the parents are least prepared and often confused about this. For the parents who want to bring up their children more properly and effectively, here are certain …
Parenting Styles
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But, don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.” “Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time, when …
What is an Orphan?
Here is what an orphan girl thinks about it: “Childhood is the most beautiful period of our journey here on the Earth, because it is the time when we get to know many things and experiences that contribute and influence our way to maturity. Yet, I don’t know if someone …
Is the Easter Bunny Real?
Little children believe what their parents tell them. Their little trusting eyes light up at the thought of a cute bunny coming to give presents in the spring. The cute chocolate bunny-shaped candies, colored eggs and jelly beans are abundant during the holiday. The candy, the Easter egg hunts, and …
Help your Children See Beyond Themselves: Instill in them a Worldview
By Lana Christian What scene do you face each day from dinnertime to bedtime? If you have kids, you’ll likely face at least a few of these: “I’m starving!” “That’s mine!” “I wanna …” “Gimme!” “Mooommmmm!” “He took ..” “She hit …” “Dad said …” “Can you?” No magic potion …
How to Deal with Your Child’s Privacy
Letting Curiosity Get the Better of You! As a parent, you might struggle with your child’s privacy. While cleaning his room, the temptation to look at a crumpled stack of papers on the desk, flip through an unlocked diary, or poke around the closet can be too strong to resist. …
Parenting Teenage Girls
What’s perhaps even worse than the dangerous opportunities teen girls are at risk for is the fact that most of them will not talk to their parents about these dangers they face. No matter how good your communication is with your daughter, there are things she will not and cannot …
But I’m Just a Kid
My seven year old refuses to make her bed. The reason? I’m too young. Who, I demand to know, has told her she’s too young? But the question lingers with no answer, perhaps it was me who encouraged her to loiter in her babyhood for more number of years than …
Parenting – Key to being a Patient Parent
Patience is probably the key skill that a parent needs to master when it comes to dealing with kids. It always seems so simple and easy to lose patience, and yet so difficult and sometimes almost impossible to find more of it. Here’s some help… Communicate: Poor communication sabotages any …
Winning The Losers
Ever since we’re born, we’re expected to excel. Babies are pressurized to start talking, eating, walking, etc., as fast as possible. Once they reach the toddler stage, they are expected to learn their alphabets and numbers quickly. And the pressure to excel begins! We as a society are obsessed with …