Children
Published: 18/05/2008
Parents need some tools to engage the co-operation of children. The following are some useful tips for me that I learn from Parenting with Confidence Workshop and would like to share with you.
1. Give time for preparation
Some children need time to prepare of a departure or a change in...
Published: 17/05/2008
For most kids, bedroom cleaning is one of the top dreaded of all household chores. It falls within the ranks of scooping the poop or spending an entire Saturday afternoon cleaning the garage. Many moms get such opposition to this dreaded chore, often they just end up cleaning their children's...
Published: 17/05/2008
Let's face it, homeschooling is messy! It makes for a messy house, messy kids, and an overall messier life. Don't we all, as homeschool moms, desire for the picture perfect day like in a Norman Rockwell painting-- a cozy house filled with fresh faced, bare-footed children, diligently working...
Published: 17/05/2008
What was your favourite toy when you were young? Mine was a bucket of bricks. Those plastic bricks with the bumps on the top that let you click them together and build whatever your imagination let you. I used to have one great box of these bricks and used to build everything from houses to...
Published: 17/05/2008
A couple of keywords or phrases which are banded about a good deal in our consumer society today are 'organic' and 'eco-friendly', and you may just have noticed that these are now no longer confined to the fruits and vegetables at your local supermarket, but are now being used to promote ranges...
Published: 17/05/2008
It's very easy for parents to become wistful about the simple old toys of yesteryear, when toys demanded real imagination, and everything wasn't done for you. It's certainly possible to be quick to jump at toys today that do some much, labelled as interactive, and as far as your concerned, that...
Published: 17/05/2008
It's very easy for parents to become wistful about the simple old toys of yesteryear, when toys demanded real imagination, and everything wasn't done for you. It's certainly possible to be quick to jump at toys today that do some much, labelled as interactive, and as far as your concerned, that...
Published: 17/05/2008
When I was a little boy I used to play with a whole range of toy guns. Some had caps, which made a satisfying 'crack' as they exploded, whilst others were no more than a couple of twigs tied together with a bit of string. I had long rifles, short pistols and gunslinger style revolvers. I used to...
Published: 17/05/2008
When I was a little boy I used to play with a whole range of toy guns. Some had caps, which made a satisfying 'crack' as they exploded, whilst others were no more than a couple of twigs tied together with a bit of string. I had long rifles, short pistols and gunslinger style revolvers. I used to...
Published: 17/05/2008
Should boys play with toy guns and girls play with dolls? Or, putting it another way, should boys play with dolls and girls play with toy guns? There is a great deal of debate on the subject of toys and gender stereotyping, with people very much divided into one camp or another. There is...
