How good are you at math? When you put that question to many people, most probably will tell you that math isn’t their strongest subject. Way too many people are scared of math and avoid it.
Cynthia Martin shares about the importance of talking about drugs with your children.
Play is an amazing thing. Children can do it without even having a toy. They can do it with empty bottles, a pot, wooden spoons or empty boxes. These are called “open-ended” toys because they can be used in many ways.
To have your child ready for life, you need to begin in his earliest years.
Eating dinner together is a very special time. Actually, there aren’t a lot of times that are quite like this. Everyone is together. It is a time that each person can talk about their day. It is a time for each person to feel important to the others in the family. But in order to get all of the specialness that is possible with dinner, there are a few rules.
From their beginning years, the main way children learn is through play. Play, more than any other activity, supports the healthy development of young children. Through play, much of the child’s early learning takes place.
Babies aren’t the only ones who enjoy blocks. Most children and even some adults get considerable enjoyment playing with blocks. You can build all kinds of things with blocks — towers, bridges, houses and anything else you can think of.
As a parent you have quite a bit of power. Most of it is because your child wants to have you like what she does.
We recently celebrated New Year’s Eve and there are many people who get into making New Year’s Resolutions. Maybe you are one who doesn’t like them and absolutely never makes them. Maybe you are one who says people make resolutions and never keep them.
What does it take to be a healthy eater? I don’t know that I can fully answer that. But there are some special ways we should be introducing foods and healthy habits to our children.
As a parent, one of your most important goals is to raise children who become independent and self-reliant people. Certainly as babies, your child relies on you.
Family traditions both small or big ones are special. They are the rituals that families hand down from one generation to the next. They promote a feeling of closeness and even strengthen the bonds within the family. They create emotional safety, security and fond memories for all the family.
It isn’t Buffalo, but it is a lot colder and wetter than most parents want to send their child out to play.
