Category Archives for "Parenting"

Tips For Best Preparing Your Preschooler For Grade School

Starting grade school is an exciting milestone for preschoolers and their parents. However, it can also be a period of uncertainty and fear. To ensure a smooth transition and help prepare your little one for this big step, focusing on building their confidence, independence, and social skills are of utmost importance. A quality  preschool program […]

Teaching Children How to Behave

Tabula rasa defines the idea of having no preconceived ideas or understanding. At birth, children are said to be blank slates, meaning they are without the advantage of interpreting the world or how they are expected to interact in it. In order to teach children, adults must guide them in a way that develops their […]

Helping Children Take Responsibility

It can be frustrating when children do not take responsibility for their actions. For the most part, children who do not accept responsibility may blame others or forces beyond their control, thus making it difficult for them to admit any wrongdoing or to offer an apology. When children refuse to accept responsibility, adults can find […]

Making Separation Easier

When children separate from their parents it can be a tearful and challenging time for all involved. From the child’s perspective, it is little surprise that they prefer the parent to stick around. They are, after all, the people who children rely on and enjoy the company of most. When children tear up it is […]

Supporting Children Through Separation

When parents separate it can be difficult for everyone involved. The nature of separation often means that parents do not leave their relationship amicably without emotions making an already testing situation more difficult. With children, separation is not as simple as resolving the loss of hopes and dreams regarding the  fallen relationship. Instead, it becomes […]

Teaching Boredom

Boredom is something that we inevitably face over and over in life.  When boredom strikes it is often thought we need to distract children from its clutches, however, boredom plays a significant role in supporting the development of specific life skills.  While boredom seems less like something parents would wish to expose children to and […]

How A Parent Creates Their Child’s Solid Learning Foundation

Your perfect baby is growing faster than you can blink and, here it is, time to enrol them in childcare/preschool. Or had you not thought seriously about it? Quality early learning (childcare/Preschool) has been proven, via multiple studies, to establish and deepen your child’s development base via physical and mental stimulation, social-emotional skills advancement and […]

How A Parent Can Better Understand Their Child’s Challenging Behaviour

Parenting is hugely rewarding and has moments of significant challenges. Puzzling is another word that jumps to mind when dear, sweet Ava or Adam experience a tantrum time-bomb out of the blue. In the ‘old days,’ a child having tantrums was labelled as a naughty or disruptive child and was punished, sometimes quite harshly. Nowadays, […]