Crate Training Your Dog: A Good or Bad Idea?
Putting a dog in a crate may seem sad and isolating to many pet owners. However it is important to...
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Age-Appropriate Chores for Kids: How to Get Them Done
Setting a list of age-appropriate chores for kids to complete each week is a great way to teach them about...
Disciplining Toddlers: Six Top Tips
The terrible-twos are called the terrible-twos for a reason: disciplining toddlers can be incredibly testing for parents to say the...
Last-Minute House Cleaning Check-List
It’s Sod’s law: The one time your friend or family calls last minute, announcing that they will be visiting in...
Disciplining Children: 11 Common Mistakes
Parents tend to fall into a lot of traps when it comes to disciplining children, and this can make the...
15 Natural Ways to Induce Labour
The days before birth can be an exhausting, uncomfortable and frustrating time for a mother to be. Thankfully, there are...
Language Games to Support Speech Development
There are many ways for parents, nannies or babysitters to aid their children reach their language milestones. The answer lies,...
Language Development Milestones
Every parent looks forward to their baby’s first words. Language development is one of the biggest milestones there is for...
Positive Punishment to Change Children’s Behaviour
Your child calls you a bad name and, as a result, you’re making them scrub the toilet. That’s an example...
When to Start Brushing Baby Teeth
The question of when to start brushing baby teeth can sometimes feel inconsequential. After all, baby teeth eventually fall out...
Intellectual Development in 5 Year Olds
By the time they are ready to start reception, your toddler will have morphed into an independent little person. At...
Is My Baby Getting Enough Breast Milk?
You breastfeed your baby several times a day, but how do you know when they have eaten enough? After all,...
House Training a Puppy
Do you have a new puppy in the house? How exciting! Now it’s time to start the toilet training process....
Top Tips For Teaching Children to Write
Your little one’s artwork is transitioning from scribbles to stick figures, and they’re learning to colour inside the lines. As...
How to Stop Thumb Sucking in Children
Your little on sucking their thumb may look cute, but you’re envisioning footing a hefty orthodontist bill one day. Should...
Learning to Ride a Bike
Whether your children are cycling to and from the park or racing friends, riding a bike can be a real...
Different Ways to Thank Your Nanny
Your nanny is an important part of your family. They spend a lot of time and hard work doing things...
Nanny Boundaries: When Is a Relationship Too Close?
Naturally, when you and your children spend so much time with your nanny, they can become an integrated and important...
Hobbies for Children
The good news is that children aren’t just glued to computers all day! They’re getting back to nature. Hobbies that...
What To Do When Your Child Is Rude
After dinner at a friend’s house, you quietly instruct your 5-year-old to thank your host for a nice time. Without...
What to Do When Your Child is the Bully
No one said raising children would be easy. But nothing cuts to the core of a parent’s insecurity greater than...
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You will undoubtedly have been the apple of your mother’s eye growing up. Since you were born, she probably thought...
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Father’s Day Cards For Children To Make
A homemade father’s day card or gift for Dad goes a long way. Fill an afternoon with creativity, and maybe...
How To Throw A Kids’ Halloween Party
Throwing a kids’ Halloween party is one of the best ways to celebrate All Hallows Eve with your children and...
The Best Natural Cold Remedies for Children
It comes with little warning. One minute your child is charging around and the next, they’re bunged up and coughing...
Moving a Parent In: Creating Boundaries and Expectations
The decision to move a parent into your house can follow a crisis. Maybe they’ve had a stroke and you’ve...
Women’s Hair Loss: How to Spot It and Treat It
When you brush your hair are you pulling out handfuls at a time? Do you constantly need to de-clog the...
When Potty Training Isn’t Working
It’s only natural for parents to get jealous when they hear of potty training prodigies who wet themselves for the...
6 Tips to Be a Successful Stay-at-Home-Parent
You’ve decided to stay home with your children. Congratulations on making a very important, yet often difficult decision. And welcome...
The Best White Lies Parents Tell Their Children
Lying is wrong. Always tell the truth. That’s what we tell them of course. But let’s be honest, all parents...
Kitten Care Stages: Newborn to 72 Weeks
Newborn kittens look about as much like full-grown cats as tadpoles look like frogs. They are hairless, pink, temporarily blind...
6 Ways Cats Make Your Life Better
Owning a pet is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Beyond the companionship they offer, the...
9 Things Never to Say to a Stay-at-Home Mum
For those who don’t spend all day, every day with their children, the job of a stay-at-home mother can be...
Fighting in Front of Your Children: Why You Need to Stop
Every couple argues. However, fighting in front of your children can have damaging effects on them. Follow our tips to...
15 Things I Wish I’d Known about Newborns
There’s nothing quite like learning that you’re going to become a mother. Of all the titles you’ve held up to...
Help Your Child Master Night Time Potty Training
Let’s face it; one of the best moments in a parent’s day is when their child finally falls asleep. Staring...
Handling Awkward Moments with Children
The chances are, you have — or will — experience certain embarrassing and awkward moments with your little one that...
How to Explain Divorce to Children
For many parents, the ‘divorce conversation’ is one of the most difficult conversations you can have with your children. For...
How to Ease Your Dog’s Fear of Loud Noises
At some point or another, almost all dog-owners have had to deal with their fearful dog running and hiding under...