Teaching Your Child About Peers With Special Needs
According to her mother, 8-year-old J. is “really sweet and loves attention.” She goes to her friend’s house, does horseback...
Child Care
How to Handle the 4 Most Challenging Autism Behaviors
Does your child scream if he can’t wear his favorite shoes? Does he enjoy fondling material of certain textures without...
100 Questions to get to know your teenager
One thing that my wife and I discussed recently, was that we don’t talk to our child enough about some...
The Plastic Diet – How You Can Reduce Your Plastic Usage
Plastic is destroying the planet. From brushing and flossing your teeth to packing your vegetables in the supermarket, plastic has become...
6 Tips For Getting Your Kids To Volunteer
How parents and nannies can find the spark to turn a child into a lifelong volunteer. As much as we want to...
What foods do women crave during pregnancy and why?
While pregnancy cravings are often depicted as wildly dramatic, for a lot of pregnant women, they are no laughing matter....
Green Cleaning: 7 Natural Solutions That Really Work
Here’s how you can be more environmentally friendly when it comes to cleaning your home. Taking care of our environment...
How NOT to Tell Your Boss You’re Pregnant
11 tips for handling the scary “I’m pregnant!” conversation with your employer. The day you find out you’re pregnant may...
What to do when Grandma doesn’t respect your parenting rules
I often find myself wishing my family lived closer to either set of grandparents. From free childcare and frequent family...
8 Fun Homework Games
Take the “work” out of homework with these enjoyable and educational games. Though not always welcome, homework is a necessary...
8 Signs Elderly Relatives Need Assistance
With people living longer and longer, many families will have increasingly older parents and grandparents. As relatives age, they will require more...
Emergency Checklist for Elderly Relatives and Their Caregivers
How to be prepared for a crisis. We hope we’ll never need the information, but if there is an emergency...
Your Guide to Running While Pregnant
Pregnancy isn’t a reason to give up exercising, but you may need to reset your expectations. Find out more about...
Teaching Your Child to Ride a Bike
The thought of your child riding a bike for the first time can be as nerve-racking for you as for them. While riding...
6 Classic Games for Kids to Play — With a Twist!
Remember all those games you played as a child? Here are some optional twists on those old favourites! Want to...
9 Tips for Divorcees Hiring Childcare
While hiring the right childcare can be tricky at the best of times, doing so as a divorced parent can come with...
6 Common Dementia Behaviours and How to Manage Them
Confusion is commonly associated with dementia, but these other behaviours are also signs that a loved one may be experiencing memory loss....
Caregiver burnout is real. Here’s how professional caretakers deal with it.
Most of my days as a full-time nanny started out the same way: I would get up, shower, get coffee...
Keeping Your Children Safe on Halloween
While Halloween is one of the most exciting days of the year for children, it is often one of the...
Grandparents and Grandkids: 15 Reasons This Relationship Is Awesome
What makes grandparents and grandkids so special? From the general silliness to the extra source of love, this bond is...
Easy DIY Halloween Costumes for Pets
Whip up one of these 10 adorable pet costumes that won’t break the bank. Ever imagine the kind of person...
Pet Safety on Halloween
Halloween can be downright spooky for your pets. Between the stress caused by a stream of trick-or-treaters at the door,...
6 Mistakes I Made My First Year As A Mum — Which You Can Avoid
The journey of becoming a new parent is as beautiful and joyous as it is messy and exhausting. Most of...
How Your Housekeeper Can Help Make Your Christmas Stress-Free
Learn how to save time during the holiday season by relying on your housekeeper. Is your holiday to-do list so...
How to Help Your Child Cope When Saying Goodbye to A Nanny
From relocation to new employment, the working relationship between nannies and the family they work for can end for many reasons....
9 Ways for a Single Mum to Survive the Holidays
November and December are holiday bonanza months. Your kids are likely glassy-eyed with excitement and expectations and we single mums...
Conversations You Should Have with Your Employer Before the Holidays
Get ahead of your holiday schedule and talk to your employer about their Christmas plans now. The holiday season shakes...
7 Tips for Elderly People Who Are Alone for The Holidays
Here are some tips and tricks you can use to make this holiday season an enjoyable one. With the holidays...
A Caregiver’s Guide to Dealing with Dementia
If the person you care for has been diagnosed with dementia, it’s important to realise that many things will change over time....
Is Your Baby Teething Early? Here Are 4 Common Parent Worries
Can your baby be teething at 3 months old? While most infants get their first teeth between 4 and 6...
8 Ways To Manage Sandwich Generation Stress
If you find yourself at the end of the day feeling drained and worrying about not doing enough, then demands...
How to Interview an Au Pair
An au pair is a foreign national who moves to a different country to provide child care, while taking language classes and...
Is a Postpartum Doula Right for You?
Postpartum doulas provide physical, practical and emotional support to new mums at home. Do you need one? You’ve just had a...
Getting the Most Out of Your Tutor
How to manage and evaluate the private tutors and instructors you have hired. Once you have hired a tutor, you may be relieved to step aside...
Back-to-School Blues: How You Can Help Your Kids Beat Back-to-School Anxiety
As the summer draws to a close, many families are dealing with anxiety about going back to school — or in some...
7 Things Tutors Should Never Do
Avoid these mistakes during your tutoring job. An effective tutor can mean the difference between failure and success for someone struggling...
Are You Scared of Your Child?
5 signs you fear your kids, and how you can change their behaviour. Parents fearing their children is more common than you might...
Overcoming Problems with Your Employer
Disagreements between caregivers and their employers are often a result of lack of communication. Here are some tips to prevent arguments or conflicts....
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Hiring an Au Pair
Questions to ask yourself to find out if hiring an au pair is the right decision for you. Are you thinking about hiring...
Au Pair Tips: What to Do If You Feel Homesick
How you can fight homesickness and have an amazing au pair experience. When you travel far away from your friends and...