One of our family’s goals in 2017 is to live a more earth-friendly lifestyle. We want to become more mindful about our daily practices that impact the environment, and really consider if the choices we are making are good for the earth in the long term. Create a Greener Lifestyle With Kids Consideration for the… {read more}
Parenting
How to Teach Your Kids Responsible Eating Habits {Free Printable Chart for Kids}
It was lunch time. My six-year-old had eaten his yoghurt, carrot sticks, and apple slices but then he stopped in his tracks. “Why do I have to eat my sandwich?” he asked. It was a light bulb moment for me because, although I knew my kids were already familiar with the basic food groups we… {read more}
Cleaning Skills for Kids to Learn {Free Printable}
Brought to you by Nuffnang and Vileda I will gratefully admit that I had a cleaner come once or twice a fortnight for most of my first few years of motherhood. I considered it a necessary expense for my mental sanity. Life with young kids is messy, you know! And with a shift-working husband and… {read more}
How to Choose a Child Care Provider + All About Me Free Printable
Choosing child care – what age to start, which place to choose, how many days – was never an easy process for me. First I had to learn all about family day care, long day care centres, kindy programs, and the differences between them. Then there was visiting the various programs and trying to figure… {read more}
10 Practical Tips for Helping Kids Learn New Skills
Children are learning new things every day. It is often exciting but can also be exhausting! I have been trying to be more mindful about encouraging my children to learn new skills lately through using these practical suggestions: Let the kids experiment with lots of different things… music, sport, art and various hobbies included. The… {read more}
How to Talk to Your Kids About Being Happy
Do you want your kids to be happy? Of course you do! We all do… But how many parents actually talk to their kids about how to lead a happy life and what it actually means to be happy? Ellen Jackson from Potential Psychology is The People Potential Specialist. She writes about human experience and why we… {read more}
The Insidious Role of Disrespect in Violence Against Women… and What You Can Do About It
Many people will agree that violence against women, in any form, is wrong. What people often don’t realise is that the cycle of violence can start with attitudes and beliefs that boys and girls develop as children. Saying things like, “Boys will be boys” or “He did it because he likes you” create and reinforce harmful… {read more}
How to Talk to Your Kids About Feelings
We all experience different feelings every day: happiness, sadness, pride, anger, surprise, anxiety and many more. Do your kids know the names of these different emotions? Do they know how to cope with them? I’m excited to have Janine Halloran here on the blog today, who is the founder of Coping Skills for Kids where… {read more}
