Behaviours and Discipline
With the family reunions fast approaching, should we force our children to hug an old uncle, talk with an annoying cousin or repeat polite phrases over and over? Here’s an opportunity to assess it all!
Behaviours and Discipline
If it is acceptable for a while to see no one because the family just got bigger, there comes a time when we want to resume our social life. But if our child endlessly goes berserk, how do we do it?
Activities and Hobbies
What a good idea to visit a museum with the kids! It’s an excellent way to show them the world of art, to sharpen their observation skills and to stimulate their curiosity. Are you ready? Let’s go!
Self Esteem and Knowing Yourself
These little sayings seem harmless but they can leave negative traces and give your child a false sense of guilt. Autopsy of the parental language.
Behaviours and Discipline
Although perfectly normal and very common, our children’s tantrums make us feel baffled and helpless. How can we react to a demonstration of anger of this magnitude?
School Health
During the summertime, we tend to be more permissive about our children's sleeping schedule. But once the school year begins, we must set bedtimes for our children. Adequate sleep is the best way to keep children concentrated, in shape and in a good mood; ready to face a full day of school!
Homework and Study
Back to school period hits us all like a ton of bricks. It doesn't just affect your child! We have to help with homework, wash the uniforms, get all the right supplies ready, and the list goes on. Here are 10 strategies to survive the few first weeks and how to get back into the routine.
Relationships with Others
Nobody ever calls your child; he never asks anyone over and he seems to be playing alone at school. Is there something deeper going on?
Behaviours and Discipline
How useful is that consistency with a capital “C” that everyone is talking about? Super useful, I swear. But what is consistency exactly?
Integration
Starting school, or even going back to school, every September, represents an important moment in your child’s life. Here are some ways in which your child can learn to adapt to school.
Problems
Does your child whines every morning before leaving for school? Do they make up crazy stories to avoid doing homework? What if your child is feeling stressed out about going to school?
Relationships with Others
Your child doesn’t listen to you? Do they disobey you? Do they get hostile or aggressive when you ask them to do something? Why and how should you react? Here is some advice.
We rediscover Christmas through the eyes of children : meeting Santa Claus, writing him a letter, seeing all the colorful parades, the movies we love to watch in anticipation of the big night…
Looking for inspiration to stay busy and entertained during the Holidays ? We have great suggestions for the whole family!
