Behaviours and Discipline
Which behaviours should I punish?
Being a parent means having a thousand questions about discipline, punishments and interventions. Yet if we respect the two following basic principals, we should do fine!
Development
Behaviours and Discipline
Behaviours and Discipline
Discipline is a labour of love
Discipline is a hot topic for many parents! What’s the right way to go about it? Should they be more or less strict? Should they give their children more or less chances?
October 3, 2022
Behaviours and Discipline
I never see my friends because of my child!
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?
September 26, 2022
Behaviours and Discipline
How to: Dealing with a confrontational child
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.
September 12, 2022
Behaviours and Discipline
Do you ever repeat yourself?
Did you know that an adult repeats a request to his child three to five times on average? And you? How many times do you repeat? Too many, I suppose.
August 22, 2022
Physical
From child to teenager
Adolescence is a period of tremendous physiological changes. These changes come with various needs that you must fulfill in new ways.
August 22, 2022
Autism
The reality of autistic children in school
Between our wishes and reality, there is a whole world! The autistic child has uncommon challenges in school. Here is an explanation from Nathalie Fecteau.
August 15, 2022
Learnings
8 tips to stimulate your child's autonomy
Is Junior still clinging to you? He doesn’t dare anything unless you’re right by his side? Then it looks like he lacks audacity and confidence. Here are seven tips to help him develop his autonomy.
August 8, 2022
Language
Baby talk: is it good or not?
As soon as baby arrives, we start changing the way we talk. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
July 18, 2022
Language
Kids' bad words
All parents have faced it at one time or another: a bad word spontaneously comes out of your little one’s mouth and you do not know how to react.
July 4, 2022
Learnings
Children and the concept of time
“Tomorrow”, “in a week”, “after sleep”, “in a month”, “wait a minute”, etc. All these notions are hard to understand for very young children! Motherforlife.com explains it all… in two minutes!
June 27, 2022
Language
I don’t understand my child’s language
For many reasons, the language of a child is not always easy to understand. We often feel helpless about this. What should we do then?
