Being a “green parent” has been growing in popularity over the past few years as people become more conscious of their impact on the environment and their overall health. Many parents want to bring up a child in a safe environment and want to be able to provide for them without having a huge impact [...]

    Picture books for children have become a great tradition over the last century. Most people couldn’t imagine a childhood without lots of beautifully illustrated books. However, many people think picture books are not really that important. That they are just a stepping stone on the path to ‘real’ reading. While it is true [...]

Training an ever energetic and curiously active Golden Retriever puppies is a difficult task. Along with your love, care and patience it also requires the know-how of some basic training skills. Goldens are very intelligent and learn fast. But in absence of proper, consistent and clear training/instructions, they can easily take up a wrong habit. [...]

I recently did a poetry and art workshop at a local high school with two groups of students who were labelled as “behavioural” kids. The students ranged in age from 14-16 and were also of various cultural backgrounds. The students were like many other kids their age in that they were at times loud and [...]

As a single-parent mom, you already have a lot to juggle: working, raising children, and being both homemaker and housekeeper…not to mention everything else going on your life. If you’re the mom of a tween girl, you’re also faced with additional challenges as your daughter begins to go through the rapid physical changes puberty brings, [...]

Essentially, child rearing is described as the art of nurturing a child. Back then, plenty of mums and dads have grumbled about the lack of courses to train folks for one of the most crucial endeavors on Earth. Now, there’s lots of parenting workshops available for those who feel that they need them to become [...]

Yes. You should never have a favorite child. Some parents say that they will be lying if they tell you they do not prefer one kid over the other. They just can’t help it. But before you continue this habit, consider the long term effects on children. Effects of Favoritism If this is not well-handled, [...]