What’s one of your worst fears as a mom?
Is it PTA meetings, pushy soccer moms or is it a toddler who defies your every rule?
6 No-Nonsense Tips for Dealing With a Defiant Toddler
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Category: Kids
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How To Get Kids To Follow Routines Without Nagging
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Moms know how tense and intense it can become…getting our little ones or not so little ones to adhere to the routines we’ve established or are attempting to establish.
It can rightly be a daunting task.
Ideally, we moms, would like everything to go smoothly.
The Perks of Raising a Child in a Developing Country
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There are currently 152 developing countries, a figure provided for by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
These countries are beset by common challenges, such as high levels of poverty, human resource weakness, and economic vulnerability.
To any parent, then, it can feel scary to want to raise a child in a developing country.
Three Easy Steps to Build Early Communication Skills in Your Toddler
One question that gets asked a lot to new moms with toddlers is, “Are they talking yet?”
I especially get this, as I am a mother of twins to an opinionated girl and exuberant boy. When my twins were 2 years old, they had a lot to say, but people just couldn’t understand them.
My daughter would often say “bye” and “baby,” and my son babbled a lot of meaningful sounds like “wah-wah” for the wagon or “bu” for the ball.
How to Use Sign Language to Help Teach Toddlers Their Feelings
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I have been a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing for 10 years now.
I am still astonished at the statistic that 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents but most of those parents will never learn to sign.
4 Dangerous Toys to Keep Out of Your Daycare
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The last thing parents want to worry about when sending their child to daycare is whether or not the toys they have are potentially harmful.
But too many daycares across the country are letting toys that look fun and harmless into their centers—putting their children at risk of injury or even death.
5 Simple and Effective Sibling Conflict Resolution Activities to Try Right Now
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Sibling conflict, sibling rivalry, sibling fighting – these prickly interactions between siblings are so common there’s more than one way to describe it!
But whatever you call it, every family with more than one child experiences it.
How to Deal With Your Child’s Mood Swings
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Mood Swings/Tantrums might be one of the toughest things in parenting, whether it’s dealing with a whiny toddler or going for a ride on your teenager’s emotional roller coaster.
I have a 4,6, and 14-year-old, and the whining sounds are like nails on a chalkboard.
8 Easy Ways to Expose Your Child to a Second Language (Even If You Don’t Speak It)
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Learning a second language is a life skill that improves both cultural awareness and cognitive function.
But how can you effectively teach your kids a second language if you don’t speak it or don’t speak it well?
How to Reconnect With Your Toddler After a Busy Day
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Sometimes it can feel like life gets so busy I lose track of my daughter in all the chaos.
I am a busy mom but it wasn’t always that way.
It used to be just us all day every day, but then I opened a home daycare and life got exponentially busier. It started to feel like I was disconnected from her, like we lived on different planets.
That feeling was really yucky and I wanted to fix it.