Gentle parenting sounds all well and good, but what if your children are… spirited?
It’s all over parenting TikTok, and frankly, it’s driving me a bit mad. Gentle parenting, a philosophy centred around empathy, respect, and open communication between parents and smallies, is being billed as the be-all and end-all of modern parenting. But what if your kids are anything but gentle? Is it possible to achieve this approach […]
3 years ago
Pandemic has 5-6 year olds spending up to six hours a day on screens, study finds
Increase in screen time isn’t all bad The pandemic has altered everyones’ lives in one way or another. Our day-to-day lives were completely flipped and our normal routines are now a distant memory. Even our children were seriously impacted in both big ways and small. They missed out on months of school, were separated from […]
5 years ago
6 common phrases experts say are “Psychologically Damaging” to our kids
It’s time to watch your language! The language we use around our kids is something we’re all wary of. We make sure not to curse and instead say ‘sugar’ even when we’ve burned the dinner, stubbed our toe, and forgotten to cancel the newspaper subscription we never have time to read. We taught them how […]
5 years ago
This is why your child doesn’t want to talk about their day, according to a parenting expert
We finally have a solution to this problem! You’re usually met with radio silence when you ask your kid how their day was. It’s the one question that seems to stop them from talking. They gaze out the car window and act like they haven’t heard a single thing you said. It’s frustrating, but an […]
5 years ago