There are joys and difficulties in raising one child. Children who have no siblings do not necessary turn out to be selfish and spoilt. They can be more matured for their age and kind to others. Of course, there are those ‘only child’ persons who are reputed to be notoriously demanding and bossy.
Baby Sleep: Establishing Healthy Sleep Patterns
There is a great way for you to influence your child’s intelligence to help him excel later in life. Teach him healthy sleep patterns while he is a baby. This is one of the best ways to influence your child’s intelligence.
Parenting Teenager: 12 Things for Parents of Teenagers to Stop Doing… and What to Do Instead
As your child crosses over into that strange and wonderful land called ‘adolescence’ you may find yourself thinking you have an alien living in your house. The combined stress of exploring her independence, the pressures of schoolwork and societal expectations and the hormonal changes your child experiences may create problems for everyone in your family.
What I Did When My Daughter Said, “I Don’t Want to Go to School!”
Momentum is crucial.
After a week of holidays, my preschool daughter, J, had lost the momentum of going to kindergarten. On the first day after the school reopened, she told me this with sadness in her eyes:
I don’t want to go to school.
7 Empowering Ways to Encourage Your Child for Success
To encourage your child, there’s a set of encouraging vocabulary that parents can use. This language focuses on the process a child does, not so much on the results. Let’s explore the seven aspects of this encouraging lingo.