Relationship With Your Kids: Popular Articles

This is the definitive list of articles dealing with your relationship with your children. There are a variety of topics addressing health issues, pets, parenting, new parents and more. Click on each heading to go to the individual pieces. Some of them are found on this blog, but quite a few are articles I've written on other websites or hard copy magazines. I'm sure you'll find something to suit your needs. For more information on parenting, have a look at my parenting book here.

Please note: all of these articles are my original creations. If you quote any part of them, regardless of how small, you're required to accompany that quote with a link to this blog.

mumsense magazine (Nursery Nasties – page 14)

Crucial information about the germs kids pick up at nursery and what you can do to lessen the damage.

So you’ve finally built up the courage to send your cherub out into the big wide world of nursery groups. Between tears (yours mostly) you tear yourself away on that very first morning. Through mixed feelings of relief and nostalgia you arrive fifteen minutes early to pick them up at the end of their first school/playgroup session. What you don’t realise, is that your little angel has also picked up something; something, perhaps not so welcome to come home with you.

The Best Start-Up Pets For Young Children

Pets play an important role in teaching kids responsibility and many of life’s other vital skills. Having to take care of another creature and many times putting its needs above your own is one of the best ways to teach a child how to give selflessly.

How Gardening Helps Your Kids To Be Better Individuals

A discussion about the advantages that gardening offers young kids and how parents can use these to help build them up physically, ethically, and mentally.

Enjoyable Things To Do With Your Kids This Winter

Birds washing themselves in the bird washer, hot chocolate steaming from oversized mugs, the crackling sound of the logs in the fireplace, and cosy quilts thrown on the sofa in front of the TV, are all signs that winter is on our heels.

There is nothing we could do but wait it out and hope for a few light, bright, sun-lit days. So why not determine to enjoy it the best way we know how. Throw on the knitted sweater and soft, fluffy scarves and get stuck in with both woolly-socked clad feet.

Help Your Dyslexic Child At Home

This is not meant to be a lesson on dyslexia. I'm not clinically trained to write such an article. This piece is to show you the tricks and tips we've learned to help our dyslexic son read and learn his numbers. We had to take matters into our own hands because we felt he wasn't getting enough help from the professionals he saw.

Top Meaningful Presents for Boys

Little (and not so big boys) are extremely difficult to shop for, so here’s a list of cheap, affordable, and expensive presents that will put a permanent smile on your little man’s face. 

If you want to go beyond the usual useful-but-boring stuff, this list of presents is just the thing you need. Take inspiration to give him more than just a gift. Share with him instead a memorable experience which he’ll have (in some cases) for many years to come. See why these mean so much!

Teenagers And The Credit Crunch: How To Earn Some Extra Cash 

The present credit crunch has impacted on teenagers simply because their parents have less disposable cash to go around. Learn how to top-up your monthly allowance by taking some simple steps to earning your own money.

Youngsters tutorials on 'How To Take Care of Pets

The following is a series of articles written especially for children, in easy, point-by-point language. They were created to give youngsters a sound reference point on how to care for popular pets, loved by kids worldwide.  The following links will take you to the respective articles.

Fish

Hamster

Guinea pig

Rat

Key Vitamins: Who Needs What In Your Family 

A list of some vitamins and minerals targeted especially for the different members of your family in terms of age group.

A balanced diet is definitely the way to go when it comes to healthy eating. Taking supplements should never be the end-all or cure-all for your family’s nutritional needs. Giving your family a large variety of foods should supply all the vitamins/minerals they need for good health, strong bones, alert brains and generous energy supply. However, when opting for a top-up in your vitamin stores, do you know which member of your family needs what?

Basic First Aid: What You Should Know 

A list of the basic first aid solutions to situations that often arise in every day family living.
Of course it's necessary to seek medical help for potentially life-threatening accidents in and around the home. Any foreign body embedded into the skin should obviously be removed only by a medical practitioner. Nasty bumps on the head, heavy nose bleeds, animals bites or falling unconscious should all be taken seriously. This article is about handling other little accidents we or our children may have. 

Four Ways To Keep Your Family Well This Winter 

Tips in keeping your family free from illness this winter.

Winter is always the time of year I dread. As if being perpetually cold is not enough, there are also the endless winter colds and germs to vie with. Kids spend days away from school, which means parents have to take sick days off from work to look after them. After the kids get better, parents fall victim to the same bug – not an ideal situation. This winter I’m going to try the following to keep the family in tip top shape.

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