It is always easier to humour kids, no matter how spectacular or unrealistic their ideas might be when they are younger. As they get older the expectation is that there needs to be a more grounded and realistic thought process that they take on, especially as they get closer to dedicating time to their passions. …
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Innovative Summer Activities To Keep Your Kids Educated and Entertained
By Andre Griffin, Contributor (Image courtesy of Pexels) As summer beckons with its long, warm days, parents often find themselves searching for enriching activities that not only entertain but also educate their children. This season, consider diverging from the usual schedule to introduce your child to a world brimming with creativity, skill-building, and learning. From woodworking…
Talking to Kids about War
Given the recent, but what seems to be a relentless and continuous, political upheaval from Ukraine to Gaza, it’s really hard to avoid talking about war. Especially if you have kids they will inevitably see a TV commercial, or a social media post on your phone casually and question the brutal images. But it is…
Kids Fear of Dogs
I love my kids, and I love all their associated quirks. One specific quirk though has been a little concerning, emphasis on the little – because in the bigger scheme of things it’s not really a big issue. It’s their fear of dogs, specifically my son. Although I don’t really mind it, I don’t want…
Nurturing Photography in Kids
It is often said ‘start ‘em young’ but you don’t want to go too hard-core early getting them into a hobby and have them backlash against something that can bring a lifetime of joy. That’s certainly how I feel about introducing them into photography, I would rather indirectly have them casually experiment and organically ease…
Play Pens vs. Travel Cots
For those who can afford (price-wise and more importantly space-wise) play pens and baby cots, you are the lucky few – God speed and good luck. As for the rest of us who find them both redundant but not sure which one to get here are some things to consider if you have to decide…
Give Kids A Sense Of Growing Up
There are plenty of reasons why you should make sure your kids enjoy their childhood and try to protect their playful innocence. That comes with making sure that they enjoy what kids want to enjoy from riding a bike to watching cartoons and snacking on junk food once in a while. But as they grow…
They Are Always Watching/Listening
No it’s not the CIA or FBI, the KGB or Mi5 – not that they aren’t already all watching you along with Google, Apple and Facebook. But it’s closer to home…..it’s your little kids. Their capacity to absorb and mimic everything you do is astonishing. It shows itself in the most random of time when…
Having “the God” talk
Curious on people’s thoughts on how to approach kids when it comes to religion. My wife is religious, and I am very spiritual and believe in the benefits of religion (positive humanist aspects, not the useless ceremonious parts, to me they are just a distraction). We believe in multiculturalism and multi-religious beliefs (including atheism) and…
Urination situation
My son has recently began, or rather regularly continued, a cycle of night bed wetting. My wife can’t relate but when I was his age (6-8) the second round of bed wetting (first round being when I was a baby) was embarrassing, frustrating, and confusing to me. So I completely understand where he’s coming from,…
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