Teaching your child all he needs to know about money

Children seem to develop a fascination with money early on.  Think back to when you reprimanded your baby for putting coins into her mouth and how you had to tell your toddler repeatedly that money is not a toy. Unfortunately shortly after that you enter the phase where your child becomes the ultimate consumer – [...]

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Potty Training your Child

Potty training a child is a major milestone for parents and child alike.  Everyone knows that society expects competent members to be able to use a toilet – the getting there with your young child is the major headache.  There are as many theories out there as the amount of different colored potties. The debate [...]

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Oh no – not another temper tantrum!

We all dread going to the shops with a toddler, because you just never know when she is going to explode into a screaming, kicking and whining little monster! (Said in the most loving way I can…) I once heard of this lady walking down the aisles in the grocery store, I think she was [...]

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How To Help Your Shy Child

Being shy is extremely painful for child and adult alike.  Luckily adults learn how to build their lives around their shyness, while children still need to learn how to cope with this debilitating fear.  Most shy adults will be quick to admit that they feel that they are not living a fulfilled life – they [...]

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When your child is having nightmares

A nightmare is a scary dream. Round about one out of every four children have a nightmare at least once a week. Nightmares usually occur later in the sleep cycle. You will probably wake up to your child’s calls for help between 4am and 6am. Children often have nightmares after physical or emotional events, when they are feverish or maybe just because he/she has a very active imagination.

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PARENTING

Sticky Parenting Issues like discipline, pocket money, tantrums, nutrition, health and even family holidays. A lot of attention is given to emotional problems ranging from depression to autism, tourette's ADHD and many more.

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DEVELOPMENT

How Our Children Grow from baby to toddler to tween and even teen. We discuss physical, social, language and emotional development of our children.

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