It’s fair to say that December can be characterised as a month of excess. People often purchase food and drink items that they don’t the rest of the year and generally tend to buy more of everything. There are more events, meet ups, meals out, get togethers and lots of left-overs. At the same time, normal routines and schedules are often paused as clubs and activities have a break over the festive season.
Quality time with your family is an essential part of cultivating a healthy and happy household environment. In fact, much of a child’s personal development hinges on the time they spend with their family. By spending quality time with one another, family members can strengthen their bonds, learn important values and skills, relieve stress, and keep traditions alive.
Maths can be one of the toughest subjects for kids to learn, but it’s also essential knowledge to learn. All children learn at different rates but if your child is finding it hard to pick up the concepts taught during maths lessons, it could be worth hiring them a tutor.
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With an abundance of parenting websites and motivational sources nowadays, parenting in the modern age can feel like a race to perfection. Things like how much screen time you allow, which brand of toys are safe, and which schools are reputably effective can sometimes demand a humongous amount of research. After all, who does not want the best for their kids?
If you have a child with sensory issues, you will appreciate the battle in the mornings when it comes to school uniform. The thing is, I do get it. Who really wants to wear uncomfortable fabrics, have lumps, creases or seems in their socks and be uncomfortable in what they are wearing?
Generally, young children are naturally physically active and are constantly moving around, whether that be on the playground at school or in the house – typically – right before bedtime. Most little children have a type of energy that’s enviable to parents and adults but this can’t be applied to every child, especially as they get older.
I had a conversation with a mum this week about how difficult she is finding her baby not sleeping and her toddler not listening. It got me thinking about how the behaviours that challenge us so much when our children are young can actually help to shape them into incredible people later on in life.