Did you know that only around one in four children get the recommended amount of exercise per day? The pandemic has made it much harder for children to get out there and exercise, especially when lockdown dictated we all stay inside. However, exercise should be a regular part of your child’s life, and now that restrictions are beginning to ease here in the UK, here are some tips to encourage your children to be more physically active. Photo by Addy Mae on Unsplash Lead by example Children mimic your behaviour, so if they can see you sitting for long periods of time and rarely ... read more
Summer school 101: Parent’s Guide to find all the answers here!
It's that time of the year again when your kids are excited about planning their summer vacations and can't wait to take some time off to shed the school burden. While some kids just want to chill and relax, others want to utilize their time off to improve their cognitive and social skills. And what's the best way to help those kids flourish? Yes, that's right! It's by enrolling them into a summer school program where they can get prepped for the upcoming school year and maximize their academic performance. And let's not ignore the fact that summer school lets your ... read more
Instilling Empathy in Children: Importance of Spiritual Education
At a young age, a child’s psychology is very impressionable. More than what they are told to do, this is the time when children learn by seeing what others are doing around them. With so much violence and attributes of narcissism, many negative qualities are on the rise in young adults. Thus, it has become imperative to instill children with good humanistic qualities from an early age itself. Why is Empathy important in young children? Learning to be empathetic towards someone helps a person to put himself or herself in another shoe to understand their feelings in a better way. The ... read more
How To Teach Culture to Your Kids
One of the most important things that you could teach to your children is the fact that the world is made up of different cultures. Wherever you go, you're going to see people speaking different languages, eating and cooking different foods and even dressing a different way. If you teach your children and your teenagers that the world is chock-full of different cultures, you're going to help them to appreciate the differences in people and the traditions around the world. This is going to help them to go a long way in life - further than most! The world is a huge place and while it's scary ... read more
Women in History: How Childbirth Has Changed Over the Past 100 Years
Women in history had a pretty rough go of it, especially during childbirth. To find out how 20th century medicine changed the face of childbirth, read on… 21st century childbirth seems like a pretty scary thought, right? Well, there’s one thing which may put your mind at ease… I’m talking about the development of childbirth during the 20th century. With advances in medicine at the turn of the century, we’d assume things got a lot better for women giving birth in the 1900s. That said, medical intervention wasn’t always a good thing, and childbirth injuries to mothers and babies were still ... read more
Raising Mentally Strong Kids
We live in a society full of unrealistic expectations and demands. Therefore, parents feel pressured to raise their kids in a certain way. Those who fail to follow parenting rules set by society are judged and degraded. What most people don’t know is that parents face a lot of challenges raising kids. Some children are cooperative, while others need more help. Moreover, the need to raise kids contributes positively to society. However, unrealistic expectations on parents and kids can have detrimental effects. Raising mentally strong kids is more important than following societal ... read more
Raising Talented Kids: How To Support Your Children To Help Them Achieve Their Dreams
Being a parent is a constant challenge. There are so many decisions to make, each of which can shape your child’s outlook on life and the choices they make in the future. With so many child prodigies struggling to achieve their dreams in adulthood and becoming miserable at the amount of work they had to do during their childhoods, it’s clear that putting too much pressure on kids can be damaging and unproductive. At the same time, ignoring their potential could also have a negative effect on their wellbeing, so it’s important that you strike a balance to ensure your child ... read more
Giving Your Children The Best Chances In Life
If you are a parent, then it is almost guaranteed that one of the most important things to you is giving your little ones the best chance possible in life. The issue is, with so much conflicting information available today, how do we really know what’s best for them? Well, in this post, we are going to look at why the good old fashioned essentials are still the best things you can fo for your children, and how giving your children a few of these opportunities will really set them up for success. Remember That Our Children Are The Future Before we head into the post, we need to ... read more
Introducing Your Children To Advanced Concepts
Sooner or later your children are going to look up to you and ask you the most complex questions. They’ll want to know what life is about, why are we living and is there an afterlife? Any parent that is not ready for this, is doing a bad job of parenting. You should have been planning for this day ever since they were born. It's your job to guide your children and teach them about life and why certain things are important. They need to know what the future will hold for them and why asking and learning is vital to their future life. But how can you as the parent, introduce your children to ... read more
Supporting Your Children Through Difficult Situations
Every year, thousands of children experience the stress of their parents splitting up. Their reactions are going to vary child by child, and the way that they handle the trauma of their parents’ relationship breaking down is going to depend on the way that they are supported through it. No child out there expects their parents to stop being together. They don’t anticipate change. As far as a child is concerned, Mum and Dad stay together forever in the same home as a happy family. To suddenly go from that, to having two houses to sleep in and not seeing Dad everyday, is hard. It’s also ... read more