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The power of positive parenting In the old days, children grew up constantly watched by parents or caring neighbours. Talking loudly, laughing excessively, throwing tantrums, pouting and answering back were not tolerated. But...  Read More

Obese mums` baby risk ALMOST one in four Australian women are obese when they become pregnant, with alarming new evidence showing they are putting their babies` health at risk. Obese women are more likely to have mi...  Read More

Walker safety Baby walkers are handy but how safe are they? Today’s parents are taken in by brightly coloured and multi-gadget baby walkers. They do not realise that walkers can hardly help their babies to walk. In...  Read More

The Six Basic Needs of Every Child The Need for Power: People often grossly underestimate a child`s need for power. Most of the "power struggles" that parents complain about are the result of not acknowledging this very basic need at t...  Read More

Tips For Step Parenting Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Step parenting, however, is a notch harder. A step family is commonly formed due to the death of a spouse or a failed marriage that ended up in divor...  Read More

Tips For Parenting the Defiant Child - The Differences Between Defiance and Disobedience To put it simply different problems call for different solutions. So when it comes to tips for parenting the defiant child ordinary discipline techniques will not work. The primary difference between ...  Read More

Manage Family Stress - Happy Children Make For Happy Holidays As the next raft of school holidays approaches it is important to think about what you are going to do with the time. Even a small amount of planning can make the time spent over the holidays much mor...  Read More

10 Ways to Unspoil Your Child One of the great concerns of my life is that my children grow to be rigorous, ambitious, and resourceful adults. I find myself frequently concerned over this issue. My own sense of dogged determinatio...  Read More

Teach Your Baby Math - 3 Tips on Why You Should! Teach your baby math! Should you do this? Yes, definitely you should. The benefits that you will give your son or daughter will be priceless if you do it. There are special programs out there that wil...  Read More

Preparing Your Child For The Hospital Adults need adequate information to prepare for situations which are unfamiliar to them. Just like adults, maybe even more so, children too need to be prepared to venture into unknown territory. When ...  Read More

Tips For Child Safety Protecting Your Child. Give your children the tools they need to stay safe daily. 1.) Teach your child how to pronounce their full name, address and phone number. Make it a game or a song and t...  Read More

Permissive Parenting - What It`s All About Parents have different methods of raising their children. Most parents prefer to create their own styles basing on a combination of different factors. Their styles usually evolve to adapt to the chang...  Read More

Teaching Your Children Self Confidence The "buzz word" is self-esteem. You`re somehow supposed to foster self-esteem in your child, and if you don`t do a good job, it`s all your fault that your kid is messed up. Does that really make any s...  Read More

What to Do Whenever Your Child Has Temper Tantrums Meltdowns tend to be triggered without warning. One minute, your girl or boy is fully content after a few moments, she or he is shouting, stomping and crying and moping. Meltdowns are a common strate...  Read More

Why Does My Child Throw a Temper Tantrum? Temper tantrums are brought on for a number of different reasons and part of your parenting job is trying to figure out what triggered the outburst. Knowing what caused a tantrum can help prevent or s...  Read More