Summertime Enrichment: Fun Ways to Encourage Summer Learning
Make Summer Vacation a Time for Education! Studies have shown that summer is a time when children can lose a lot of the vital information and skills that they have learned all throughout the school year. To help your child retain valuable information and skills she worked so hard to learn all year, there are many fun methods you can do to make learning fun throughout the summer. Read to and with your children every night. This is one of the most wonderful things you can do with your children each day. Not only is it a time for...
Real Moms, Real Solutions: How Do Parents Deal With Back to School Blues?
What To Do When You’re Bummed About Back to School! Whether you’re a domestic goddess (aka stay-at-home mom) like me, or a full-time working parent, your kids going back to school can be a lonely time. Your child moving on to the next grade symbolizes a milestone in her life. Each school year, I come to the realization that my babies are growing up and it is a bittersweet feeling for me. I am proud that they are growing and developing but a little sad as well. After having done this a few times, I try to mentally prepare...
Ways to Navigate Defiance From Your Child
Bella Breakdown There is something about your child looking you straight in the eye and saying, “No, I won’t do that,” “I hate you” or “You can’t make me” that challenges you to the core. You are so not alone. Take a look a these helpful tips that are aimed to help you keep your cool when your child is loses theirs. Don’t Ever Take it Personally Your child has no clue what his or her defiance is doing to you emotional so there is no use in personalizing their actions. Understand that your child is just testing his...
Top Parent Gadgets Coming in 2014
Bella Breakdown We love finding new technology and gadgets for parents and have already been on the lookout for some cool things we can expect in 2014. What kinds of wonderful things are coming our way to make our lives a little bit easier? Milksense This gadget can help you monitor how much breast milk your infant is getting. The best part about it is that you don’t even need to interrupt your feedings to use the device. Expect to see it in 2014. Baby’s Fairy Monitor This wrist monitor can keep track of your...
Top 4 Ways to Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting
Child development expert Robyn Silverman, Ph.D. arms parents with great tools for teaching their children how to settle sibling disputes and fight...
