No home can be completely safe but there are some very obvious and easy things to do, which can make a child’s room considerably safer. Don’t use paraffin or oil burning heaters and make sure radiators and open fireplaces have guards.
- The floor should be non-slip.
- Carpets should be smooth and flat. Rugs should not [...]

Wouldn’t that be wonderful if you could pick your child up one day and completely house proof him against all the hard corners and edges present in your home? Cover him in some protective foam to prevent any hard knocks and bumps. Since this is completely impossible, you should start looking around and start to [...]

When you first hold your little bundle of joy in your arms, probably the last thing on your mind is whether to use cloth nappies or disposables. Or, like a growing number of parents these days, have you already decided which one is best for you? The jury is still out on this one and [...]

When is it a good idea to get a tutor and who needs a tutor? Well, a tutor is someone who can be a specialist in their field and who sometimes also has a teaching qualification. Teachers become tutors sometimes, either to earn extra income or to help their pupils to do better in their [...]

Hopefully you will have a good relationship with your child so that when he or she starts to grow up into a teenager you should not have too many problems. But, if like the rest of us, you need a little bit of help in dealing with your little teenage rebel, then read on for [...]

Like Marmee in Little Women, we wish we could offer our children a fairer world: Given our limited power, we nonetheless hope that we will raise them to make the world a better place. To do so, we have to raise children who are caring, socially responsible, fair-minded, and respectful of others. In this final [...]

Why is fear seen as a weakness that may threaten our child? Fear for one’s child stems from love and concern. Watchfulness, protectiveness, and a keen scent for danger are built in parental behaviors to help infants and children survive. A parent’s fear preserves the safety of a child.
Yet a parent’s fear can become a [...]

A child is anxious because she believes that she will not be able to understand what is expected of her. She follows the lead of others and allows them to determine her activities because, in her view, they know more, have better judgment, and should have more say. At school, too, she lacks confidence. She [...]

Until the age of four or five, children take for granted that they are who they are and that others are how they ought to be. They may not be happy with the way things are, but they accept them as normal or inevitable. Though younger children also make comparisons between themselves and others, these [...]

A funeral is an occasion when adults can say their last goodbyes and start the process of resolution. A child eight years or older has the same need to grieve as their parents, and should be encouraged to attend. The six- to eight-year-old has less to gain, but while not essential, it’s best to include [...]