Archive for 'Kid Culture'
Why Your Young Child Loves Imaginary Play
During the early years of childhood, children’s imagination is essentially their playground. Between the ages of three and six, children get really involved with fantasy play. Their tea set become the foundation for a party with [...]
Basic Toys for Kids
Some great toys ideas for this holiday season. Basic Toys for Kids Well, it’s that time of year again when children are inundated with commercials selling the latest and greatest toy for Christmas. And while many [...]
3 Tips to Manage a Child’s Christmas Wish List
Is your child’s wish list growing out of control? Here’s how to cope with those unrealistic Christmas wish lists. When it comes to wish lists, parents usually start hearing the “I wants” from their children a [...]
Homework and Planning
How to help your child excel at their homework by planning better. Homework and Planning Is your child having difficulty with homework assignments…like not getting them completed? Sometimes the reasons for this can have more to [...]
Your Musical Child
What makes children fall in love with music? How does musical ability develop? How can parents select an appropriate instrument for their children? Why do children find practicing so challenging and what can parents do to [...]
The Child and the Machine
Are computers effective learning tools for young children? Can computers help our kids learn to read, write, and think? The Child and the Machine is, astonishingly, the first book ever to address these questions. Drawing upon [...]
Socialization & Bullies
Preventing bullying by teaching children good social skills. How to be Social Children who are victims of bullies may not have learned to speak up for themselves, and bullies, somewhere along the line, learned to use [...]
A Child’s First Friends
Socializing is one of the most complex skills a child will learn. As parents, we can do a lot to help them develop these skills positively. Even as toddlers, friends play a special role in children’s [...]
Benefits of Siblings
Forget rivalry. The upside of sharing life with a sibling. Benefits of Siblings Usually when you think about being the parent of siblings, rivalry comes to mind. But there’s so much more to sharing life with [...]
Kids and Sleepovers
Why sleeping over at a friend’s is a childhood rite of passage. Kids and Sleepovers Sleepovers are a rite of passage for most kids, and no wonder. Sitting up giggling into the wee hours of the [...]
