All Entries in the "Parenting Tips" Category
3 Tips To Boost Your Child’s Confidence
Building your child’s self confidence can be very challenging. It is not so easy to do especially if your child is naturally shy and aloof.
However, self confidence is something your child must possess early in life if you want him/her to grow into a wonderful person.
Self confidence is important. It is the [...]
Why You Should Watch TV With Your Child?
This site has frequently talked about the possible negative consequences of a child watching excessive amounts of TV, and we have even talked about how to limit the amount of time a child spends watching TV.
However the fact is that the TV is a fixture in most [...]
Do You Know About The TV Parental Guidelines?
One of the things that is a constant worry for parents is TV viewing, about how addicted their children are to TV, about how what they view affects them and about how it keeps them from engaging in other healthier, more physical activities.
So it is imperative that parents are cognizant with what [...]
Google Buzz – Parents Beware
Google Buzz, the new social networking tool that has shot into popularity just recently, is not without issues, some of which are highlighted here.
The article talks about the personal experience of a technology analyst: her daughter shared a private conversation and made it public without meaning to. Google buzz is able to give strangers access [...]
Ways For Parents To Teach Economics To Their Children
Teaching how money and consequently how the home economy works is an important lesson for parents to impart to their children. Here are the lessons parents can teach their children:
It is important for parents to explain to their children how debt works. This can happen when children understand the impact that debt has on saving [...]
Some iPhone Apps For Parents
OK now while we are not suggesting that you start out your toddler on a bunch of video games, it does make sense to load a few apps on your iPhone that, in an emergency may be useful and appropriate enough to distract an upset, bored or inconsolable toddler.
Scribble is an interesting [...]
Parents Should Limit Exposure Of Children To Digital Media
Kids today are clued in to technology like never before; and email, video games, MP3 players are constantly at their finger tips.
Tufts professor and researcher Maryanne Wolf is worried about what this does to our minds. According to her:
Some positive skills do emerge from technology but the emphasis is on instant gratification and entertainment. This [...]
How To Explain About Money To Your Child?
In these days of financial stringency and the recession nowhere near over yet, the imperative to teach your child about money is ever stronger.
At times like the present when the global economic slowdown that lessened the spending power of most and caused layoffs the world over, children [...]
Tips To Deal With Bullying
One of the things that parents are often confronted with is the issue of bullying being suffered by their children and the likely negative impact it could have on their psyche.
This news story offers practical tips for dealing with bullying:
Don’t ignore the child who says he is being bullied; rather talk about it. It needs [...]
When Is A Child Old Enough To Understand The Concept Of Money?
One of the things that a parent most dreads is giving their child the ‘facts of life talk’, however there is another concept that is probably just as important for parents to explain to their children, and that is the concept of money.
Children need to understand where money [...]
