Category Archives: Big Kid

Once your toddler starts growing up, he will get into the big kid category. They become more independent and rebellious too.

Children want more diverse activities and the problems that parents encounter also change with this age group. My child still wets his bed, shows lots of tantrums, and so on.

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My child doesn’t sleep through the night. These seven things helped me a lot.

Child Sleep At Night

A child comes across a variety of things in his everyday life. Each day is a new beginning to an adventurous ride. They are always on a quest to do something new. Schools, games, and family time become a part of their everyday life. The majority of kids are very enthusiastic and are very difficult […]

The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting

10 basic principles of good parenting

It doesn’t matter if you have been a new parent or a parent for ten years now. Then it would be best to refresh the parenting principles you believe in. In earlier times, maybe in the 1900s when a person would become a parent, the only advice they would get was from existing parents. But […]

Probiotics For Kids: When Can You Introduce Them And How Do They Work

Probiotics for kids

Parents are always concerned about their kids; it becomes their responsibility to ensure that their child gets proper nourishment. Food plays a vital role in the development of a child. Therefore, it is very important for parents to provide the child with the right amount of food containing proper nutrients and vitamins. The overall priority […]

10 Simple Ways to Set a Good Example for Your Children

good example for your child

Children look up to their parents and follow everything that their parents do which makes parents concerned about their behavior. Being a parent is a responsibility that will determine your child’s nature while growing up. According to some researches, good parenting involves a great deal of consistency and routine. It also involves parents supporting their […]

Parents, you need to avoid these negative punishment examples

negative punishment

The term punishment is used by behavioural scientists to describe the actions, which decrease the chances of a specific behaviour being repeated. From a parenting perspective, a negative punishment entails taking away something that your kids enjoy, which discontinues them from showing bad behaviour/habit. But is it okay for parents to use negative punishment? Are […]

6 tips to make hand hygiene fun for children

hand washing kids

Kids often forget to wash their hands and touch their mouth, face, eyes after coming home from the outdoors. Hand washing has become one of the most essential habits since the onset of Covid-19 and the pandemic has brought out the importance of following good hand hygiene. Although most of us have invariably started to follow this ritual regularly, […]

For kids with behavioural issues, focusing on diversion yields positive results: Study

kids with behavioural issues

Researchers found that focusing on diversion — instead of detention — yields positive results for youth with behavioral health issues. Of the 5,300 children enrolled in the Ohio Behavioral Health Juvenile Justice Initiative since 2006, 21 percent reported that someone close to them had been murdered in the past year. Nearly half of the boys […]

Nutrition for kids: Guidelines for a healthy diet

Nutrition for kids

When it comes to childhood growth,  the consideration of each nutrient and the role it plays in the diet is essential. If you are aware of the requirements and in what meals you get those balanced elements, there would be a massive improvement in kids’ diet plans. 1. Protein Protein is the most vital ingredient […]

Sexual health education- is it still a taboo?

sex education kids

Children while growing up need to develop knowledge about sexuality and reproductive health not only because it is important as a part of education but also because it will help children protect themselves. Sex education will not only help children to increase their self-esteem but also will have positive reinforcement and confidence in them to […]

Extra spacing between letters can boost children’s reading speed

kid reading

A new study has found that a child’s reading speed can be improved by increasing space between the letters in a text. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Research in Developmental Disabilities’. The research, led by Dr Steven Stagg of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), examined the benefits of letter spacing and […]

These facts might make your kids knowledge stand apart.

Language

Languages are spoken everywhere. All social animals, be it as small as ant to as large as whales, do communicate, but it’s only humans who have developed a full-fledged communication skill through language, at least as we know it. From smaller groups to native populations. From smaller cities to vast continents, there’s so much diversity […]