Instead of constantly nagging my kids to eat their veggies, I found an alternative. While they spend their daily time on the computer, I place a nice plate of cut up vegetables in front of them. They finish it in no-time, and usually ask for more! 🙂 Contributed by – Maya
Go ahead let them sleep in your bed. l guarantee, they WILL leave eventually and you will miss them terribly. Contributed by – Anonymous
All children are different and the parents too. I have been disturbed by my 3 year old daughter and I used to just burst and rebuke her. But then I tried to engulf and contain the anger and deal with her with politeness only. I have found a big change in her, just by absorbing my own […]
Maybe it’s my fault my eldest daughter is a tad too girly. She’s inherited my disdain for all bugs with the exception of butterflies and ladybugs of course. Growing up in Florida where the bugs are gargantuan in size didn’t bode well for me but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned how to conquer my […]
Our elder son is a stubborn boy. When he gets upset, he rolls up into a ball, and won’t speak to anyone. Sometimes, he isn’t even willing to tell us what’s wrong in the first place. I found a solution that has helped us many times in the past, and that is to create a […]
My youngest daughter is a great eater…when she wants to be. This makes it even more difficult to please her though. You see her wolf down a plate of shrimp and think, “Great! The kid likes shrimp.” So you make her shrimp the next time and she shrieks in terror, “Noooooo! I hate shrimp!” Me: […]
You might think that when your kids are home and your house is quiet, perhaps they are getting along. That could be only wishful thinking though. Tempting as it is to lie there, reading your book without a care in the world, I implore you to get up at once and go look. That is […]