The presence of screens in the lives of parents and children has never been more commonplace in our increasingly digital world. Even though screen time can be used to learn, communicate, and [...]

Consistency plays a major role in your child’s ability to function well at home and at school. To maintain consistency, you need routines. For young children, almost every experience is new. This [...]

We can learn so much about parenting from the animal world.  Animals know instinctively which member of their group will keep them safe and secure and they will never accept an unpredictable, [...]

WILLINGLY SHARED OR FORCIBLY SURRENDERED? Imagine you are in a park with your husband.  You’re on your cell phone when another woman runs up to you and snatches your cell phone out of your hand. [...]

Have you ever been in the middle of something you are enjoying, only to be interrupted or forced to stop.  How did it make you feel – annoyed, frustrated?  If this were to happen on a regular [...]

  Wake up. “Hurry up and get ready or else you are going to be late for school!” Start to get dressed. “It’s cold outside. Put on your purple sweater!” Go downstairs for breakfast. “Finish [...]

It is very important that children start learning practical life skills at a young age.  Being able to contribute in a meaningful way to the running of the household gives children a sense of [...]

  There are many reasons why children can benefit from learning a second language at an early age. Maria Montessori identified that children go through a Sensitive Period for Language from [...]

In many cultures of the world parents don’t have the time or energy to be involved in every aspect of their child’s development because they have to devote much of their time to the simple task [...]

When your child shows you something she has done, try to avoid using any words that you could say without even looking at her work, such as: “that’s beautiful,” “what a great job,” “you are an [...]