I Thought I Was The Perfect Parent…

December 16, 2009

What on earth do you do with a child that refuses to put their pants on when it is -6 degrees Celsius before going outside? Or that wants to wear their Wiggles pyjamas to day-care… EVERY DAY of the week?
What do you do with strong-minded little “monsters”, who have incredibly strong wills and can be [...]

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Natural Parenting Explained

December 15, 2009

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100 Parenting Tips For Happy Kids #1

December 14, 2009

Parenting Tip #1 - Think up a fun thing to do with your child – just you and her alone.
Parenting Tip #2 - When you listen; listen to her with your full attention.
Parenting Tip #3 - Ask questions that show you are really ‘with her’
Parenting Tip #4 - Listen to her opinion and being prepared [...]

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Share a Magical Moment of Meaning With Your Kid

December 10, 2009

I was listening to a lecture of a Finnish child psychiatrist Raisa Cacciatore recently. She was talking about many things I thought might as well be described as the Law of Attraction in parenting.
The main point she was making was that it is very important to share the feelings with your kids, whether they are [...]

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Baby Steps, Baby Food… Trail Blaising

November 30, 2009

If you’re a fan of the reality tv show Top Chef, then you’re in for a treat.
Season four runner-up Richard Blais was known for his creative, nay, veritably artistic touch to his food and life.

By the looks of it, his way with the words is no less impressive, as we’ve just found.
Go ahead and read [...]

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Spidermom And Other Everyday Heroes

November 23, 2009

Many thanks to Supermom Anneli for challenging me to write about Spidermoms.
It was a joke at the time and I took it as such…
But suddenly it started to feel like a good idea, as I recalled a recent TV show my 7-year old son asked me to watch with him. The show was [...]

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“Mom, Can I Fly If I Really Want To?”

November 19, 2009

We’ve received many questions from parents wondering what to answer when their children ask if they can fly or, say, become a fairy.
As outlandish as it may sound, this is a very essential question in a child’s world!
My answer would be a resounding ‘yes’ and I’ve actually said to my son: ‘Yes, you can fly. [...]

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Supermom Parenting

November 9, 2009

This morning I had one of those magical mornings with my two girls, I felt like “Supermom”, everything was just “flowing”. I was woken up by my oldest that came in and whispered that she only wanted to “touch up” her nail polish before she went to day care (yes, she is only five), and [...]

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A Morning Disaster Or… A Morning Adventure?

November 4, 2009

By Satu Tunkelo

A familiar morning disaster; you’ve been there haven’t you…?
You wake up way too late as you hit the alarm clock, for the third time. Feeling shell-shocked, you crack open your gunky eyes, right smack in the middle of a perfectly good nightmare. Which is no surprise after working so late into the night [...]

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Exercise Parental Control without Becoming a Victim or a Tyrant

October 27, 2009

Perhaps the most confusing topic where good parenting is concerned is the subject of discipline. Even the word sounds offensive to some of us. We don’t want our children to run roughshod over us and others, but we fear that if we discipline them wrong we will scar them, mar their self-confidence, or impose on their personal freedom. What’s a conscientious parent to do?

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